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In 1903, about 2,000 of Minsk's Catholics wrote a petition to the local authorities asking for a site to start building a new Catholic church. This request was approved and construction started in 1905. The church was consecrated on 20 September 1910. On 21 December 1910, the church was opened. At
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In 2019, the Roman Catholic community situated in the church (owned by government) started to get invoices for property tax and land tax despite the tax exemption for religious communities. As of May 2021, the situation was unresolved. On 26 August 2020, during an
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After a small fire in part of the church in September 2022, officials banned the parish from continuing to use the church. Officials have rejected all attempts to have it reopened for worship.
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returned the building to its original use as a church. After the war, it was again closed by the Soviet authorities and again used as a cinema.
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and his wife were reburied in the church. In 1921, Woyniłłowicz, the donor who had the church built, was forced to leave his home and lands in
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in Independence Square, law enforcers blocked the doors of the church while about 100 people were inside. The auxiliary bishop of the
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Ashes of prominent British-French researcher of Belarusian history and culture reburied in Minsk, Belarusian Information Company
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In 1990, after two hunger strikes which were organized by the Minsk Catholic activists Anna Nicievska-Sinevicz and
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Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pinsk
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Official website of parish St. Simeon and St. Helena in Minsk
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Affiliation
Roman Catholic
Year consecrated
Minsk
Belarus
Geographic coordinates
53°53′47.47″N 27°32′50.92″E / 53.8965194°N 27.5474778°E / 53.8965194; 27.5474778
Architect(s)
Tomasz Pajzderski
Church
Style
Neo-Romanesque
Materials
Belarusian
Polish
Belarusian
Polish
Roman Catholic
Independence Square
Minsk
neo-Romanesque

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