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| Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate | |
|---|---|
| Беларускі Экзархат Маскоўскага Патрыярхата Белорусский Экзархат Московского Патриархата | |
 The Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk | |
| Classification | Christian |
| Orientation | Eastern Orthodox |
| Scripture | Septuagint, New Testament |
| Theology | Eastern Orthodox theology |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Metropolitan | Benjamin Tupieka |
| Bishops | 17 (2020) |
| Parishes | 1,612 (2015) |
| Priests | 1,676 (2019) |
| Dioceses | 15 (2019) |
| Monasteries | 35 (2019) |
| Language | |
| Headquarters | Holy Spirit Cathedral, Minsk |
| Territory |  Belarus |
| Origin | 11 October 1989 (autonomy granted by the Moscow Patriarchate) |
| Recognition | Recognised as part of the Russian Orthodox Church |
| Members | 81% of the Belarusian Christian population, according to own claims[1] |
| Official website | church |
The Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC; Belarusian: Беларуская праваслаўная царква, romanized: Bielaruskaja pravaslaŭnaja carkva, Russian: Белорусская православная церковь, romanized: Belorusskaya pravoslavnaya tserkov',) is the official name of the exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church in Belarus.[2] It represents the union of Russian Orthodox eparchies in the territory of Belarus and is the largest religious organization in the country, uniting the predominant majority of its Eastern Orthodox Christians.
Bishop Vienijamin (Vital Tupieka) became the Patriarchal Exarch of the Belarusian Orthodox Church in 2020.[3]
The church enjoys a much lower degree of autonomy than the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which is a semi-autonomous entity associated with the Russian Orthodox Church.
The Belarusian Orthodox Church strongly opposes the minor and largely emigration-based Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
- ^ "Белорусский экзархат - 30 лет истории / Интервью / Патриархия.ru".
- ^ Zaprudnik, Jan (27 August 2003). "Belarus: in search of national identity between 1986 and 2000". In Korosteleva, Elena; Lawson, Colin; Marsh, Rosalind (eds.). Contemporary Belarus: Between Democracy and Dictatorship. London: Routledge (published 2003). p. 119. ISBN 9781135789480. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
Orthodox Christian believers are organised in the Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC), since 1989 an exarchate [...].
- ^ ВЕНИАМИН, МИТРОПОЛИТ МИНСКИЙ И ЗАСЛАВСКИЙ, ПАТРИАРШИЙ ЭКЗАРХ ВСЕЯ БЕЛАРУСИ - "Решением Священного Синода от 25 августа 2020 г. (журнал № 46) назначен Патриаршим Экзархом всея Беларуси, митрополитом Минским и Заславским, с сохранением временного управления Борисовской епархией.
Возведен в сан митрополита Святейшим Патриархом Московским и всея Руси Кириллом 6 сентября 2020 г. за Божественной литургией в кафедральном соборном Храме Христа Спасителя в городе Москве."