13 August 2002
Newly built church consecrated in Brest region

 The newly constructed Saint Michael Church has been consecrated in the village of Ryasna, Kamenets district, Brest region.
Attending the ceremony on August 8 were members of the Belarusian Exarchate and the Brest and Kobrin Orthodox Eparchy, faithful, NGO representatives and reporters. The church stands at the site where Ryasna's feudal lord Martin Matushevich, a writer and statesman, built a small wooden temple back in 1765. The church was destroyed in 1964. The villagers had no place of worship until a state-run local farm helped build the foundation of a new temple in 1991. Services were held in the cellar of that building since 1993.