The pro-Kremlin Lukashenko last month signed into law a measure requiring all religious organizations in the country to reregister with authorities or face being outlawed if their loyalty to the state is in doubt.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law into effect that mandates that all denominations and religious groups reapply for state registration, which authorities reserve the right to refuse.
On Tuesday, the bishops of Belarus announced that after a nearly 3-month exile over his criticism of Belarusian leaders, Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk will be allowed to return to his archdiocese for Christmas thanks to a personal plea from Pope Francis. Read full piece
A Catholic bishop in Belarus accused President Alexander Lukashenko of “insult and slander” after the government official charged the church’s exiled leader with planning to “destroy the country” and called for a bar on foreign clergy. Read full piece
2 Kings 11, which details the rise of King Joash and the overthrow of the illegitimate Athaliah, as seen in photos from protests in Belarus against authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko.
Bishops in Belarus demanded an end to repression and confirmed Catholic clergy and laypeople were beaten and jailed during street protests following disputed Aug. 9 elections. Read full piece
Baptists in the eastern European nation of Belarus request prayers as the nation’s streets fill with protesters upset at presidential election results largely deemed fraudulent.
As protesters fill the streets in Belarus to protest the recent presidential election, John Jackson reflects on his many trips to the nation and what he has learned about and from Baptists there.
As the coronavirus pandemic grows in the eastern European nation of Belarus, Baptists there are experiencing an outbreak in their eldercare home. Belarusian Baptist churches and the Baptist seminary have also struggled to keep ministering in these uncertain times.
More than 1,000 victims of the Holocaust were buried May 22 in Belarus, some 70 years after they were killed in the genocide.