Russian Orthodox Church

Official website of the Moscow Patriarchate

Русская версияУкраинская версияМолдавская версияГреческая версияАнглийская версия
Patriarchate

Round table on law-application practice in the sphere of freedom of conscience takes place in Lugansk

Round table on law-application practice in the sphere of freedom of conscience takes place in Lugansk
Version for print
23 December 2022 year 19:52

On December 22, the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation held a Roundtable teleconference with the Public Chamber of the Lugansk People’s Republic on “The Issues of Law-Application Practice in the Sphere of Freedom of Conscience: Regional Aspect.”

The initiative was launched by the Commission of the RF Public Chamber for Harmonization of Interethnic and Interreligious Relations, the Russian Association for the Protection of Religious Freedom, and the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media with support of the Presidential Grants Foundation, website of the Department reports.

Archpriest Sergy Zvonarev, secretary for far abroad countries, the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations; archpriest Nikolay Germansky, dean of the Rakityansky district of the diocese of Gubkin, Belgorod region; and pastor Oleg Goncharov, secretary general of the Russian Association for the Protection of Religious Freedom and member of the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations arrived in Lugansk.

Acting as moderators of the teleconference in Moscow were Vladimir Yu.Zorin, chairman of the Commission for Harmonization of Interethnic and Interreligious Relations; Sergey A. Melnikov, chairman of the Russian Association for the Protection of Religious Freedom; and Pavel V. Lebedev, responsible for the work with state structures, the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media. Alexey V. Karyakin, chairman of the Public Chamber of the Lugansk People’s Republic, moderated the teleconference in Lugansk.

Invited to the teleconference were representatives of the federal and regional government bodies, experts in state-confessional relations, and religious leaders. Discussed were the development of dialogue among them, the integration of religious associations in the new regions of Russia into socio-cultural and legal space of the Russian Federation, and the implementation of the Presidential Decree No.809 dated November 9, 2022, “On the Approval of the Fundamentals of State Policy for the Preservation and Strengthening of Traditional Russian Spiritual and Moral Values.” Many participants presented reports and expert opinions.

The teleconference being over, archpriest Sergy Zvonarev, archpriest Nikolay Germansky, pastor Oleg Goncharov, and mufti Eldar Gambarov of the Lugansk People’s Republic delivered humanitarian aid collected for children in Donbass by members of the Interreligious Working Group for Protecting Believers’ Rights against Discrimination and Xenophobia under the RF President.

DECR Communication Service/Patriarchia.ru

Version: Russian

Materials on the theme

Vice-chairman of Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media speaks at UN Security Council meeting

Attempts at forceful ousting of Ukrainian Orthodox Church from Kiev Lavra of the Caves do not stop

Statement of Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media on persecutions against the monastic community of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra [Documents]

Vladimir Legoyda: Zelensky's US Handlers Likely Behind Decision to Seize Kiev-Pechersk Lavra [Article]

Round table on law-application practice in the sphere of freedom of conscience takes place in Lugansk

DECR representative takes part in interreligious forum at the Pubic Chamber of the Russian Federation

Deputy chairman of the DECR speaks on schism as a means of geopolitics

DECR chairman concludes his visit to Lebanon

Church for Russian Orthodox community consecrated in Lebanon

DECR chairman visits Archdiocese of Mount Lebanon

Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk makes pilgrimage to Hamatoura Monastery in Lebanon

Security service executes a search of the Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch who defends the rights of believers

Ukrainian authorities try to withhold information from world community regarding facts of violation of believers’ rights

Metropolitan Theodosius (Snihiriov): ‘The world community is standing up in defence of our Church’ [Interview]

In the Ukrainian town of Ladyzhyn, a priest and parishioners were injured when raiders stormed their church

DECR deputy chairman meets with Iranian diplomats

DECR chairman meets with leader of the Israeli Druze community

The DECR Chairman took part in the international Muslim forum

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill presides over jubilee meeting of Inter-Religious Council of Russia