Marian devotion
Our Lady of Minsk
Minsk, Bielorrusia
The Belarusian Catholics venerate the Virgin Mary in the country's capital.
In Minsk, the capital of Belarus, the Cathedral of Santa Maria is the center of the Catholic faith. The Polish and Lithuanian missionaries established devotion in the Middle Ages.
Faith under Communism
Belarus suffered decades of communist regime. The Catholics were persecuted and their churches destroyed. The Virgin Mary was the mother who comforted them in suffering.
After the fall of the USSR, Catholics rebuilt their churches. The Virgin of Minsk is the mother who guides you in the recovered freedom.
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