Eastern Orthodox church, Eastern Orthodox church in Mogilev, Belarus.

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a brick building in Mogilev, originally a 17th-century square dwelling divided by a wall into two rooms. In the second half of the 19th century it was rebuilt as a church: the eastern wall received a three-sided apse, and a two-tiered hipped bell tower with a small onion dome was added to the west. A wooden octagonal drum on the roof ridge carries an onion cupola. The plastered facades have rectangular windows without frames and a broad cornice band; traces of plant ornament in sgraffito and fresco, made after Belarusian folk motifs, survive on the south wall.

A wooden Church of the Exaltation of the Cross was built in 1612 in the Trisninskaya hundred of the Zadubrovensky suburb at the residents' own expense; a 1616 contract recorded it in the magistracy books. Its parishioners helped block Polotsk archbishop Josaphat Kuntsevich from entering Mogilev in 1618, and the church reopened in 1634, a year after the other Orthodox churches. In 1666 King Jan II Casimir granted it the right to keep a school for languages and sciences and to celebrate the feast of Saints Boris and Gleb. The present brick building, originally a dwelling, was rebuilt as a church in the mid-19th century.

Regular Orthodox services fill the space with traditional practices and prayers offered before sacred icons. The living faith of the community shapes how people use the building day after day.

Visitors can enter the building throughout the year, with quieter times being best for exploring. It helps to check ahead about service times, as active worship may limit access to certain areas.

The church began as a brick dwelling in the 17th century and was rebuilt as an Orthodox church in the mid-19th century. Its walls carry plant ornament painted on wet plaster in Belarusian folk motifs, and traces of frescoes survive on the south wall. Some researchers date these features to the 17th century.