Lukashenko ha colpito la Chiesa Evangelica Bielorussa.

Lo stesso Lukashenko che crea problemi alla Chiesa cattolica e agli Uniati, che impedi' la visita del compianto Giovanni Paolo II a Minsk con motivazioni ai limiti della decenza, nonostante la presenza di un Metropolita disponibile al dialogo interconfessionale e ben disposto verso i Cattolici, sebbene risponda al Patriarcato di Mosca.

Quello che ora fanno contro gli evangelici ieri lo fecero e domani lo faranno contro i cattolici.



fonte: www.charter97.org

Authorities Liquidated Evangelical Reformed Church
11:11, 22/08/2005



The Minsk city court has ruled to liquidate Christian religious congregation “Belarusian Evangelical Reformed Union”. The Minks executive committee summoned the church representatives to the court as they had not re-registered. Pastor Leanid Lipen stated in the court that the case of the church’s liquidation is a purely political one.

As Radio Svaboda informs, the judge of the Minsk city court Ala Salayova had been examining the case of the church liquidation for one hour. According to the documents she had, the Christian religious congregation Belarusian Evangelical Reformed Union had been registered by the Justice Ministry in 1992. According to the new legislation, all civil and public associations are to have a legal address in commercial and industrial premises. Believers-reformers have not submitted new documents to Minsk executive committee within the two years after the new legislation’s adoption.

Main reason for liquidation of religious communities, according to many priests, is lack of money for renting suitable premises, while the state does not allocate funds for that. However, Calvinist Leanid Lipen said in the court that he boycotts the new law and demands to return Calvinist churches that had belonged to that denomination historically.

“We cannot recognize this discrimination law. It violates freedom of conscience. We need freedom to be returned to us, and historical buildings returned to us (at least one of them), and the persecution to be stopped. All our buildings have been confiscated. They have been confiscated, and now they demand some legal address. I think they understand everything. They know about the history of Reformation. It is done purposely,” the pastor said to Radio Svaboda.