On the holding of a lecture on the topic «Touching History» by employees of the institution «Zonal State Archive in Orsha» as part of the «Archives to School» campaign

On February 22, 2024, as part of the «Archives to School» campaign with 5th grade students of the state educational institution «Secondary School No. 7 in Orsha», head. The department for the use of documents by M.A. Nikulina held an information hour on the topic: «Touching history,» dedicated to the 310th anniversary of the founding of the Trinitarian Church and Monastery in Orsha.

On the territory of Orsha there were Catholic and Uniate monasteries of the monastic orders of the Jesuits, the Mariavites, the Trinitarians, the missionaries, the Bernardines, the Basilians, the Dominicans, and the Franciscans. Only about 80 monuments of history, architecture and art have survived to this day in the city.

During this event, students learned about the history of the building that currently houses the State Archive in Orsha, as well as about the emergence and activities of the Catholic monastic order of the Trinitarians, its founders, as well as when the order appeared on the territory of Orsha and his subsequent fate. Schoolchildren were offered a virtual tour of the archive building.