The Church in Byelorussia and her experience of faith after 1991
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https://doi.org/10.12775/TiCz.2013.049Keywords
Byelorussia, Church, EvangelizationAbstract
The Church’s self understanding of itself is present in its three-fold mission: teaching, liturgy, and pastoral activity. The Church is called on through this mission to continue the work of Christ the Redeemer who has come on earth. His kingdom is present but it is still to be fully realized – the Church continues to proclaim the Kingdom until he comes in glory. Like many places throughout the world, Byelorussia continues to be a place in which the mission of the Church goes on. The situation of the Catholic Church in Byelorussia changed after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. The faithful were free to move from being an underground Church to profess publicly their faith. An important step was taken with the erection of administrative structures and the restoration of the hierarchy. New parishes were established and priests and catechists from oversees could arrive to preach the Gospel. Each year new religious activities that gather the faithful together are in evidence. An important sign of this development and independence of ecclesiastical life in Byelorussia was the synod of the local Church held between 1996–2000.
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