Tag: Mjensk

Photo of the Day for April 8, 2023: Holy Saturday / Вялікая субота

After the blessing of Easter baskets on Holy Saturday, Roman Catholic parish of Christ the Savior, Mjensk 2009. Пасьля асьвячэньня велікодных страў у Вялікую суботу, рыма-каталіцкая парафія Хрыста Збаўцы, Менск 2009 г.  

Photo of the Day for December 30, 2022

Churches of Belarus (part DVIII):  Roman Catholic church of Saints Simon and Helena, also known as the “Red Church” (1905-1910), Mjensk 2001. One of the most active Roman Catholic parishes in Belarus.  The Soviet occupiers expropriated the church’s sacred artifacts and treasure in 1923, desecrated the church, and turned it into a cinema; the church… Continue reading Photo of the Day for December 30, 2022

Photos of the Day for May 10, 2020

For Mjensk a rare and meritorious example of architectural conservation and restoration:  the constructivist-style Kitchen Factory (Fabryka-kukhnja, 1930-36).  Mjensk 2020. Since the Soviet re-occupation of Mjensk in mid-1944, the city has witnessed the continual destruction of its architectural patrimony and historic urban fabric.  The recently-completed project to conserve and restore the Kitchen Factory in the… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 10, 2020

Photos of the Day for May 9, 2020

Memorial site to victims murdered by the Soviet NKVD in 1937-1941, Kurapaty (Mjensk) 2019. Курапаты 2019.     Memorial stone with correct dates of NKVD murders (1937-41); odious efforts, official and unofficial, persist by adherents of Stalinism to impose the lie that it was the Germans who carried out the mass murders after occupying Mjensk… Continue reading Photos of the Day for May 9, 2020