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BELARUS
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| This image, of OUR LADY OF THE WAY ,
an important devotion for Ignatius and his followers, is in a chapel in the Church of the
Gesu in Rome, the same Church in which Ignatius is buried. The image was originally in the
Church of Santa Maria degli Astalli in Rome. |
Listing of Traditional Latin Masses Which Have Been
Approved Under Papal Authority.
-- REPUBLIC OF
BYELORUSSIA --
(BELARUSSIA)
There are no indult latin masses in the country. Since the independence of Byelorussia,
both the latin and the Byzantine Rites have been made widely available but owing to
extreme political pressures, the Byzantine Rite has not been given official recognition by
the National Government. The majority of citizens belong to the Orthodox Church.
The many Byelorussian Byzantine parishes in the country are under the jurisdiction of
Roman ordinaries but the Pope has granted them a visitariate, which is a delegated rather
than an ordinary jurisdiction. The visitator works with the ordinaries to see to the
pastoral care of Greek-Catholics.
Visitator for Byelorussian Byzantine Catholics living in Belarus [Byelorussia]: Most
Rev. Archimandrite Sergius Gajek, M.I.C.
Visitator for Byelorussian Byzantine Catholics living outside Belarus: Most Rev.
Protopresbyter Alexander Nadson (at London)
Deanery of Byelorussian Byzantine Parishes, Dean: Most Rev. Protopresbyter Jan
Matusevic
There are now parishes at the following places: Baranavichy, Brest, Gomel, Grodno,
Ivacevicy, Lida, Maladecna, Minsk (2), Mogilev, Polack (2), and Vitebsk. Of these, only
the Parish at Mogilev has had its chapel restored to it. One church is being built for one
of the parishes at Polack and a house is being converted to a chapel at Brest. The other
parishes use private apartments or Roman Rite churches for mass. But for traditionalists
of any Catholic rite, a Byelorussian Byzantine Mass in Old Slavonic is infinitely
preferably to a Novus OrdoRoman Mass in any language.
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