Tag: Belarus

The founder of Belarusian pro-life movement Tatsiana Tarasevich passed away

OCP- June 5, 2014

Report Prepared for OCP Media Network - 5/6/14 The founder of Belarusian pro-life movement passed away on  Monday Belarus: Overnight into the 2nd of June the ... Read More

Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko meets with participants in 4th Orthodox-Catholic Forum

OCP- June 5, 2014

On June 3, 2014, Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko received in audience participants in the 4th Orthodox-Catholic Forum “Religion and Cultural Diversity: Challenges for Christian Churches ... Read More

Minsk to host Orthodox- Roman Catholic Forum 2-6 June

OCP- May 31, 2014

May 2014 MINSK, 30 May (BelTA) – Representatives of 22 countries will take part in the Orthodox-Catholic Forum which will be held in Minsk on ... Read More

Metropolitan of Belarus urges Instigators of the Ukrainian crisis to remember the Last Judgment

OCP- April 25, 2014

25/4/14 Head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Paul of Minsk and Slutsk has reminded those stirring up confrontation in the Ukraine of the Last ... Read More

Belarusian Orthodox church to welcome guests of Major pro-life forum

OCP- April 16, 2014

Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk Belarusian Exarchate - Moscow Patriarchate Report Prepared for OCP New Service 16/4/14 Belarusian Orthodox church to welcome  guests of  big pro-life ... Read More

Ancient church robbed in Belarus

OCP- March 23, 2014

March 2014 Unidentified persons have robbed the Church of Holy Martyr Parasceva in the Mesyatichi village of Pinsk district, between 12.00 of March 14 and ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill blessed Orthodox sportsmen and sportswomen participating in the Olympic Games

OCP- February 8, 2014

On 5th February His Holiness Patriarch Kirill officiated a Te-Deum service in the church of the Icon of Christ not-made-by-human-hands. Moldovan sportsmen and sportswomen participated ... Read More

Gifts of the Magi relic from Mount Athos to visit Russia, Belarus and Ukraine

OCP- December 14, 2013

Moscow, December 13, Interfax - The holy relic of the Gifts of the Magi, preserved in the Monastery of St. Paul on Mount Athos, will ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill gives consent to Belarus’ Exarchate office in Moscow

OCP- November 14, 2013

14/11/13 MINSK, 12 November (BelTA) – Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill gave consent to the proposal of the Belarusian Orthodox Church to open ... Read More

Authorities fear that churches’ authority will grow, and cooperation between them will increase

OCP- September 19, 2013

19/9/13 - BELARUS A national march under the slogan of ‘For Life, For Family, For Children’ aimed at promoting birth and family values and initially ... Read More

Thousands of people prayed with heads of Orthodox Churches in Minsk

OCP- July 29, 2013

Minsk, July 29, Interfax - Some 20,000 people attended the liturgy served by the heads of the Orthodox Churches in a Minsk square on Monday. ... Read More

Alexander Lukashenko greets Christians of Belarus with the 1025th anniversary of the Conversion of Russia

OCP- July 29, 2013

29/7/13 "The adoption of Christianity was the living source or the Easters Slavs, which defined the development of their statehood, national culture, since and education. ... Read More

1,025 years of Christianity: Ukraine hosts Orthodox celebrations while questioning its future

OCP- July 28, 2013

28/7/13 The Orthodox Church is celebrating the 1025th anniversary of introduction of Christianity into medieval Russia. Clerical delegations and the leaders of Russia, Ukraine and ... Read More

During Baptism Anniversary, Putin Lauds Russian-Ukrainian “Spiritual Unity,” Urges Integration

OCP- July 28, 2013

KIEV, July 27 (RIA Novosti) – Russian President Vladimir Putin praised on Saturday the “spiritual unity” between Russia and Ukraine and urged closer integration between ... Read More

Rus Baptism celebrated across Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

OCP- July 28, 2013

28/7/13 Russia, Ukraine and Belarus celebrate the 1025th anniversary of the Rus baptism on July 28. The celebrations started in Moscow with a festive service ... Read More

Belarusian Leader Lukashenko Calls for Orthodox Church Reform

OCP- July 27, 2013

MINSK, July 26 (RIA Novosti) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday that the Orthodox Church was due for reforms to make practicing religion more ... Read More

Inter-parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy holds is 20th conference in Athens

OCP- July 2, 2013

1/7/13 The Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy held its 20th General Assembly from June 27-29, 2013, in Athens to discuss Parliamentary Democracy-Christianity-Orthodoxy: Values and Meanings. The ... Read More

The Orthodox Church Says “No” To Death Penalty – Belarus Press Review

OCP- June 27, 2013

Paula Brown- 26/6/13 Will a new presidential decree impose the ideological control on performers in Belarus? The Belarusian Orthodox Church gives a loud "no" to ... Read More

Alexander Lukashenko visits Minsk Church of All Saints

OCP- May 6, 2013

MINSK, 6 May (BelTA) - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visited the Church of All Saints in Minsk on Easter Day celebrated by Orthodox Christians on ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill chairs a meeting of the Church-Public Organizing Committee for the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Russia

OCP- March 30, 2013

On March 27, 2013, the Church-Public Organizing Committee for the 1025th Anniversary of the Baptism of Russia met at the patriarchal residence in the St. ... Read More

Orthodox relic from Greece to be on display in Belarus 9-17 May

OCP- January 10, 2013

MINSK, 9 January (BelTA) – Belarusian and Greek Orthodox Churches have agreed that the relic of the right hand of Saint Spyridon of Trimythous will ... Read More