🇪🇪 The Estonian Parliament has formally approved a new law that will require the Estonian Orthodox Church to sever its affiliation with the Moscow Patriarchate.
The new law pushed through by the Estonian Government demands that the Church sever its canonical affiliation with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill within two months, else the Estonian Orthodox Church faces a full state ban on its activities.
In a response, the Church described the threat and possibility of its closure as an “unprecedented threat to religious freedom and the rights of our believers”.
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The new law pushed through by the Estonian Government demands that the Church sever its canonical affiliation with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill within two months, else the Estonian Orthodox Church faces a full state ban on its activities.
In a response, the Church described the threat and possibility of its closure as an “unprecedented threat to religious freedom and the rights of our believers”.