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Our team consists of representatives from different countries and professions. We are united by one thing — the desire to protect what forms the foundation of a normal life and a stable future for our societies, peoples, and nations. This includes the Church, the institutions of family and marriage, as well as traditional values.
On the website of the "Heritage" group, we will publish facts about violations that undermine the very foundations of what is dear to us and what we are eager to preserve.
We are confident that this will support the necessary informational and legal efforts both at the national level and on respected international platforms.
We call on all concerned individuals to send us relevant information and to join our initiative!
On the website of the "Heritage" group, we will publish facts about violations that undermine the very foundations of what is dear to us and what we are eager to preserve.
We are confident that this will support the necessary informational and legal efforts both at the national level and on respected international platforms.
We call on all concerned individuals to send us relevant information and to join our initiative!
Comprehensive pressure on the Orthodox Church of Moldova is linked to the existence, development, and support of a church schism within the country.
The so-called Bessarabian Metropolis, although granted all the rights of a legal entity after the Moldovan state lost a case in the European Court of Human Rights in 2001, has remained what it was since its emergence in 1992 — a schismatic organization formed by clergy who violated their priestly oath and ecclesiastical laws (canons) by transferring from the Russian Orthodox Church to the Romanian Church. The fact that the Romanian Orthodox Church accepted these schismatics into its fold by supposedly "re-establishing" the historical Bessarabian Metropolis (which existed from 1925–1940 and again from 1941–1944) does not change the essence of the issue.
By demonstratively supporting the "Bessarabian Metropolis," the Moldovan authorities are attempting to exert pressure on the canonical Church, represented by the Metropolis of Chișinău and All Moldova.
For the Orthodox Church of Moldova, the most difficult year in this regard was 2023, when pressure increased significantly on Metropolitan Vladimir (Cantarean), the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, aiming to force him to sever ties with the Moscow Patriarchate. Various methods were employed: bribery of clergy, media campaigns targeting Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, and even an initiative by a “group of clerics” proposing that the entire Metropolis of Moldova join the Romanian Patriarchate.
Despite the authorities’ goal to rapidly separate as many parishes as possible, only 23 out of 1,347 religious communities unilaterally and uncanonically joined the schismatics over the course of the year.
Unfortunately, pressure on the Orthodox Church of Moldova continues to grow. Supporters of the "Bessarabian Metropolis" are attempting to seize churches of the canonical Church by force, and the threat of an outright ban on the Church looms — a possibility that the current Moldovan government may seek to implement.
The so-called Bessarabian Metropolis, although granted all the rights of a legal entity after the Moldovan state lost a case in the European Court of Human Rights in 2001, has remained what it was since its emergence in 1992 — a schismatic organization formed by clergy who violated their priestly oath and ecclesiastical laws (canons) by transferring from the Russian Orthodox Church to the Romanian Church. The fact that the Romanian Orthodox Church accepted these schismatics into its fold by supposedly "re-establishing" the historical Bessarabian Metropolis (which existed from 1925–1940 and again from 1941–1944) does not change the essence of the issue.
By demonstratively supporting the "Bessarabian Metropolis," the Moldovan authorities are attempting to exert pressure on the canonical Church, represented by the Metropolis of Chișinău and All Moldova.
For the Orthodox Church of Moldova, the most difficult year in this regard was 2023, when pressure increased significantly on Metropolitan Vladimir (Cantarean), the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, aiming to force him to sever ties with the Moscow Patriarchate. Various methods were employed: bribery of clergy, media campaigns targeting Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, and even an initiative by a “group of clerics” proposing that the entire Metropolis of Moldova join the Romanian Patriarchate.
Despite the authorities’ goal to rapidly separate as many parishes as possible, only 23 out of 1,347 religious communities unilaterally and uncanonically joined the schismatics over the course of the year.
Unfortunately, pressure on the Orthodox Church of Moldova continues to grow. Supporters of the "Bessarabian Metropolis" are attempting to seize churches of the canonical Church by force, and the threat of an outright ban on the Church looms — a possibility that the current Moldovan government may seek to implement.
Since the declaration of the so-called independence of Kosovo in 2008, the institutions of the Kosovo Albanians have openly and unequivocally demonstrated their intention to create an ethnically pure Albanian state in the region. As a result, violations of the rights of Serbs and the Serbian Orthodox Church have been ongoing.
In particular, the process of settling the legal status of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the protection of Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo is being deliberately blocked.
Churches of the Serbian Orthodox Church are subjected to attacks, looting, arson, desecration, and acts of vandalism.
In particular, the process of settling the legal status of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the protection of Serbian cultural heritage in Kosovo is being deliberately blocked.
Churches of the Serbian Orthodox Church are subjected to attacks, looting, arson, desecration, and acts of vandalism.
In January 2019, Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople legalized schismatic structures in Ukraine, which were united under the name “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCU).
Supporters of this organization launched a large-scale campaign of persecution against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). To date, more than 1,000 churches belonging to the UOC have been seized, and its clergy and faithful are regularly subjected to physical assaults.
The Ukrainian government has also joined in exerting pressure on the UOC. At its initiative, sanctions have been imposed against several bishops, and some of them have been stripped of their Ukrainian citizenship. UOC priests are being forcibly conscripted into the army. The illegal re-registration of canonical Church communities under the jurisdiction of the OCU has been systematized and is occurring on a mass scale.
Moreover, the Ukrainian Parliament has adopted a law aimed at banning the UOC.
Supporters of this organization launched a large-scale campaign of persecution against the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). To date, more than 1,000 churches belonging to the UOC have been seized, and its clergy and faithful are regularly subjected to physical assaults.
The Ukrainian government has also joined in exerting pressure on the UOC. At its initiative, sanctions have been imposed against several bishops, and some of them have been stripped of their Ukrainian citizenship. UOC priests are being forcibly conscripted into the army. The illegal re-registration of canonical Church communities under the jurisdiction of the OCU has been systematized and is occurring on a mass scale.
Moreover, the Ukrainian Parliament has adopted a law aimed at banning the UOC.
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