{"id":138651,"date":"2025-05-18T15:04:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T12:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138651\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"armenian-church-consecrated-in-belarus-amid-tensions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/138651\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenian church consecrated in Belarus amid tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 18, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The head of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), Karekin II, has held a consecration ceremony for the first temple of this Eastern Christian tradition in Belarus, <em>NEWS.am<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.am\/rus\/news\/883298.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It underscored that the Armenian spiritual leader visited Belarus for the first time specially for this occasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony was attended by a delegation of the AAC Russia and New Nakhichevan led by Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan, as well as Diocesan Council head Aramais Kamalov and &#8220;patrons of art and pilgrims from different cities of Russia.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State, religious, public and cultural figures, as well as representatives of the Armenian community, also attended the consecration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Belarusian government was represented by Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2024, Ry\u017eanko\u016d and Minsk City Executive Committee chairman U\u0142adzimir Kuchara\u016d visited the construction site of the Armenian church in Minsk and met with members of the Armenian diaspora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, relations between Belarus and Armenia are tense, primarily due to Minsk&#8217;s cooperation with Baku in military and other spheres and its stance on the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most acute phases of the latest stage of the Azerbaijani-Armenian conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh occurred in late 2020 and late 2023.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian defense industry chief discussing military projects in Baku<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 5,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;D\u017amitryj Pantus, chairman of the Belarusian State Defense Industry Committee, said on May 5 he discussed in Baku joint projects to manufacture military goods in Azerbaijan. 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