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This is a rather new church in Minsk.
The full title of the church is Memorial Church of All Saints in Memory of Innocent Victims in our Fatherland.
The first stone was consecrated in June 1991 by Patriarch Alexej II. Building started in 2006 and the church was opened in 2010.
Submitted: 14/07/2019
Accepted: 15/07/2019
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Old wooden house, typical for the countryside in Pyetukhowshchyna village, Minsk region, Belarus
Submitted: 04/10/2018
Accepted: 05/10/2018
THIS AESTHETICAL BEAUTIFUL monument in Minsk commemorates the Soviet soldiers from Belarus who died in the long war with Afghanistan in the 1970s. At the base are several huge statues depicting weeping or stoical women, who express the pain and sadness of the mothers, sisters, and wives of their generation. It’s a very striking memorial, which benefits from its picturesque location on a small island in the river Svislach
Holy Spirit cathedral --- In 1918 the church was closed and most of the churchware disappeared. The building was then used as a gym for local firefighters.
The church was opened during the Nazi occupation of Belarus in 1942. In the 1950s the building was restored. In 1961 the church became a cathedral of the Minsk diocese, and was then promoted to central cathedral of the Belarusian Orthodox Church. A new altar was installed in the south part of the church in 1968.