General
St. Simeon Cathedral (Soviet Border Guards Str.) was consecrated in 1865. The icons with the relics of Venerable Sergius of Radonezh and St. Euphrosyne, Fedorov and Kazan icon, written in Kostroma, are stored here. The relics of St. Athanasius of Brest, brought from Lesnyansky convent near Paris, are kept in a special shrine. A bronze monument of St. Athanasius (sculptor Alesya Gurschenkova) was erected not far from the church in 2005.
St. Simeon 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