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- All Saints Cathedral
The Minsk parish in honor of All Saints was founded on May 14, 1992 and includes: a church-monument in honor of All Saints, a House of Mercy and a temple in honor of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity.
The House of Mercy is the first building of the temple complex. It was consecrated on May 19, 2002 by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia. (On the territory of the memorial church, to which the monument was erected).
The blessing of the foundation stone of the memorial church in honor of All Saints took place on June 4, 1991. It was performed by His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia during his first Patriarchal visit to the Republic of Belarus.
On July 2, 2010, the remains of soldiers found by special units of the Ministry of Defense during search expeditions were buried in the niches of the crypt wall of the memorial church. These are the remains of an unknown participant in the Patriotic War of 1812, who died in battles with the French troops under the command of Murat; the remains of a soldier of the First World War, who died in August 1915 near Grodno while holding back the attack of the Kaiser troops; as well as the remains of an unknown fighter of the Great Patriotic War, who fell in November 1943 after crossing the Dnieper near Loyev.
In the crypt, land will be collected from the battlefields of all the great historical battles in defense of the Fatherland, it provides for the reburial of the remains of prominent historical figures. Memorial services will be held every day in the memorial church for innocently murdered fellow citizens, sounding like a call for reconciliation in the fatherland and throughout the face of the earth. Also in the church will be placed an archive containing information about Belarusians - victims of wars and repressions. September 26, 2006 on the territory of the "Temple of the Monument" was held the rite of consecration of the Holy Trinity Church. The temple is built of wood in a retrospective-Russian style. The central volume of the temple ends with a powerful central octagonal light drum with a tented top crowned with a golden glaucus. The entrance to the temple is emphasized by a high hipped belfry. The altar is separated by a two-tier carved wooden iconostasis. Icons are painted by Moscow masters in the Byzantine style.
