Space-planning solutions and interior of wooden temples of Basilian monasteries of Grodno province in the late XVIII - early XIX centuries

This article analyzes the space-planning and interior solutions on the example of three temples of the monasteries of the Order of St. Basil which were once founded in Grodno province. These churches along with the monasteries were first introduced into the modem historical science from the dates of their construction. Until now nothing was known about the structure of these monasteries. The focus of the current study is done to find the synthesis of Eastern Slavic and Western European traditions. It was revealed in the very space-planning structure of the temple, in the organization of the monastery building and within the interiors. Altars device being placed directly in the local rank of the iconostasis and the placement of the Crucifixion on the beam near the ceiling, replacing the completion of the iconostasis, are the feature of the Greek-Catholic construction. New archival documents allowed to perform a graphical reconstruction and expand the study of wooden religious architecture of Belarus.