Republican scientific and practical conference “Ruzhany region: ethnographic, folklore, architectural and artistic heritage of the region”translated

October 30, 2026 in the city. Ruzhany hosted a republican scientific and practical conference “Ruzhany region: ethnographic, folklore, architectural and artistic heritage of the region.”

The event was organized by the Center for Research of Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, the Kondrat Krapiva Institute of Art History, Ethnography and Folklore, and the Pruzhany District Executive Committee.

The ceremonial opening and plenary session of the conference were held in the Ruzhany palace complex of the Sapieha family, and the work of the sections took place in the Ruzhany rural executive committee and in the Sunday school of the Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in the town of Ruzhany. The rector, Archpriest Alexander Sen, and the cleric, Priest Nikolai Mashlyakevich, took part in the landmark event. Archpriest Alexander Sen gave the conference participants an introductory tour of the church, and during the section “Heritage of Ruzhany and the surrounding area: biographical research, ethnography and folklore,” which was held in the Sunday School building, he made a report “Archpriest John of Navrod: life and ministry.”

The conference materials were published as a separate book by the Belarusian Science publishing house.