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In the text of the anathema, expressed by the head of the Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Archbishop Svyatoslav Login, Alexander Lukashenko is called “a murderer and tormentor of the people.”
On November 22, the head of the Belarusian Orthodox Autocephalous Church (BPATS), Archbishop Svyatoslav (Login), excommunicated Alexander Lukashenko, who considers himself President of Belarus, during a service at the Cathedral of St. Cyril in Turov. This was reported on the BPAC website.
In the text of the anathema (excommunication), expressed by the archbishop, Lukashenka is called “a dictator, murderer and tormentor of the peoples of Belarus.
“The pious Belarusian people are now going through a difficult time when, at the order of the impostor, former president Alexander Lukashenko, possessed by the devil, our children are killing and mocking our brothers and sisters. This executioner and his allies commit bloody massacres of civilians. on the streets and in prisons in the capital Minsk and in various cities of long-suffering Belarus, glorifying and continuing the God-fearing policy of the Bolsheviks, openly violating God’s commandments, destroying monuments, “says the anathema.
The director of BPAC emphasizes that while “the entire civilized world supports the struggle of the Belarusian people for their rights,” “this violence and humiliation of law and order is taking place with the support of Belarus’ eastern neighbor, which is called to himself “orthodox” and “older brother”.
“The Church is a spiritual and apolitical institution that teaches its flock to fight for the truth, it cannot simply observe the genocide of the Belarusians, but, according to the holy teaching of Christ, it must be the conscience of his people, forcing us to proclaim the following: by the power that God has given us, we are separated from the holy Orthodox Church and proclaim anathema to former President Alexander Lukashenko, who, although he bears a Christian name and belongs to the Orthodox Church only by birth, prohibits him from entering the mysteries of Christ, remembering him in his complete repentance before the Church and the Belarusian people, ” the text says.
The archbishop called on those who still serve Lukashenka’s “satanic power” not to obey criminal orders, otherwise the curse of their descendants awaits them “in earthly life and hell in heavenly life.”
Since August 9, massive protests by those who disagree with the voting results in the presidential elections have not stopped in Belarus. According to official data, the victory in them was obtained at that time by the current president Lukashenko, for whom 80.1% of the voters voted (he has led the country since 1994). Second place with 10.1% of the vote was held by Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. At the same time, alternative exit polls showed the opposite picture: Tikhanovskaya’s confident victory.
The Belarusian security forces violently dispersed the demonstrations using explosive grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons. During the protests, hundreds of protesters were injured and wounded. According to official figures, four protesters died.
Another victim, Roman Bondarenko, is known as the result of a confrontation between unknown masked persons with neighbors in the area. The conflict took place over white, red and white ribbons. The Belarus Investigation Committee said the deceased was drunk. In a comment to TUT.BY, doctors said that Bondarenko’s body had zero ppm of alcohol.
Lukashenka assumed the presidency on September 23. For the first time in the history of Belarus, the opening ceremony was not announced or broadcast on television. Several states, including the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, did not recognize Lukashenko’s inauguration.
On October 2, the European Union imposed restrictive measures against 40 people responsible for falsifying the results of the presidential elections and forcibly suppressing peaceful protests. On November 6, the EU imposed sanctions against Lukashenko, who considers himself President of Belarus, and 14 other Belarusian officials. Ukraine joined the sanctions. The European Union has agreed to work on the third package of sanctions.
The Belarusian Orthodox Autocephalous Church is a religious association that does not formally exist in Belarus.
