On 21 September Orthodox believers celebrate the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God, which is one of twelve major church feasts. Metropolitan Veniamin of Minsk and Zaslavl, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, led a festive service in the Holy Nativity of the Theotokos Convent in Grodno.A congratulatory message
from Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the
Republic of Belarus Natalya Kochanova was read out at the end of the service.