Unique spiritual event

31 июля 2017

The unique spiritual event took place in the estate of Kukhtichi (now the village of Pervomaysk, Uzda District). An urn with the ashes of the famous Belarusian patron and cultural figure Maria Magdalena Radziwill arrived in the local church.

A native of Warsaw, Radziwill-Zavisha lived in Switzerland since 1930s and until the last days. But her life and work was closely connected with Belarus, the aristocrat sponsored many Belarusian publications, opened Belarusian-language schools, supported writers (the collection "Wreath" by Maxim Bogdanovich). Maria Magdalena spent a lot of time in her patrimonial possessions, in Kukhtichi, she Belarusian. Here at the beginning of the last century, Prince Nikolai Radziwill, the husband of Maria Magdalena, was buried. And today, a ceremony of commemoration of the married couple took place. An urn with ashes from Switzerland to Belarus was delivered by the representative of the Association of Belarusians in Switzerland Alexander Sapega.