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CZECHIA: Deportation of a representative of the Russian Orthodox Church By Willy Fautré, Director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (12.08.2024) – Archpriest Nikolai Lischenyuk, 51, a key ally of Russian Patriarch Kirill and leader of the Russian Orthodox...
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ESTONIA: State and Orthodox Church agreed on separation from Moscow Patriarchate Orthodox Times (02.08.2024) – The Estonian Ministry of Interior and the Estonian Orthodox Church (EOC) have reached an agreement to reduce and ultimately eliminate the influence of...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BULGARIA: A Russian defrocked cleric joins the Patriarchate of Constantinople and the Bulgarian Orthodox Church European Times (22.07.2024) – Meanwhile, according to information on his personal page, the former cleric of the Russian Orthodox Church Peter...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
BULGARIA: Russian pressure weighs heavily on Orthodox Church election Andreja Bogdanovski Balkan Insight (18.06.2024) -The election of a new patriarch is intensifying divisions within the Bulgarian Orthodox Church between pro-Russian and anti-Russian factions....
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TURKEY: The EU and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, a fortress under siege By Willy Fautre, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers The European Times (06.05.2024) – East of the European Union, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople,...
