Volozhin, Minsk region (Belarus) The city of Volozhin is located in the west of the Minsk region. Volozhin is known as the place where the first higher theological school for the training of rabbis was located in Eastern Europe. The buildings of the grandiose palace of the Tyszkiewicz family of […]

The city of Grodno is the center of the Grodno region and is located in the western part of the country. The first mention of it is found in chronicles in 1116. In the 15th century, Grodno was the largest trading center of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and since […]

The Belarussian Orthodox Church is the country’s largest community and, according to the Religious Law of 2002, has a special position in society. Catholicism, Islam, Judaism and the Lutheran faith are recognized as “traditional religions”. In the 2019 census, not half of the population described themselves as Orthodox Christians, while […]