The Church of St. Stanislaus

For Catholics Mogilev is initially associated with the Church of St. Stanislaus built in 1738-1752. This architectural monument in the style of Western European Baroque is one of the main architectural values not only for Mogilev, but also for the whole of Belarus. Within its walls the large-scale international festival of sacred music "Magutny Bozha" takes place every year. A special value of the church is the fresco painting made by various masters in 1765-1780. This is one of the most extensive fresco cycles in the country. The main facade of the church is decorated with two small domes, and its central part is highlighted by two-column porticos. One of the most extensive fresco cycles on the territory of Belarus has been preserved in this church.

The painting on the vaults was made in the second half of the XVIII century by a group of Mogilev artists under the direction of Pavel Piotrovsky. The fresco painting was done in 1765-1767, 1780 (the artists: P. Piotrovsky, A. Glovatsky, students-monks of the Church of the Savior: Peter, Lukyan, Gregory). In the 1860s, the painting was renewed by the artist Furst, who also performed a number of compositions. Frescoes covered all the walls of the church.

In Soviet times, the Catholic Cathedral was subjected to repression. In 1956 the cathedral was closed.

And then it housed the Central Historical Archive of the BSSR, later - the State Archive of the Mogilev region. During this period the temple lost the part of the paintings, the organ with rare ceramic pipes was irretrievably lost.

And only in the early 1990s the cathedral building was returned to the faithful. The restoration took place until 1994.