General
St. Nicholas Garrison Cathedral in the Brest Fortress was built in 1855 in the Byzantine style. After the ordeal it was returned to Orthodox believers, now it repeats the author’s idea in detail. The author is the academician of the Russian Academy of Arts D.Grimm. A bronze bell, weighing a ton (one of the largest in Belarus), received as a gift from the Belarusian Railways, was ascended on the bell tower of the temple in 2001.
St. Nicholas Garrison Cathedral обновлено: February 25, 2018 автором:
Throughout its long history Brest has always been and still remains a multi-confessional city. Today there are 17 registered denominations, united into 48 religious communities here. The pilgrimage department of Brest diocesan administration has worked out the routes of visiting 26 shrines of Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Italy, as well as 6 out of 22