The king Władysław II Jagiełło established the first parish of the Holy Trinity in Minsk in the 14th century.

[clarification needed] Local bishop Voytkevich managed to receive a building permit on a stone church.

The Neo Gothic church was built on donations of all citizens of different confessions, because they believed that St. Roch saved them from cholera.

The new church was consecrated on November 1, 1864, under the names of St Roch and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The wooden statue of St Roch was widely worshiped and considered miraculous, thousands of pilgrims visited it on August 16.