Church of Saints Simon and Helena

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Church of Sts. Simon and Helena Касцёл Свсв. Сымона і Алены Kościół św. Szymona i św. Heleny
The Red Church
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Year consecrated	1910
Location
Location	Minsk, Belarus
Country	Belarus
Geographic coordinates	53°53′47.47″N 27°32′50.92″E / 53.8965194°N 27.5474778°E / 53.8965194; 27.5474778
Architecture
Architect(s)	Tomasz Pajzderski
Type	Church
Style	Neo-Romanesque
Completed	1910
Materials	Clay bricks

The Church of Saints Simon and Helena (Belarusian: Касьцёл сьвятых Сымона і Алены; Polish: Kościół św. Szymona i św. Heleny w Mińsku), also known as the Red Church (Belarusian: Чырвоны касьцёл; Polish: Czerwony Kościół), is a Roman Catholic church on Independence Square in Minsk, Belarus.

This neo-Romanesque church was designed by Polish architects Tomasz Pajzderski and Władysław Marconi. The cornerstone was laid in 1905 and the church was completed in 1910. The bricks for its walls were sourced from Częstochowa, while the roof tiles came from Włocławek. Its construction was financed by Edward Woyniłłowicz (1847–1928), a prominent Belarusian-Polish landowner, businessman and civic activist. The church was named and consecrated in memory of Woyniłłowicz's two deceased children, Szymon and Helena.

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.^[1]