Church of All Saints, Minsk, Eastern Orthodox church in Minsk, Belarus.
The Church of All Saints is a memorial church of the Belarusian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, consecrated in 2018. Designed by architect Lev Pogorelov, it stands at the intersection of Kalinovsky and All Saints streets, reaches 74 meters with its cross, and holds 1,200 worshippers. Its tent-shaped main dome and multiple domes were raised in 2008.
The foundation was laid in 1991 by Patriarch Alexei II, and the building opened to worshippers in 2008. This extended construction period reflects the transformations the country experienced after the Soviet era ended.
The full name, Memorial Church in Honour of All Saints and in Memory of the Victims Who Served to Save Our Fatherland, defines its purpose. In the crypt, earth and remains from battlefields and camps across Belarus are gathered, and since 2012 a memorial place commemorates the 11 April 2011 terror attack. An archive with an exhibition on war and violence documents the victims.
The church stands at the junction of Kalinovsky Street and All Saints Street, on the northern edge of Minsk rather than the centre; the street was named All Saints only in late 2007. The crypt, where earth and remains from Belarusian battlefields and camps are gathered, also holds a memorial to the 11 April 2011 Minsk metro bombing. A smaller wooden Trinity church stands on the grounds.
Beneath the building, a crypt holds the remains of three unknown soldiers from different conflicts, including one from the War of 1812. These burials made the site a national memorial spanning multiple generations of the fallen.
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