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Petition to Patriarch Kirill: Stop the war! Peace for Ukraine and Russia
Your Holiness, On the eve of the week of the Last Judgment, we, Orthodox Christians of the Local Orthodox Church, which you lead, appeal to you to do everything possible to stop the full-scale fratricidal war that began two days ago, when Russian troops entered Ukraine. You call yourself the Primate of the Church, whose […]
Statement of the Christian Vision Working Group of the Coordination Council Regarding Military Aggression Against Fraternal Ukraine and Alexander Lukashenko’s Regime Involvement
24 February 2022 This morning, the regime of Putin initiated military aggression against Ukraine. The territory of the Republic of Belarus is used as one of the springboards for this aggression. We, priests, theologians and active laity of the Orthodox, Roman-and Greek Catholic, Anglican and Evangelical Churches, strongly condemn the aggression of the Putin regime […]
Statement of the Christian Vision Working Group of the Coordination Council Regarding the Hunger Strike of Christian Intellectual Uladzimir Matskevich
8 February 2020 A philosopher, methodologist, intellectual, creator of the Flying University, and Christian-Reformed Christian, Uladzimir Matskevich, has been held in custody in a pre-trial detention centre (SIZO) no. 1 in Minsk for more than six months. He was detained on 4 August 2021 and charged under article 342 of the Criminal Code (Organizing actions that […]
The Mission of the Christian Vision Group in the Current Political Crisis in Belarus
The Social and Political Context Since the presidential elections in August 2020, Belarusian society has existed in a state of deep political, economic, and social crisis. Despite the unprecedented engagement of citizens in peaceful protests across the country, the democratic movement which started forming in spring 2020, shortly before the elections, has a weak institutional […]
Statement of the Christian Vision Working Group of the Coordination Council on the Persecution of Mikalai Vitsikau, Orthodox Christian
19 January 2022 On 14 January 2022, an Orthodox Christian and one of the most active parishioners of the church in the village of Ciarucha, Homeĺ district, Homeĺ region, Mikalai Herasimavich Vitsikau, was detained. He was placed in custody in a pre-trial detention centre; a preventive measure in the form of two months of arrest […]
Religious Sphere: A year of challenges and trials
Summary In 2020, two unprecedented phenomena – the COVID pandemic and the presidential election with subsequent protests determined the main trends of religious life as well as in the society in general. Moreover, it is in their context that the religious component acquired a much greater than usual significance and influence on the life of […]
Anniversary of the Death of Metropolitan Filaret (Vakhromeev)
[simple-author-box] A year has passed since the repose of the first Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus, Metropolitan Filaret (Vakhromeev). He led the Orthodox Church in Belarus for 35 years, his personal convictions predetermined the progressive image of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC) compared to the Russian Orthodox Church at large. His repose symbolically marked the […]
The Vatican Reactions to the Belarusian Crisis
On matters concerning Belarus, the Vatican traditionally maintains neutrality, avoids political statements and seeks solutions to problems through diplomatic means. Local Church leaders’ reaction to the political crisis: shifting from neutrality to demands for justice The stolen presidential elections of 9 August 2020 in Belarus were followed by peaceful protests all over the country and […]
