Archbishop Gurias Met with the Representative for Religious and Ethnic Affairs of the Republic of Belarus at the Holy Dormition Zhirovichi Monastery — Missionary Department of the Novogrudok Diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate)translated

The Missionary Department of the Novogrudok Diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate) 3 November 2026 The Holy Dormition Zhirovichi Monastery, with a working visit, was visited by the Representative for Religious and Ethnic Affairs of the Republic of Belarus Oleg Viktorovich Dyachenko and the head of the Department for Religious Affairs of the Representative's Office for Religious and Ethnic Affairs Andrey Vladimirovich Aryayev. The guests of the monastery were welcomed and accompanied by the abbot of the monastery, Archbishop Gurias of Novogrudok and Slonim, and the secretary of the Novogrudok eparchial administration, protodeacon Dimitry Semyukha, and the resident of the monastery, hieromonk Damian (Lipchevsky). During the visit, the guests toured the Assumption Cathedral and other churches of the monastery, familiarized themselves with the exhibits of the monastery's church-historical museum, struck commemorative coins, and subsequently held a discussion on future plans for the improvement of the monastery's grounds and its development as a spiritual center of the country. 231822 Belarus, Zhirovichi, Soborna Street 57 © 2022 Novogrudok Diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate) Missionary Department. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy…