Days after Belarus brokered an end to an aborted coup in Russia and as the pope’s personal peace envoy closed a trip to Moscow, a top Vatican official arrived in Belarus to honor a famed icon and meet with high-level state and ecclesial officials.
A report from Budslau, where a Catholic shrine was rescued from a fire. The shrine is on fire! the surroundings of Budslau have been all agog since the morning. The church of the 18th century is smoking, the old people have been telling each other over the phone. People in the village of Dauhinava, which is 16 kilometers away, see off fire trucks with anxiety, writes nn.by.
In the center of Budslau, the sky is gray with smoke, in the air there is a bitter smell of a fireplace. There are benches and confessionals on the grass - later they will be pulled into the building next to the church. The main icon of the Mother of God has already been taken out. When at half-past eleven the flames burst out and part of the roof collapsed, the only joy was that all the valuables were safe.
1.05.2021, 11:53
The head of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus congratulated Orthodox believers on Easter.
On the eve of Easter, which the Belarusian Orthodox Church celebrates on May 2 this year, the chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus, Bishop of Vitsebsk
Aleh Butkevich sends congratulations and wishes to Orthodox brothers and sisters on the holiday, catholic.by reports.
In a letter addressed to the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslaul
Veniamin, the head of the Belarusian Catholic episcopate writes:
- Your Eminence!
On behalf of the Conference of Catholic Bishops and all believers of the Catholic Church of Belarus, allow me to convey to you and, in your person, all the faithful sons and daughters of the Belarusian Orthodox Church sincere congratulations on the redemptive Feast of the Resurrection of Christ.