The Cathedral of St. Stanislaus has the status of a co-cathedral of the Minsk-Mahilioŭ Catholic Archdiocese. A monument of Baroque architecture, built in the middle of the 18th century.

The cathedral stands on the site of a former Carmelite monastery. In 1738–1752 a brick church was built. The new Carmelite monastery temple was consecrated in 1765. From 1783, Bishop Stanislaŭ Bohuš-Siestrancevič consecrated the cathedral in honor of St. Stanislaus.

At the end of the18th century, the temple was rebuilt. A 4-column portico was added to the facade. The frescoes on the vaults were made in the second half of the 18th century by Mahilioŭ artists. At the same time, the cathedral became the main church of the Roman Catholic Belarusian archdiocese, which at that time included all the Catholic parishes of the Russian Empire.

After the establishment of Soviet power in Belarus, anti-religious policy was launched. The Cathedral of St. Stanislaus Rector Jaŭhien Sviatapolk-Mirski was shot, and the church was converted into a granary. Services were held in the church for several post-war years, but in 1947, they were stopped. In 1956, the building of the former cathedral housed the Central Historical Archive of the BSSR. In 1960 it was transferred to Minsk, and the State Archive of the Mahilioŭ Region moved to the vacated building. During this period, the temple lost part of the frescoes, the organ with rare ceramic pipes was irretrievably lost.

In the early 1990s, the cathedral building was returned to the faithful. Restoration lasted until 1994.

Publication date: 18.05.2017.

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