New St. John of Shanghai church consecrated at St. Elisabeth Convent in Minsk

On June 2, Metropolitan Pavel of Minsk and Zaslavl, and retired Archbishop Mikhail (Donskov) (ROCOR), concelebrated the Divine Liturgy and consecrated a new church at St. Elisabeth Convent, in Minsk (Belarus). The church (see picture above) has been named in honor of St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco. All the faithful who attended the services received an icon of Saint John.The church is on the land of National