Belarus is one of the least religious societies of the former Soviet Union. Nevertheless, two
Christian denominations–the Belarusian Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church …

This article analyzes the position of the Christian churches on the protests in Belarus in
2020. This study contributes to the research on the state-society relationship in autocratic …

Based on extensive fieldwork across Belarus, this article analyses an ongoing discussion
within the Belarusian Orthodox Church (boc) regarding various issues that are key in …

This article is devoted to the analysis of the growing importance of brotherhoods and
sisterhoods of the Belarusian Orthodox Church. Currently these organisations perform …

This chapter focuses on the position of the Belarusian Orthodox Church with regards
migrants and refugees after the beginning of the Russian–Ukrainian conflict in 2014 and …

The recent" conservative turn" in Russian politics has raised to new levels the role of
spiritual and moral values in political discourse. The partnership formed between the …

In 2020, the religious factor turned out to gain importance to both protest mobilizations and
to government repression in Belarus, where the initiatives of religious groups had fostered …

This article analyses the response of the Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC) to the
contested presidential elections and political protests in Belarus in 2020. The victory of …

This chapter discusses strategies of reckoning with the communist past that were adopted in
Belarus by the Orthodox Church, the country's largest religious denomination. It examines …

This chapter deals with the simultaneous national and religious revival that occurred in
Belarus after the fall of the USSR. The role of the language policy conducted by the Catholic …