Holy Spirit Cathedral, Minsk

Holy Spirit Cathedral
Кафедральны сабор Сашэсця Святога Духа
The cathedral in 2013
Map
53°54′18″N 27°33′22″E / 53.9050°N 27.5562°E / 53.9050; 27.5562
CountryBelarus
DenominationBelarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church
Websitehttps://sabor.by/
History
Relics heldOur Lady of Minsk (Icon) [be], hollows of Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill
Architecture
StyleSarmatian Baroque [fr]
Years built1633—1642
Closed1741

The Holy Spirit Cathedral or the Holy Ghost Cathedral (Belarusian: Кафедральны сабор Сашэсця Святога Духа) is a cathedral in Minsk, Belarus. Consecrated in honour of the Holy Spirit, it the mother church of the Belarusian Orthodox Church. It was built between 1633 and 1642 as a part Bernardine monastery during the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in a place of former male Orthodox monasteries. The site became Orthodox again in 1860. The cathedral is listed as a Belarusian Cultural heritage object and is considered one of the main landmarks in Minsk Upper city [ru].[1]

  1. ^ "Сабор Сашэсця Святога Духа ў Мінску" (in Belarusian). PoshykInfo. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2022-03-05.