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20 Roubles Polotsk Spaso-Euphrosyne Metropolitan Convent
| Issuer | National Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Weight | 33.63 g |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a decorative ornamental border running along the upper rim of the coin. At center-left, the legend РЭСПУБЛІКА БЕЛАРУСЬ (Republic of Belarus) appears in Cyrillic above the State Emblem of the Republic of Belarus rendered in relief. To the right of the emblem, the alloy designation Ag 925 and the year of issue 2025 are inscribed in the field. At center, a detailed representation of the Polotsk Spaso-Euphrosyne Metropolitan Convent is depicted, while the denomination 20 РУБЛЁЎ is inscribed along the lower portion of the coin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a richly detailed commemorative composition celebrating the 900th anniversary of the Polotsk Spaso-Euphrosyne Metropolitan Women's Monastery, founded in 1125. At center, a stylized scene depicts angels crowning Saint Euphrosyne of Polotsk set against the architectural backdrop of the monastery complex. Flanking the central image on the left and right are stylized crosses accompanied by the Belarusian-language inscriptions identifying the monastery and its anniversary. The founding year 1125 appears prominently within the central composition, and a circular ornamental border frames the lower portion of the design. |
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The Spaso-Euphrosyne Convent in Polotsk, founded by Euphrosyne of Polotsk in the twelfth century, is the oldest surviving monastic complex in Belarus. Euphrosyne — born Predslava, a princess of the Polotsk dynasty — renounced her noble position to become a scribe and then a nun, an unusual trajectory that earned her canonization by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547. The convent she established became a major center of manuscript copying and religious education in medieval Rus.
Belarus has issued commemorative silver in this series intermittently since the 1990s, systematically working through sites of national Orthodox significance.