Category Archives: Discrimination, violation of freedom of expression of Orthodox Christians by a State

Dnipro mayor threatens UOC with blocked temple doors and dug-up roads

April 14, 2020. Boris Filatov addressed the clergy regarding the upcoming Easter holidays in quarantine. Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov warned the clergy of the Dnipropetrovsk Eparchy of the UOC that if they want to “risk the health of people” at Easter, then the city authorities will ensure that they receive “a full range of measures” – including water and electricity […]

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Metropolitan of Montenegro and multiple clerics detained by police after celebrating Palm Sunday

April 13, 2020. His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro (Serbian Orthodox Church) and his concelebrating clergy were detained by police yesterday, Sunday, April 12, after celebrating Liturgy for the Great Feast of Palm Sunday at a monastery in Zlatica, a suburb of the capital city of Podgorica. Several priests were also detained after celebrating Liturgy in the city’s Cathedral of […]

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Greek Church petitions to be allowed to serve Liturgy, lawyers seeking to annul order to ban Church services

March 27, 2020. Although the Greek Orthodox Church earlier agreed to limit its services to just one-hour Divine Liturgies on Sundays, the state was not content, and on March 16 it banned all services until March 30, in an effort to contain the highly contagious coronavirus. However, while understanding the need to protect the faithful and all people, the Church […]

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St. Petersburg mayor’s order to close churches is unconstitutional, services will continue, says Russian Church

March 27, 2020. Residents of St. Petersburg, Russia, are prohibited from visiting religious sites from March 28 to April 5 according to new measures aimed at containing the quickly-spreading coronavirus. The decree signed by city Governor Alexander Beglov on March 26 prohibits “individuals from visiting objects (territories) of religious organizations, with the exception of the clergy and religious personnel of the […]

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Montenegrin authorities form commission to negotiate with Church about new law on Church property

March 10, 2020. Montenegrin Prime Minister Duško Marković has formed a team of experts to negotiate with the Montenegrin Metropolis of the Serbian Orthodox Church and other dioceses of the Serbian Church in Montenegro regarding the recently-passed scandalous law “On Freedom of Religion and Belief and the Legal Status of Religious Communities.” The law gives the state the right and […]

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