Catholic chapel St. Casimir
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Chapel of St. Casimir in Zhlobin was built in 1911. By the beginning of XX century Zhlobin was a large number of Catholics. Many of them arrived in the city at the invitation of the authorities to assist in the construction of the railway and the organization of railway communication. Most experts had arrived Poles Catholic religion. In 1905, Catholics in Zhlobin there were already 4, 5 thousand people. They prayed in close temporary house of worship, because the city was not even a Catholic chapel.

May 24, 1909 the authorities gave permission for the construction of a Catholic church. In the nearby town of Rogachev at this time it was going to build a new church. Old - still Solid wooden temple to be demolished. Due diligence rector Fr Alexander Boltutsa old Rogachev Temple managed to buy for 900 rubles, disassembled and transported to Zhlobin. Place in the construction of the Catholic church was donated by Prince Drutsk-Sokolinskii.

In 1911 the church was consecrated as a chapel of St. Casimir. He served until 1934, when the Bolsheviks closed down all the temples in Zhlobin. During the Nazi occupation the Nazis, carrying out an agreement with the Vatican, opened all the churches in the city and allowed them to carry out the service. Since its chaplain in the city there was no service held German military chaplain.

After the war, the chapel of St. Casimir closed again and gave the room a kindergarten. In 1980, after an overhaul is opened Local History Museum.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Catholics have repeatedly appealed to the authorities to return to the shrine. The authorities refused to give a room of the museum, but gave the faithful Soviet-built commercial building, which was rebuilt in the chapel of St. Casimir the money raised Catholic Zhlobin.

In the near future in Zhlobin plan to build a new church of St. Casimir. The Cathedral is built in the Gothic style. Author of the project B. Katerli. The height of the cathedral of the future (with a spire) - 36 meters.

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