Belarus Church History

Europe Belarus

The history of religion in the countries that now comprise Belarus could be only called at best, extremely tumultuous.

Sadly, the histories of religions practiced in these areas include a frightful legacy of persecution, pogroms, forced conversions, exiled and imprisoned practitioners and leadership. Before and during World War II Roman Catholic minorities were slaughtered and the nightmare called the Holocaust decimated Jewish populations.

Map of religions in Belarus 1750

Map of Legal Jewish Settlement in Russia 1825

Jewish
The Pale of Settlement

Roman Catholic
History of Roman Catholic Church in Belarus

Roman Catholic Church in Belarus History and portal to Catholic.by (today's Catholic Church in Belarus)

Greek Catholic
History of the Greek Catholic Church in Belarus