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((Short description|Church in Belarus under jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church))
((refimprove|date=June 2021))
((Infobox Christian denomination
| name              = Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate
| native_name       = Беларускі Экзархат Маскоўскага Патрыярхата<br>Белорусский Экзархат Московского Патриархата
| native_name_lang  = be
| image             = File:Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk.jpg
| imagewidth        =
| imagealttext      =
| caption           = The [[Holy Spirit Cathedral (Minsk)|Holy Spirit Cathedral]] in [[Minsk]]
| type              = [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox]]
| scripture         = [[Septuagint]], [[New Testament]]
| theology          = [[Eastern Orthodox theology]]
| polity            = [[Episcopal polity|Episcopal]]
| leader_title      = Metropolitan
| leader_name       = [[Vienijamin (Tupieka)|Vienijamin]]
| leader_title1     = Bishops
| leader_name1      = 17 <small>(2020)</small>
| fellowships_type  = [[Parishes]]
| fellowships       = 1,612 <small>(2015)</small>
| fellowships_type1 = [[Orthodox priest|Priests]]
| fellowships1      = 1,676 <small>(2019)</small>
| division_type     = [[Dioceses]]
| division          = 15 <small>(2019)</small>
| division_type2    = Monasteries
| division2         = 35 <small>(2019)</small>
| language          = ((plainlist|
* [[Church Slavonic]]
* [[Russian language|Russian]]
* [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]]
))
| headquarters      = [[Holy Spirit Cathedral (Minsk)|Holy Spirit Cathedral]], [[Minsk]]
| territory         = ((flag|Belarus))
| founded_date      = 11 October 1989 <small>(autonomy granted by the [[Moscow Patriarchate]])</small>
| recognition       = Recognised as part of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]
| members           = 81% of the Belarusian Christian population, according to own claims<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.patriarchia.ru/db/text/5579955.html |title=Белорусский экзархат - 30 лет истории / Интервью / Патриархия.ru ))</ref>
| website           = ((url|http://church.by))
))
The '''Belarusian Orthodox Church''' ('''BOC'''; ((lang-be|Беларуская праваслаўная царква|translit=Bielaruskaja pravaslaŭnaja carkva)), ((lang-ru|Белорусская православная церква|translit=Belorusskaya pravoslavnaya tserkva))) is the official name of the [[exarchate]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] in [[Belarus]].<ref>((cite book |last1 = Zaprudnik |first1 = Jan |author-link1 = Jan Zaprudnik |chapter = Belarus: in search of national identity between 1986 and 2000  |editor1-last = Korosteleva |editor1-first = Elena |editor1-link = Elena Korosteleva |editor2-last = Lawson |editor2-first = Colin |editor3-last = Marsh |editor3-first = Rosalind |title = Contemporary Belarus: Between Democracy and Dictatorship |date = 27 August 2003 |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=S1SRAgAAQBAJ |location = London |publisher = Routledge |publication-date = 2003 |page = 119 |isbn = 9781135789480 |access-date = 2 June 2021 |quote = Orthodox Christian believers are organised in the Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC), since 1989 an exarchate [...].))</ref> It represents the union of [[Eparchies and Metropolitanates of the Russian Orthodox Church|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 (Tupieka)|Vienijamin]] (Vital Tupieka) became the [[Patriarchal Exarch]] of the Belarusian Orthodox Church in 2020.<ref>[http://church.by/mitropolit-veniamin/mitropolit-minskij-i-sluckij-veniamin-patriarshij-ekzarh-vseja-belarusi 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. <br> 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."</ref>

The church enjoys a much lower degree of autonomy than the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) |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]].

==Structure==
Structurally, the Belarusian Orthodox Church consists of 15 [[eparchy|eparchies]]:

* Eparchy of Babruysk and Bykhaŭ
* [[Diocese of Barysaŭ|Eparchy of Barysaŭ]]
* Eparchy of Brest and Kobryn
* Eparchy of Hrodna and Vaukavysk
* Eparchy of Homel and Zhlobin
* Eparchy of Lida
* [[Diocese of Minsk (Belarusian Orthodox Church)|Eparchy of Minsk]]
* Eparchy of Mahiliou and Mstsislau
* Eparchy of Maladzyechna
* Eparchy of Navahrudak
* Eparchy of Pinsk and Luninets
* Eparchy of Polatsk and Hlybokaye
* Eparchy of Slutsk
* Eparchy of Turau and Mazyr
* Eparchy of Vitsebsk and Orsha

==Criticism and controversies==
((original research section|date=August 2023))
In a statement from 2023, the exiled [[Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic]] accused the Belarusian Orthodox Church of failing to condemn violence in Belarus following the [[2020–2021 Belarusian protests]] and of interfering in the affairs of other Christian churches and thereby being "the main source of inter-religious tension in Belarus".<ref name=bnrrada/> The Rada characterised the church as "a Russian colonial institution" and "one of the ideological pillars of A. Lukashenka's regime".<ref name=bnrrada>[https://www.radabnr.org/en/the-russian-orthodox-church-is-the-main-source-of-interreligious-tension-in-belarus-statement-of-bnr-rada/ THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF INTERRELIGIOUS TENSION IN BELARUS - STATEMENT OF BNR RADA] - BNR Rada official website, 7 July 2023</ref>((primary source inline|date=August 2023))

In 2022 and 2023, the Orthodox [[St Elisabeth Convent (Minsk)|St Elisabeth Convent in Minsk]] has been holding public events supporting the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]<ref>[https://nashaniva.com/319447 У Свята-Елізавецінскім манастыры правялі Z-канцэрт. На сцэне былі партрэты «Матаролы», Захарчанкі, Пушыліна] [A Z-concert held in the St Elisabeth Convent. Portraits of [[Arsen Pavlov|Motorola]], [[Alexander Zakharchenko|Zakharchenko]] and [[Denis Pushilin|Pushilin]] were on the stage] - [[Nasha Niva]], 18 June 2023</ref> and raised funds to support Russian troops.<ref>[https://www.racyja.com/sumezhzha/u-polshchy-pratsyagvaetstsa-zbor-galasou-s/ У Польшчы працягваецца збор галасоў супраць гандлю менскага Свята-Елізавецінскага манастыра] [Signatures are being collected in Poland against St Elisabeth Convent participation in trade fairs] - [[Radio Racyja]]</ref><ref>[https://www.svaboda.org/a/32551132.html «Хрысьціянская візія»: З красавіка Сьвята-Лізавецінскі манастыр мог паўдзельнічаць у набыцьці 7 аўтамабіляў для расейскіх вайскоўцаў] [St Elisabeth Convent may possibly participated in acquiring seven vehicles for Russian troops] - [[Radio Svaboda]], 16 August</ref>

==See also==
*[[Religion in Belarus]]
*[[Catholic Church in Belarus]]
*[[Belarusian Evangelical Reformed Church]]
*[[Freedom of religion in Belarus]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.church.by/ Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160821024452/http://belarusdigest.com/story/growing-power-belarusian-orthodox-church-belarus-photo-digest-23890 The Growing Power Of The Belarusian Orthodox Church - Belarus Photo Digest]
((Christianity in Belarus))

[[Category:Eastern Orthodoxy in Belarus]]
[[Category:Exarchates of the Russian Orthodox Church]]
[[Category:Eastern Orthodox Church bodies in Europe]]

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