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Cathedral of the Holy Name of Saint Virgin Mary Архікатэдральны касцёл Імя Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі
The Cathedral of the Holy Name of Saint Virgin Mary
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
Year consecrated	1710
Location
Location	Minsk, Belarus
Geographic coordinates	53°54′11.33″N 27°33′15.85″E / 53.9031472°N 27.5544028°E / 53.9031472; 27.5544028
Architecture
Type	Cathedral
Style	Baroque
Completed	1710
Website
http://www.katedra.by

Cathedral of the Holy Name of Mary (Belarusian: Архікатэдральны касцёл Найсвяцейшага Імя Найсвяцейшай Панны Марыі, Polish: Archikatedra Najświętszego Imienia Najświętszej Maryi Panny, Archikatedralny kascioł Imia Najsviaciejšaj Panny Maryi) is a Roman Catholic baroque cathedral in Minsk. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Minsk-Mohilev.

It was built under the Polish rule in 1710 as a church for the Jesuit College in Minsk until 1773 when pope Clement XIV suppressed the Jesuit Order. In 1793, after the Russian conquest of Belarusian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the church got a local status. Soon, after creation of the Minsk diocese, the church became the local cathedral.

The cathedral was heavily damaged in a fire in 1797, but was later fully renewed. In 1869, the Minsk diocese was liquidated and the church returned to parish status. In November 1917, the diocese was restored; Zygmunt Łoziński was appointed as a bishop.

In 1920, Łoziński was arrested by Soviet authorities, the cathedral was closed down in 1934.

During the Second World War, the Germans allowed the cathedral to function again, but after the war it was again closed down by the Soviets. In 1951, the cathedral's bell towers were intentionally destroyed by Soviet artillery and the building itself was given to the Spartak sports society.

In the beginning of the 1990s, religious services started again. In 1993, the building was given back to the Roman Catholics; by 1997 it had been renovated.

In 2005, the church was given a new organ manufactured in Austria. Around the same time, the frescoes created in the 18th century were also restored.

See also

• List of Jesuit sites

External links

• Media related to Archcathedral of Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Minsk at Wikimedia Commons
• The Cathedral's official website

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Episcopal Conference of Belarus
Dioceses	Archdiocese of Minsk–Mohilev Diocese of Grodno Diocese of Pinsk Diocese of Vitebsk
Churches	Cathedrals: Cathedral of the Holy Name of Saint Virgin Mary Co-Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin and St. Stanislaus, Mogilev St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Grodno Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Pinsk Cathedral of the Merciful Jesus, Vitebsk Old Cathedral of St. Barbara and St. Paul, Vitebsk Churches: Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Budslau St. Mary's Church, Grodno Church of Saint John the Baptist, Kamai Church of Holy Trinity, Minsk Church of Saints Simon and Helena, Minsk St. Nicholas' Church, Mir Transfiguration Church, Navahrudak Corpus Christi Church, Nesvizh Church of the Assumption, Pruzhany Church of the Holy Trinity, Hyervyaty Church of Mother of God of the Rosary, Soly
Former dioceses	Archdiocese of Mohilev Archeparchy of Polotsk–Vitebsk Eparchy of Volodymyr–Brest Apostolic Exarchate of Belarus
Belarusian Byzantine	Belarusian Greek Catholic Church Leo Garoshka Ceslaus Sipovich Alexander Nadson Sergiusz Gajek
Relations	Apostolic Nunciature to Belarus Archbishop Ante Jozić
See also	Ruthenian Uniate Church Church of St Cyril of Turau, London Our Lady of Budslau Kalvaryja Byaroza Monastery
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