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St. Sofia Cathedral

Rating 4.9
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Polaсk, Zamkovaya ulitsa, 1

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Polaсk, Zamkovaya ulitsa, 1
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Rating 4.9
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Level 18 Local Expert
September 11
A beautiful cathedral. Tall, 50 m, slim. There are many interesting architectural and construction solutions. Nearby, just below the stairs, there is a delicious well-maintained spring. It is a pity that it is used as a museum and a concert hall. We were at the concert of organ music. A whole hour of completely unknown works by completely unknown authors ... As a result, the concert is very tedious, people began to leave 10 minutes after the start...
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Level 30 Local Expert
June 24
Briefly about the main thing for those who are tired of listening to TV and the Internet: "Now it is a museum and a concert hall of organ music. <...> The impression is amazing - the music does not flow from the instrument, but envelops you around, thanks to the excellent acoustics of the cathedral ["The cathedral both in appearance and in interior decoration corresponds to a Catholic church, not an Orthodox church"]. You won't see this in an ordinary concert hall. Organ music concerts in summer on Sundays." The main thing is short: "The place is simply magical, you feel the beauty and spirituality, the connection of the times and events of antiquity with modernity. The nature is amazing, it emphasizes the scale of the building."
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Level 13 Local Expert
September 1
The wonderful cathedral is in excellent condition. The Vilna Baroque has been completely restored. The Cathedral of the Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate. I am glad that the whole of Belarus has been restored from the ruins of the wars with the Fascists and Bolsheviks according to accurate drawings and plans. Low bow to all those involved. There is a miraculous icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of Minsk in the Cathedral. The relics of St. Sophia of Slutsk. I was upset by an assistant from the sisterhood (apparently, because she was wearing a white veil with a cross), who advocated complete order (as in hell). But at the same time, another assistant smoothed out the impression of the parishioners, who saw this, building on a ruler, and modestly, without pathos, gave her prosphora to me. It is joyful that there are still such people who correctly understand what love and service to God are.
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