
On August 23, 2018, Belarus Post issued a postage stamp "Coat of Arms of Ivanovo" from the series "Coats of Arms of Belarusian Cities".
The city of Ivanovo in the Brest region has been known since the 14th century, initially it was the village of Porkhovo, which in 1423 the Lutsk Bishop Jan Losovich, wishing to perpetuate his name, renamed the city of Yanov or in Belarusian Yanava.
The modern coat of arms of the city was approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated March 11, 2011 No. 101.
The coat of arms of the city is a Varangian shield, in the blue field of which a silver temple is depicted, located between the horns of a golden horseshoe.
The image of the temple on the coat of arms is associated with the occupation of the indigenous inhabitants of the city of Ivanovo (laborians), who collected donations for the construction and restoration of churches. Donations were collected mainly for Orthodox churches, since the laborians were Orthodox Christians. The Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin is located on the city square of Ivanovo, which is the symbolic center of the city, and therefore its main facade is depicted on the coat of arms.
The golden horseshoe symbolizes the road, movement, luck. The image of the horseshoe is used to reflect the very wide field of activity of the Labori - from the Black to the Baltic Sea, from Poland to Russia, while the Labori moved mainly on horses.
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