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Belgorod region is among the most religious regions of Russia

20 April 2020
Белгородская область оказалась в числе наиболее религиозных регионов России

The Belgorod Region has become one of the subjects of the federation, where, despite the spread of the coronavirus, the regional authorities decided to refrain from categorical bans on visiting churches for common prayer on Easter, Holy Week and Bright Week.

Transfiguration Cathedral. Belgorod.
Transfiguration Cathedral. Belgorod.
According to the regional portal 26Bel.ru, the mayor of Belgorod, Yuri Galdun, abandoned restrictions for lay believers wishing to visit churches on holy days for Christians - and the governor of the region, Yevgeny Savchenko, 'supported the initiative to strengthen spiritual protection from the pandemic.' In the temples of the city and the region on April 18 and 19, there was an influx of believers who came to pray to the Lord God, as well as to consecrate traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs.

According to the rating compiled by the TV channel 'Tsargrad', among the Russian regions where the authorities refused to close churches and only advised believers to stay at Easter at home, along with Belgorod, Murmansk, Chelyabinsk, Tver, Ivanovsk, Kostroma, Leningrad and Orel regions were also included, and also Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories.

On the contrary, strict, and sometimes simply excessive, bordering on discrimination against believers, restrictions on visiting churches in The Bright Resurrection of Christ was introduced on the territory of the Altai Republic, St. Petersburg, Rostov region. Moscow, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Karelia, the Udmurt Republic, the Primorsky Territory, the Novosibirsk and Amur regions.

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Возжечь свечу в святом месте Light a candle
in a sacred place Заказать молебен в святом месте Order a prayer service
in a sacred place Написать молитвенное письмо Write a prayer letter Купить освященный предмет Buy a consecrated item
Belgorod region is among the most religious regions of Russia Belgorod region is among the most religious regions of Russia The Belgorod Region has become one of the subjects of the federation, where, despite the spread of the coronavirus, the regional authorities decided to refrain from categorical bans on visiting churches for common prayer on Easter, Holy Week and Bright Week. Transfiguration Cathedral. Belgorod. According to the regional portal 26Bel.ru, the mayor of Belgorod, Yuri Galdun, abandoned restrictions for lay believers wishing to visit churches on holy days for Christians - and the governor of the region, Yevgeny Savchenko, 'supported the initiative to strengthen spiritual protection from the pandemic.' In the temples of the city and the region on April 18 and 19, there was an influx of believers who came to pray to the Lord God, as well as to consecrate traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs. According to the rating compiled by the TV channel 'Tsargrad', among the Russian regions where the authorities refused to close churches and only advised believers to stay at Easter at home, along with Belgorod, Murmansk, Chelyabinsk, Tver, Ivanovsk, Kostroma, Leningrad and Orel regions were also included, and also Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories. On the contrary, strict, and sometimes simply excessive, bordering on discrimination against believers, restrictions on visiting churches in The Bright Resurrection of Christ was introduced on the territory of the Altai Republic, St. Petersburg, Rostov region. Moscow, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Karelia, the Udmurt Republic, the Primorsky Territory, the Novosibirsk and Amur regions.
The Belgorod Region has become one of the subjects of the federation, where, despite the spread of the coronavirus, the regional authorities decided to refrain from categorical bans on visiting churches for common prayer on Easter, Holy Week and Bright Week. Transfiguration Cathedral. Belgorod. According to the regional portal 26Bel.ru, the mayor of Belgorod, Yuri Galdun, abandoned restrictions for lay believers wishing to visit churches on holy days for Christians - and the governor of the region, Yevgeny Savchenko, 'supported the initiative to strengthen spiritual protection from the pandemic.' In the temples of the city and the region on April 18 and 19, there was an influx of believers who came to pray to the Lord God, as well as to consecrate traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs. According to the rating compiled by the TV channel 'Tsargrad', among the Russian regions where the authorities refused to close churches and only advised believers to stay at Easter at home, along with Belgorod, Murmansk, Chelyabinsk, Tver, Ivanovsk, Kostroma, Leningrad and Orel regions were also included, and also Krasnodar and Stavropol Territories. On the contrary, strict, and sometimes simply excessive, bordering on discrimination against believers, restrictions on visiting churches in The Bright Resurrection of Christ was introduced on the territory of the Altai Republic, St. Petersburg, Rostov region. Moscow, the Republic of Bashkortostan, the Republic of Karelia, the Udmurt Republic, the Primorsky Territory, the Novosibirsk and Amur regions.