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“This fight is first and foremost spiritual”
Pavel Seviarynec addressed Belarusians from the pre-trial detention center Volha Seviarynec, the politician’s wife, has posted on her Facebook that she has received letters from her husband. These letters contain his appeal to the Belarusian people. “We have to pray for God to lead and inspire us, for churches to pray with us as well, for people […]
Alfons Bruening. Pastoral Care and Citizenship: Orthodoxy in Belarus at a Crossroads
Responding to: Orthodoxy in the Belarus Protests Among the protesters on the streets in Belarus there are probably many Orthodox Christians, although few make themselves visible as such. President Lukashenko’s rather aggressive call for the churches to avoid political interference can be read as a sign of the growing importance of the churches’ voice, but also of an […]
Christian Vision Working Group: Founding Statement
A working group of the Coordination Council “Christian Vision” was created on 9 September 2020. We, the following members of the Coordination Council: (names are currently hidden for security reasons) announce the creation in the Council of the working group “Christian Vision” – for communication and coordination of the common activities of Christians within the […]
Адкрыты зварот грамадскасці датычна забароны ўезда ў Рэспубліку Беларусь арцыбіскупа Тадэвуша Кандрусевіча
31 жніўня 2020 года падчас перасячэння мяжы на пагранічным пераходзе Кузніца Беластоцкая – Брузгі без усялякіх тлумачэнняў арцыбіскупу Тадэвушу Кандрусевічу было адмоўлена ў вяртанні ў Беларусь. Кс. Арцыбіскуп Тадэвуш Кандрусевіч, Мітрапаліт Мінска-Магілёўскі, Старшыня Канферэнцыі каталіцкіх біскупаў Беларусі, з’яўляецца грамадзянінам Беларусі. Канстытуцыя Рэспублікі Беларусь гарантуе грамадзянам Рэспублікі Беларусь права пакідаць краіну і бесперашкодна вяртацца (арт. 30). […]
Vasilios Makrides. Orthodox Christian Resistance to Political Power: Reflections on the Belarus Crisis
Responding to: Orthodoxy in the Belarus Protests Even before the eruption of the crisis following the August 2020 presidential elections with the mass protests against the long-time President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, it was no secret that Belarus was perhaps the strongest ally of post-Soviet Russia and Putin’s regime. The same holds true for the predominant Orthodox […]
Alena Alshanskaya. The Belarusian Orthodox Church between Confession and Self-Preservation
Responding to: Orthodoxy in the Belarus Protests The crisis overwhelming Belarus after the August 2020 presidential elections is no longer of political but of humanitarian character, and it has already impacted all segments of the Belarusian population. Even the churches, which tried to stay away from politics over years, were affected by the situation of total […]
Catholicism’s accidental exile captures drama of post-Soviet world
ROME – Some people, it would appear, simply are born for exile. Sometimes it’s a firebrand personality constantly irking the powers that be, but in other cases it’s mostly bad luck, circumstance, and the fact that a given person is an inconvenient reminder of a system’s failures and blind spots even without trying. The latter […]
Казань біскупа Юрыя Касабуцкага, Генеральнага вікарыя Мінска-Магілёўскай архідыяцэзіі. 5.09.2020.
Дарагія людзі, мы з вамі… Сапраўды, я маю пэўнае такое ўнутранае перажыванне, калі бачу сёння столькі вас. І сапраўды, ніводзін святар, ніводзін біскуп не мог бы не радавацца, калі столькі народу збіраецца ў храме, асабліва пасля часу гэтай пандэміі, калі храмы былі паўпустыя, калі мы глядзелі святую Імшу падчас онлайн-трансляцыі. Сапраўды, я павінен быў бы […]
Position der Kirchen in Belarus vor den Wahlen
Was heute in Belarus im Nachgang der Präsidentschaftswahl geschieht, und die Reaktion der Kirchen darauf zu beschreiben, ist sehr schwierig. Noch unlängst hat das Regime durch eine hierarchische Organisation der Gesellschaft alle gesellschaftlichen Bereiche kontrolliert, jetzt hat es jedoch völlig die Kontrolle verloren. Ich beschäftige mich seit mehreren Jahren mit der belarussischen religiösen Landschaft sowie […]
