Belarus News News Belarus » Religion: Religious minorities facing attacks in Belarus, charity says
LEICESTER, United Kingdom – Religious freedom will “rapidly deteriorate” in Belarus as a law passed a year ago gives the government broad discretion to use formal legal grounds to persecute “disloyal ...
News Belarus » Religion: Franklin Graham to Hold Evangelical Gathering in Authoritarian Belarus
Pastors of the small evangelical community are eager to unite, but religious freedom experts doubt the event will lead to greater freedoms. For three nights starting Friday, the Chizhovka Arena in ...
News Belarus » Religion: ‘We are proud of interfaith harmony that exists in Belarus’
On May 15th, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Franklin Graham, President and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic ...
News Belarus » Religion: Lukashenko views monasteries as Belarus’ centuries-old pillars of tradition
Belarus is a multi-ethnic and multi-faith country. Orthodoxy is the most widespread religion in our state. Cathedrals, churches, monasteries are not only important places for believers. They are ...
News Belarus » Religion: Belarus to Impose Strict Curbs on Religion
MOSCOW, Oct. 2 -- Belarus moved today toward imposing harsh new restrictions on religious activity by minority faiths, adopting what human rights activists called the most suffocating religion law in ...
News Belarus » Religion: Belarus assures peaceful coexistence of different religions
“A total of 25 registered religious denominations exist in Belarus and we’ve done our best to assure inter-denominational peace and stability” Alexander Lukashenko said MINSK, July 4 (Itar-Tass) - ...
News Belarus » Religion: Lukashenko suggests setting up centers of attraction for all religions in Belarus
MINSK, 10 February (BelTA) - Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko suggested setting up centers of attraction for all religions in the country as he met with representatives of religious ...