Basilian Order Monastic Temples Architecture on the Territory of Belarus in the 17th – First Half of the 19th Centuries

In the terms of figured out and studied architecture materials by the author, the development of Belarusian Basilian temples volume-design structure is contemplated. Herewith, the description and images of numerous disappeared temples are introduced to the scientific circulation along with dating and possibility of graphic reconstruction for the first time ever. Tendencies of stone churches’ architecture and the influence of West European construction and stylistics are found out. The architecture of each temple analyzed in the article has special artistic-stylistic characteristics. The reasons of such a phenomenon are studied. Keywords—architecture of Basilian monastic temples; domed temples; two-tower and towerless basilicas; the Early and “Vilno” Baroque; Baroque Classicism