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In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, as well as later in those lands belonging to the Russian Empire, miraculous images had supra-confessional cult. One of them was a miraculous image of Our Lord of Chamiary-Bukhavichy, which cult dates back to the second half of the 18th century, when the image was in a private possession. After a dream vision, the image was placed into an Uniate church in Chamiary, when it was quickly acknowledged to be wonder-working. Once at night the image was stolen from the church and later appeared in the Dominican cloister in Bukhavichy. The investigation showed that it was taken from the church by initial owner. After the partition of the Russian Empire, when the Uniate church in Bukhavichy was turned to Orthodoxy, the Orthodox priest claimed the image to have Orthodox origin and had been stolen by the Dominicans. The image, however, remained in Catholic possession and was brought to Kobryn catholic church when the Dominican cloister was closed and turned to an Orthodox church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]