St. Francis Xavier Cathedral

St Francis Xavier Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Grodno, Belarus. Originally a Jesuit church, it became a cathedral in 1991, when the new diocese of Grodno was erected. Nowadays it is one of only three minor basilicas in Belarus. It is also one of the most beautiful historical sites in Belarus.

The brilliant Roman-Catholic Farny church is the calling card of the historical town of Grodno. Attending the rite of its consecration in 1705 had been King August II and Russian Tsar Peter the Great. The compound of homes along with the monastery and Belarus' first pharmacy (now the pharmacy-museum) occupied 1 / 4 and became taken into consideration to be the maximum stunning withinside the Rzeczpospolita. The foremost shrine of the cathedral is the wonder-operating Icon of the Congregational Mother of God (Virgin Mary for students), a replica of the Icon of the Mother of God of the Snow from Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome, which become given to Grodno in 1664.

Location: Grodno, Belarus