Святейший Патриарх Кирилл прибыл с Первосвятительским визитом в Республику Беларусь

On June 20, 2026, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' arrived in the Republic of Belarus on a Primate's visit. At the Brest airport, His Holiness was met by the Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl, Archbishop John of Brest and Kobrin, Bishop Avksentiy of Nesvizh, and clergy of the Brest Diocese. Also among those greeting him were the Governor of the Brest Region, P.A. Parkhomchik; the Commissioner for Religious and National Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, A.A. Rumak; and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus, B.V. Gryzlov. During his visit on June 21, the Third Sunday after Pentecost, the Day of the Synaxis of Belarusian Saints, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill will celebrate the Divine Liturgy at the Resurrection Cathedral in Brest. Early in the morning of June 22, at the Brest Hero Fortress Memorial Complex, the Primate of the Russian Church will participate in a memorial service dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and the memory of the fallen defenders of the Fatherland.