A special committee appointed by the Patriarchate will oversee the next steps toward implementing the development plans.
The statement specifically criticizes recent changes to Russia’s official approach to commemorating victims of political repression.
The Belarusian Orthodox Church celebrated its most beloved saint, Venerable Euphrosyne of Polotsk, yesterday. This year, her feast also marked the 900th anniversary of her founding of the Holy Transfiguration-Euphrosyne Monastery.
“There are half a million Orthodox Christians who speak, dream, and pray in Spanish who are deprived of the rich wisdom absent in their native tongue,” the founders state in their campaign materials.
The Church considers the timing to be provocative and inappropriate, calling the event harmful to young people.