The Church of St. Simeon and St. Helen, also known as the Red Church, was opened in December 1910. The construction of the temple was carried out at the expense of the rich Minsk nobleman Edward Voynilovicha and his wife Olympia, which have contributed to the construction of the Church a large donation of 100,000 rubles.

The temple was built by the architect Tomas Pazderski and władysław Marconi. The construction of the temple lasted five years. The first stone was solemnly laid the priest Casimir Mikhalkevich. The sculptures of the Church were created by the sculptor Sigmund Otto. The bell tower of the Church was decorated with three bells: Edward (in honor of Voynilovicha), Simon (in honor of his dead son) and Michael (in honor of the patron Saint of the Archbishopric).

Today, the Red Church is one of the most famous and the most visited Catholic churches in Minsk. The Church is an asymmetric Basilica in the Romanesque style, built of red brick. The bell tower is 50 meters.

The Church was consecrated in honor of saints Simon and Helena. Inconsolable father had dedicated the temple to his dead children, who were named after these saints.

After the Revolution in 1932 the Church was closed. The building of the temple worked the Polish state theatre, then it was transferred to the Studio. During the Nazi occupation, the Church was again opened. After the war, in the temple again went into the Studio, and since 1975 the House of Cinema.

In 1990, the Church of St. Simeon and St. Helen was transferred to the Catholic Church and is open to parishioners. In 1996, before the Red Church was a sculpture of St. Michael defeating a dragon – a symbol of the victory of the heavenly army over the forces of darkness. In 2000, the sculpture "the Bell of Nagasaki" - a symbol of remembrance of the victims of nuclear disasters.