Editing Minsk (section)

=== Churches ===
*The [[Belarusian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is actually the former church of the [[Cistercians|Bernardine]] convent. It was built in the simplified [[Baroque]] style in 1642–87 and went through renovations in 1741–46 and 1869.
*The [[Cathedral of Saint Virgin Mary|Cathedral of Saint Mary]] was built by the Jesuits as their principal church in 1700–10, restored in 1951 and 1997; it overlooks the recently restored 18th-century city hall, located on the other side of {{ill|Plošča Svabody|be|Плошча Свабоды (Мінск)}}.
*Another two historic churches are the cathedral of [[Saint Joseph]], formerly affiliated with the Bernardine monastery, built in 1644–52 and repaired in 1983, and the fortified church of Sts. Peter and Paul, originally built in the 1620s and recently restored, complete with its flanking twin towers.
*[[Church of St. Thomas Aquinas and the Dominican monastery in Minsk]] was a [[Catholic Church in Belarus|Catholic]] [[monastery]] complex founded in the early 17th century, destroyed in 1950. It was built in the [[Baroque]] style.
*The impressive Neo-Romanesque Roman Catholic [[Church of Saints Simon and Helena|Red Church]] (Cathedral of Sts. Simeon and Helene) was built in 1906–10 immediately after religious freedoms were proclaimed in Imperial Russia and the tsar allowed dissidents to build their churches;
*The largest church built in the Russian imperial period of the town's history is dedicated to St. [[Mary Magdalene]];
*[[Church of St. Adalbert and Benedictine monastery]] was a [[Roman Catholic]] monastic complex in Minsk originally belonging to the [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] order. Currently, the General Prosecutor's Office of Belarus is located on this site;
*Many Orthodox churches were built after the [[History of the Soviet Union (1985–1991)|dissolution of the USSR]] in a variety of styles, although most remain true to the Neo-Russian idiom. A good example is St. Elisabeth's Convent, founded in 1999.

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File:Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral.jpg|Church of Sts. Peter and Paul (Russian Orthodox).
File:Belarus-Minsk-Church of Mary Magdalene-8.jpg|Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Russian Orthodox).
File:Belarus-Minsk-Church of Exaltation of the Holy Cross-8.jpg|Church of [[Feast of the Cross|Exaltation of the Holy Cross]] (Roman Catholic).
File:Belarus-Minsk-Holy Trinity Church-1.jpg|Church of [[Trinity|Holy Trinity]] (Saint Rochus; Roman Catholic).
File:Vsekh svyatykh sobor 1998.jpg|[[Church of All Saints, Minsk|Church of All Saints and in Memory of the Victims of War]] (Russian Orthodox; consecrated 2010)<ref>{{cite news |last1=van der Vorst |first1=Patrick |title=Gospel in Art: Solemnity of All Saints |url=https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/50992 |work=ICN |date=31 October 2024 |language=en |archive-date=14 December 2024 |access-date=12 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214014248/https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/50992 |url-status=live }}</ref>
File:Евфросиниевская церковь.jpg|Church of St. Yevfrosinya of Polotsk (Russian Orthodox).
File:St Elizabeth Monastery 1997 1.jpg|Church of [[St Elisabeth Convent (Minsk)|St. Elisabeth Convent]] (Russian Orthodox)
File:Красный костёл - panoramio (1).jpg|The [[Church of Saints Simon and Helena|Red Church]] (Roman Catholic).
File:Костёл Святого Иосифа ночью - panoramio.jpg|Church of St.Joseph (formerly Uniate, used as an archive).
File:Miensk-Archikatedralny kaścioł Imia Najśviaciejšaj Panny Maryi-7.jpg|[[Cathedral of the Holy Name of Saint Virgin Mary|Cathedral of Saint Virgin Mary]] (Roman Catholic).
File:Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk.jpg|Minsk Cathedral of the Holy Spirit ([[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]]). 
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[[File:Minsk City Hall, Freedom square, Minsk - the capital of Republic of Belarus 01.JPG|alt=The city hall (rebuilt in 2003) at night.|thumb|The city hall (rebuilt in 2003)]]