Church of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Virgin Mary (Babruysk)
Church of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Virgin Mary in Babruysk is a Catholic temple built in 1901-1903 and rebuilt in 1963. The original facades were vividly decorated in Neo-Gothic style, the church had a high bell tower in the front. History. XX Century. The church was built in 1901-1903 under management of an architect Stanislaw Shabunevsky. The main altar was consecrated on September 9, 1912. In 1907 two Rieger–Kloss pipe organs were installed in the church. In 1922 the Soviet authorities prohibited all religious activity  in Babruisk, but the locals continued to go to this church for baptizing and marriages. Only in 1935 it was closed. Soon the facades were stripped down. The former church was used as a granary. During the World War II the Fascists occupied the city and allowed Christianity to be freely professed, till 1944 the masses in the church were served again by a German priest. After the war the church's building was repurposed again as an archive, cinema hall, and a museum. Though in 1955 the government prohibited any alterations in the church's original historic appearance, in  1963 an administrative house was built into the church's walls. In 1989 the authorities returned the church to the parish, on July 13, 1990, it was consecrated by the archbishop Tadevuš Kandrusievič. XXI Century. In 2009 the Dominican nuns started working in the church. In 2019 the building was given under city management. Though there are propositions to demolish the administrative building and reconstruct the church's facades in the original outlook, the city authorities claim to have no funds for the project.