Orthodox Christians in Belarus
Uladzislau Bahamolnikau / photo by Minsk Theological Academy
Priest Bahamolnikau is currently free on a non-disclosure bond.
Police disperse a gay pride parade in Minsk / kpax.livejournal.com
The activists behind the controversial initiative demand criminal punishment even for the manifestation of a rainbow flag.
Photo: Church.by
The head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church used to wear a klobuk with the traditional cross.
Metropolitan Pavel/STV
Russian Orthodox Church (ROC)’s Belarusian Exarchate head voices opposition to independence from the Moscow Patriarchate.
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The Orthodox Church in Belarus supports the stance of the Moscow Patriarchate on the issue of Ukrainian autocephaly.
Anatol Lyabezdka has published the photo on Twitter.
The discussion itself is detrimental, the head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church believes.
Belarus president does not show up but congratulates Belarusian Orthodox Christians on the 1025th anniversary of the Christianization of Kievan Rus'.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia arrived in Minsk on July 28 by train which also brought the cross of St Andrew the Apostle to Belarus.
