{"id":542888,"date":"2026-05-16T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=542888"},"modified":"2026-05-16T12:11:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T09:11:50","slug":"general-rehearsal-for-festival-of-hope-in-minsk-draws-more-than-7-500-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/general-rehearsal-for-festival-of-hope-in-minsk-draws-more-than-7-500-people","title":{"rendered":"General Rehearsal for \u201cFestival of Hope\u201d in Minsk Draws More Than 7,500 People"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>On the evening of May 15, a general rehearsal ahead of the official opening of the \u201cFestival of Hope\u201d was held at Chyzhouka-Arena. More than 7,500 people attended the event.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cVoice of Hope\u201d choir, a joint symphony orchestra and church ministers performed on stage. Believers also gathered to pray for the upcoming services, the event organizers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/hopefest_minsk\/98\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s official opening will take place on May 16 at 5 p.m. at Chizhovka-Arena. American preacher <b>Franklin Graham<\/b> is scheduled to speak at the festival.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0411\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0435 7500 \u0447\u0435\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043a \u043f\u0440\u0438\u0448\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0433\u0435\u043d\u0435\u0440\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0443\u044e \u0440\u0435\u043f\u0435\u0442\u0438\u0446\u0438\u044e \u00ab\u0424\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044f \u043d\u0430\u0434\u0435\u0436\u0434\u044b\u00bb \u0432 \u041c\u0438\u043d\u0441\u043a\u0435\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VdWakf2z6t4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the evening of May 15, a general rehearsal ahead of the official opening of the \u201cFestival of Hope\u201d was held at Chyzhouka-Arena. More than 7,500 people attended the event. The \u201cVoice of Hope\u201d choir, a joint symphony orchestra and church ministers performed on stage. Believers also gathered to pray for the upcoming services, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":542887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a0834da3e9f3.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"General Rehearsal for \u201cFestival of Hope\u201d in Minsk Draws More Than 7,500 People"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-542888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-society"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}