All Saints Church

Big church. However, everything looks too new. It does not give the feeling of a historical place.

Absolutely beautiful and very prayerful place.

On coming from the airport to our hotel, we passed this very noticeable church with gold decorated spires and rooftops. My attention was immediately a.. Read more »ttracted and I simply had to visit it and get a close up look. The Church of All Saints (the Memorial Church in Honour of All Saints) was built in memory of innocent victims and is one of the most beautiful Orthodox churches in Minsk. It is a temple of the Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church and can seat 1,200 worshippers at a time. The Church is part of a temple complex. Besides the House of Mercy, the complex also includes the wooden Trinity Church. The Church of All Saints is the only memorial temple/ church in the country. On July 2, 2010 the remains of three unknown soldiers, killed in the battles of three wars (the War of 1812, World War I and World War II), were buried in the crypt of the church. The crypt of the Church of All Saints in Minsk is a unique object. There are nothing to compare with this in the world and there are 504 niches in the crypt, each of them has a crystal container. They plan to take the sand from the fields of all major historical battles where the blood of the Belarusians was spilt in the name of peace.

Beautiful but new cathedral. Clearly a prestigious project of the master boss.

Majestic church with spectacular interior

Beautiful. Massive ornamental church. I don't understand it! Seems there is no area for people to sit and listen to the priest. Only people standing a.. Read more »nd praying. From the outside to the inside is highly decorated. Beautiful. I saw few men here and a lot of women. Many of the women were not in my opinion dressed to attend church the clothing was very provocative. Is that way they were praying?