Government Estonia demands that Metropolitan breaks with Kirill

30-09-2022

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Government Estonia demands that Metropolitan breaks with Kirill

The Estonian Minister of Home Affairs ordered the Metropolitan Yevgeny, Primate of the Estonian Orthodox Church, to distance himself from the war-supporting Moscow Patriarchate.

Believers pray in the Nativity of Christ Catherdral in Riga, Latvia. Photo EPA, Toms Kalnins

Latvia persists in granting independence to its Orthodox Church

Latvia’s Cabinet of Ministers has continued its proceedings to make the Latvian Orthodox Church (LOC) independent from Russia.

Churches in Riga. Photo AFP, Ilmars Znotins

Riga intervenes in church affairs by declaring Latvian church independent from Moscow

The Latvian state declared the Orthodox Church in the country to be independent. The Church leadership has accepted this ruling. However, the decision is heavily criticised.

Orthodox church in Riga, Latvia. Photo EPA, Toms Kalnins

President of Latvia tries to cut Russian ties with Orthodox Church

The war in Ukraine has led Latvia to think twice about its relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church.

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