Patriarch Kirill to pay three-day visit to Belarus

Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Veniamin, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus. Photo: Belarus Segodnia (Belarus Today)
From June 20 to 22, 2026, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church will make a pastoral visit to the Republic of Belarus, reports the press service of the Moscow Patriarchate.
The program of the stay in the Belarusian Exarchate will begin with an arrival in the city of Brest on Saturday. On Sunday, June 21, on the day of commemoration of the Synaxis of Belarusian Saints, the Patriarch will officiate at the Divine Liturgy at the Resurrection Cathedral in Brest.
In the early morning of June 22, His Holiness the Patriarch will visit the memorial complex "Brest Hero Fortress" where he will take part in a memorial meeting dedicated to the 85th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
As the UOJ reported, Bulgaria blocked sanctions against Patriarch Kirill.
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