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Katja Richters. The Belarusian Orthodox Church: From Reluctant Opponent to Regime Loyalist
Responding to: Orthodoxy in the Belarus Protests The protests against the re-election of President Lukashenka, which are currently taking place across Belarus, are the most serious challenge that Europe’s so-called last dictator has experienced since assuming office in 1994. They are, however, not the first protests against his leadership and the tactics he and his allies […]
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 […]
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 […]
Позиция церквей в Беларуси перед выборами
Описывать то, что сегодня происходит в Беларуси в послевыборный период и реакцию церквей, очень сложно. Протесты, которые происходят по всей стране, во всех социальных, профессиональных, региональных, этнических, конфессиональных группах, носят дисперсный характер неорганизованного хаоса – без обычных для западного гражданского общества структур, без выразительных политических субъектов, а также фактически без лидеров. Режим, который еще недавно […]
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 […]
Айцец Сергій Гардун: “Калі ў царкву не ўмешваецца дзяржава, то царква заўсёды хоча быць адзінай і застаецца адзінай”.
Круглы стол “БЕЛАРУСКАЯ ІНТЭЛІГЕНЦЫЯ Ў ВЫПРАБАВАННЯХ ЧАСУ” АЛЯКСАНДР КАРЛЮКЕВІЧ галоўны рэдактар Выдавецкага дома “Звязда”, ВЯЧАСЛАЎ ДАНІЛОВІЧ дырэктар Інстытута гісторыі НАН Беларусі, АЛЯКСАНДР ЛАКОТКА дырэктар Цэнтра даследаванняў беларускай культуры, мовы і літаратуры НАН Беларусі акадэмік НАН Беларусі, ПРОТАІЕРЭЙ СЕРГІЙ ГАРДУН першы прарэктар Інстытута тэалогіі імя Св. Мяфодзія і Кірыла БДУ, ВАДЗІМ ГІГІН сакратар Беларускага саюза журналістаў […]
Regina Elsner. “The Church is Always with the People”: An Orthodox Paradigm in Political Turmoil
Responding to: Orthodoxy in the Belarus Protests The protests in Belarus are remarkable in several respects. Their duration, social breadth, creativity, female activity, and non-violence arouse international admiration, but also deep concern. Among others, the role of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC) deserves special attention as it reveals characteristic patterns of the social position of Orthodoxy in post-Soviet […]
