St. Peter and Paul Cathedral is the oldest Orthodox church in Minsk. The year of its foundation is 1613. In 1612, Minsk residents began construction. The monks who arrived from the Vilna Orthodox Holy Spirit Monastery Peter and Paul helped them. In 1613, the construction of the monastery church was largely completed. He was named Petro-Pavlovsky in the name of the apostles Peter and Paul. After the establishment of Soviet power, widespread persecution of the church began. In 1933 the temple was closed, and its property was looted. A warehouse was arranged in the cathedral itself. During the occupation of Minsk by German troops (from December 7, 1941), services at the initiative of the parishioners were resumed. The miraculous Minsk Icon of the Mother of God was introduced to the Peter and Paul Cathedral. Services in the temple were performed until the end of 1944. During the war, during the raids of both German and our aircraft in the temple, residents of nearby houses took refuge from the bombing. In July 1944, shortly after the liberation of Minsk, the temple was closed. The rector of the church and other church officials were convicted and received different terms of imprisonment. Since then, service in the temple has not been conducted for almost half a century. The temple was badly damaged during the Great Patriotic War. After the war, the church was repaired and the state archive was located there for a long time. On December 7, 1991, the first prayer service in 46 years was held in the Peter and Paul Cathedral. On April 6, 1999, 8 newly cast bells were lit and raised to the belfry. In January 2001, their number was supplemented by another, the largest. Today, there are 3 Orthodox fraternities at the church: in the name of the holy Martyrs of Vilnius, formed in 1992, the brotherhood of medical students in honor of St. St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and the sports and historical club of St. Dovmont Pskovsky, formed in 1998