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Rev. MAKSIM NAGIBIN, Russian Orthodox Church (Krasnodar Krai)
Rector of the Archangel Michael church (Metropolis of the Kuban, Eparchy of Armavir) in the village of Nadezhnaya, Otradnensky District, Krasnodar Krai. In the Easter 2022 sermon, he said: “I may become an outcast in the Russian Federation and some present here may disagree with my words, but this is my conviction, it will remain with […]
Very Rev. VITALIJUS MOCKUS, Rev. VITALIS DAUPARAS, Rev. GINTARAS SUNGAILA, Rev. GEORGY ANANIEV, Very Rev. VLADIMIR SELIAVKO, Deacon GEORGY TSEBUREVKIN, Orthodox Church of Lithuania (Lithuania)
At the beginning of March 2022, Very Rev. Vitalius Mockus, then Chancellor of the Orthodox Church of Lithuania, as well as Rev. Vitalis Dauparas and Rev. Gintaras Sungaila criticized in the media and on social networks the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill for his sermons which justified Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. On 17 March, an […]
Deacon SERGEY SHCHERBYUK, Russian Orthodox Church (Samara Oblast, Russia)
Deacon of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin parish in the Samara region. The Baza Telegram channel reported that in early April, the deacon was fined 30,000 rubles under the article on discrediting the Russian army in critical statements to parishioners and other ministers about Russia’s war against Ukraine. Shcherbyuk did not know for which specific incidents he was […]
Hegumen ARSENY (SOKOLOV), Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow)
Hegumen Arseny (Sokolov), a well-known biblical scholar, and a representative of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia to the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, signed an open appeal of the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church against the war; his signature under the appeal was the first. On 28 March, he launched a Telegram channel where he […]
Archdeacon ANDREY KURAEV, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow)
Suspended archdeacon, famous writer and missionary, published in his social networks anti-war texts. On 21 March, his LiveJournal blog was blocked in Russia. On 23 August, Nikulino court of Moscow fined him for 30,000 rubles for a post in LiveJournal from 18 April, where archdeacon reflected on Russian civil war 1918-1923 and in some passages touched upon contemporary situation. […]
Deacon DMITRY BAEV, Russian Orthodox Church (Kirov, Russia)
Dmitry Baev, deacon of St John the Baptist parish in Kirov, a graduate of the Vyatka Theological School, left Russia immediately after the start of the war. He has been publishing anti-war articles and videos on his VKontakte social network page (currently deleted or blocked). Metropolitan of Vyatka and Sloboda Mark suspended him from ministry and referred his case to […]
Rev. IOANN BURDIN, Russian Orthodox Church (Kostroma Oblast)
The rector of the Resurrection of Christ church in the village of Karabanovo (Krasnoselsky District, Kostroma Oblast). On 6 March 2022, Forgiveness Sunday, in a sermon he said that he was praying for peace on Ukrainian soil. About 10 people were present, one of whom reported to the police. Two hours later, the police arrived […]
PAVEL LARYN, Evangelical Christian Baptists (Minsk)
Pavel Laryn studied at the Minsk Theological Seminary of the Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists. On 24 February 2022, he posted an anti-war message in a local chat; on the following day he was arrested for 15 days. Two months later, he was detained again and charged under the Criminal Code art. 368 (Insulting the […]
Rev. VASIL YAHORAU, Greek Catholic Church (Mahiloŭ)
The rector of the Mother of God of Bialyničy parish in Mahiloŭ. He was detained on 25 March 2022 for a sticker “Ukraine, forgive” on his car. From 25 March to 28 March, he was kept in a temporary detention centre. On 28 March, the court fined him 50 basic units.
Rev. ANDREI VASHCHUK SDS, Roman Catholic Church (Viciebsk)
The rector of the Holy Spirit parish in Viciebsk. He was detained on 15 July under part 1 of art. 24.23 (violation of the procedure for organizing or holding mass events) of the Code of Administrative Offences. He was kept in the Pieršamajski District Department of Internal Affairs in Viciebsk until the trial. The case […]