Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, along with the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and Ukrainian Ambassador to Lithuania, Petro Beshta, honored the memory of the heroes who participated in the 1863-1864 Uprising. Memorial events dedicated to the anniversary of the revolutionary events took place in Vilnius and included Holy Mass at the Cathedral, followed by a solemn ceremony at the Rasos Cemetery, where the prominent figures of the liberation movement, Kastus Kalinouski and Zygmunt Sierakowski, are buried.
During the ceremony, the Belarusian leader spoke on the indomitable spirit of Belarusians and the unity of people in the struggle against tyranny.
“Tyrants can destroy monuments, rewrite textbooks, torture people in prisons, but they will never succeed in destroying that heroic spirit. That rebellious spirit lives on in millions of Belarusians today. In those who went out on the streets in 2020. In our fearless warriors who defend Ukraine. In our steadfast political prisoners who are being tortured in Lukashenka’s prisons. It lives on in our partisans and bloggers. Honest teachers and musicians. Artists and activists.
This spirit lives in our freedom-loving nations. And our duty is to finish the work started by the rebels. I believe that this time we will succeed. Tyranny will be defeated.”, noted Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
