Franciscan Church in Drohiczyn Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - according to the monastic tradition recorded in 1797 by Father Karol Gaudent Żero (1743–1802) in the work entitled: "Fenix de pulveribus resuscitatus svaviter suam candit modulenam" the Franciscan convent in Drohiczyn was founded by Mikołaj Nassuta, mentioned in 1430 as starost of Drohiki. The monks were to settle in a square called "The Corner" (Angulus).

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Slawek

December 29, 2022

The Franciscans stayed in Drohiczyn until 1832, when, after the fall of the November Uprising, they were expelled from Drohiczyn by the order of the Russian governorate authorities of May 17. The Russians replaced them in 1836 with Orthodox nuns. In the years 1833-1837, the sacristy of the church was changed into an Orthodox church of St. st. Nikanor, and in 1838 a prison was set up in the monastery, which after the January Uprising in 1865 was turned into barracks for the army. After the army left in 1897, the Holy Synod of Governing placed a school in the monastery to train teachers for rural schools, which in July 1904 was transformed into a girls' school operating until 1914, when Drohiczyn was occupied by the Germans during World War I.

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rowernawakacjach

October 14, 2025

Franciscan Church in Drohiczyn, dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – according to the monastery tradition recorded in 1797 by Father Karol Gaudenty Żero (1743–1802) in his work entitled "Fenix de pulveribus resuscitatus svaviter suam candit modulenam," the Franciscan convent in Drohiczyn was founded by Mikołaj Nassuta, mentioned in 1430 as the starost of Drohiczyn. The monks are said to have settled on a square known as "Narożnik" (Corner).

The first endowments for the monks were confirmed in 1407 by Duke Witold Kiejstutowicz, who also provided offerings from the castle. During the reign of Janusz I the Elder, Duke of Mazovia, a wooden monastery and church dedicated to the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary were built in 1409. In 1451, the guardian was Father Jan of Ruda, and in 1470, Father Szymon of Kraków. In the years 1460–1470, funds for the monastery were donated by, among others, the Drohicz court assessor Maciej Miłkowski (d. ca. 1478) and his wife Katarzyna.
The Franciscan monastery was burned down by dissenters in 1583, and around 1595, the wooden church burned down. In 1595–1596, it was rebuilt thanks to the efforts of Father Mateusz Studziński, guardian, but in 1601, both buildings were destroyed by fire again. Another wooden Franciscan church was built in 1615 through the efforts of the guardian, Father Bartłomiej Klucziata vel Klimczata, and consecrated on October 4, 1618, by the titular bishop of Argivensis and suffragan of Lutsk, Father Stanisław Udrzycki (d. 1621). During this period, a new monastery building was constructed. In 1657, during the Swedish Deluge, following Misericordiae Sunday, the monastery was destroyed again, and several monks were murdered by Cossack, Transylvanian, and Swedish troops commanded by Magnus Gabriel de La Gardie.

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