it was here that the male cistarcian was founded in the mid-16th century. and after 100 years, femalethree cistercian monasteries that once existed in belarus. the church building has survived to this day. now this is the church of st. michael the archangel. another must-visit place in mozar is a two-in-one church. the cathedral of the archangel michael and the temple in honor of the new martyrs and confessors, located under the cathedral. well, the excursion. about the cathedral, my new acquaintance, father igor , the clergyman of the cathedral, will arrange for me, father, from the stories of father igor, i learned that the history of this majestic building began in the middle of the 16th century with a small wooden monastery that belonged to the bernardine monk, however it stood for only 3 years before the first war, during which it burned down. the new monastery was built from stone with the money of the most powerful and famous local family of askerks. in the 19th century, the building was saved from fires, but was not saved from the fate of all catholic unias churches in belarus