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Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People

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Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People (2016 11 24)
Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People (2016 11 24)

Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People (Belarusian: Царква Сьвятога Кірылы Тураўскага і ўсіх сьвятых заступнікаў беларускага народу, also known as the Belarusian Memorial Chapel) is a wooden church in Woodside Park, London. It is the first wooden church built in London since the Great Fire. It is also the first purpose-built Catholic church of Byzantine rite in London, the first memorial dedicated to the 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster erected in Western Europe, the first Belarusian Uniate church built outside Belarus and the first church building made principally out of cross laminated timber panels in London. The church is located next to the Francis Skaryna Belarusian Library and Museum and the Marian House, a Belarusian community centre in Northern London.

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Church of St Cyril of Turau and All the Patron Saints of the Belarusian People
Holden Avenue, London Woodside Park (London Borough of Barnet)

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Holden Avenue
N12 8HY London, Woodside Park (London Borough of Barnet)
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