Memorial Church of All Saints (Minsk)
The church in honor of all the saints and to the memory of the victims of our fatherland ( Belarusian Храм-помнік ў гонар Усіх Святых і ў памяць бязвінна забітых у Айчыне нашай ; Russian Храм-памятник в честь Всех святых и в память убиенных во Отечестве нашем ) is in The Russian Orthodox Church of the Minsk Metropolitan Area in the Belarusian capital Minsk was completed in 2008 . The church, which can be seen from afar, was built with government support as a national memorial for all fallen and murdered Belarusian soldiers and civilians in the Napoleonic Russian campaign in 1812 and the German conquests in the First and Second World Wars .
history
The foundation stone for the national memorial was laid on June 4, 1991 by the Moscow Patriarch Alexej II . In 1996, the Metropolitan of Minsk Filaret, together with President Alexander Lukashenko and other high-ranking representatives of the public, added a commemorative capsule with historical documents to the foundation. On September 26, 2006, Patriarch Alexej, Metropolitan Filaret and President Lukashenko consecrated the bells after completing the tent-shaped main dome .
In the crypt of the church earth and mortal remains from all battlefields and camps in Belarus are brought together. In 2012, a memorial for the April 11, 2011 terrorist attack was also created.
The memorial church, with the crowning cross, is 74 m high and holds 1,200 people. In it u. a. set up an archive with an exhibition to document war and tyranny and to honor the victims. Further worship and meeting places are planned or already completed on the site, such as a smaller wooden Holy Trinity Church.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Like most of the larger Orthodox churches, regardless of their canonical status, the Church of All Saints is often called a cathedral in Western texts ; however, it is not an episcopal church.
- ↑ Report and picture of the bell consecration ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
Web links
- History (russian)
- Dimensions and data (Belarusian)
Coordinates: 53 ° 56 ′ 31.6 " N , 27 ° 39 ′ 14.4" E