11.05.2021, 9:11
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(Updated) The miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Budslau was taken to a safe place.
The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is burning in Budslau. This is a national sanctuary, where thousands of pilgrims from all over Belarus come every year, Belsat reported.
“Right now the roof of the Budslau church is on fire. There is a possibility of collapse, readers of Charter97.org confirmed the information.
The website catholic.by reported that a fire broke out on the roof of the National Sanctuary of the Mother of God of Budslau on the morning of May 11. Firefighters arrived at the scene. Believers are called to prayer.
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.