It was Ash Wednesday. Poplavskaya spent the whole day with a young Catholic priest, Father Kirill Bardonov, from a small town ...

July has been declared the month of active tourism in Belarus. It is already a tradition to devote every 30 days to a certain type of ...

Sweden’s domestic security agency, SAPO, believes the church is being used as a platform for intelligence gathering and other ...

Just about everything about the onion-domed Russian Orthodox church near the otherwise unassuming Swedish city of Vasteras ...

Zhirovichi Monastery turns 505 MINSK, 20 May (BelTA) - The Holy Dormition Monastery in the town of Zhirovichi, one of Belarus’ main spiritual centers, celebrates its 505th anniversary this year.

Pope Leo XIV welcomed a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, led by Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon, on the Feast ...

Orthodox Christians Celebrate Christmas In Belarus 7 7.01.2024, 10:22 4,750 The picture story is from a cozy church far from Minsk.

"This year the airplane from Minsk did not fly to Israel due to the complicated situation in the region. With the blessing of Metropolitan of Minsk and Zaslavl Veniamin, Patriarchal Exarch of All ...

FILE - The sun rises above Orthodox Church, left, and Catholic Church in the town of Novogrudok, Belarus, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) west of the capital of Minsk, on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016.

Belarus cracks down on clergy who supported protests of its authoritarian leader Dozens of clergy in Belarus — Orthodox, Catholic or Protestant — have been jailed, silenced or forced into ...

Dozens of Belarusian clergy members have faced imprisonment, censorship or forced exile for protesting President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Rev. Viachaslau Barok was a familiar face in Rasony, a town in northern Belarus near the Russian border, overseeing construction of its Roman Catholic church and ...