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