{"id":135526,"date":"2025-04-24T11:37:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T08:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135526\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"catholic-priest-free-after-reported-april-23-arrest","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135526\/","title":{"rendered":"Catholic priest free after reported April 23 arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tristen-vizia.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tristen-vizia.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tristen-vizia-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tristen-vizia-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tristen-vizia-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tristen-vizia-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong>. Catholic priest Siarhiej Tryscie\u0144 of the Discalced Carmelites is free and is now at home, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The religious freedom group reported yesterday, citing several sources, that the priest was arrested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the moment we cannot verify what happened to the priest [yesterday],\u201d the group added. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tryscie\u0144 lectures at the Minsk Ioann the Baptist Theological College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian authorities persecuted at least 88 Christian priests from September 2020 to April 11, including 33 Roman Catholics and five Greek Catholics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/krest-minsk-28-03-catholic.by-viktar-vedzien-1128.jpg 1129w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 police arrest Catholic priest, evangelical pastor<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">April 23,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Police in Belarus have arrested a Roman Catholic priest and a protestant pastor, media reported on April 23. The detainees are Siarhiej Tryscie\u0144, of the Discalced Carmelites in Minsk, and Aleh \u0141ojka, of evangelical Christians in the southern Belarusian &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/135476\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 24, Pozirk. Catholic priest Siarhiej Tryscie\u0144 of the Discalced Carmelites is free and is now at home, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported. The religious freedom group reported yesterday, citing several sources, that the priest was arrested. \u201cAt the moment we cannot verify what happened to the priest [yesterday],\u201d the group added. &nbsp; Tryscie\u0144 lectures at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":135486,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-135526","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Catholic priest free after reported April 23 arrest | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 24, Pozirk. Catholic priest Siarhiej Tryscie\u0144 of the Discalced Carmelites is free and is now at home, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported. 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