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September 28,\u00a0Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0The Minsk City Executive Committee on September 15 filed a lawsuit to dissolve the New Life Church, its pastor Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Han\u010darenka said today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a video posted on the Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija<\/em> (Christian Vision) Telegram channel, Han\u010darenka expressed his hope that the day will come when he will be able to tell the parishioners good news. He urged them not to be discouraged and to pray for “the morning to come” when people will rejoice that “God has worked a miracle in the fate of the church.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The executive committee is reportedly demanding that the church be dissolved citing its “extremist” activities and alleged violation of the religion law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Protestant church was founded in 1992, and authorities have been harassing it since the early 2000s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the 2020 presidential election, Han\u010darenka condemned police brutality against protesters. In February 2021, the church was forcibly evicted from its building, a former barn renovated by the community. People prayed in the streets and online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September 2022, Han\u010darenka was arrested and fined 3,200 rubels ($1,268 at the current exchange rate).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June 2023, there were reports of the demolition of the church building. Authorities plan to build a school at the site. Han\u010darenka called the demolition a “fatal mistake” and warned those responsible of God’s vengeance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, Han\u010darenka and his son-in-law Ila Budaj were detained for 10 and five days, respectively, under the Administrative Offenses Code. Reports said that 20 armed men from the interior ministry’s organized crime unit raided his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pastor was convicted of defying police orders, and his daughter’s husband of disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Minsk court then declared Instagram posts and a YouTube video by the New Life Church extremist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ma\u0142adzie\u010dna District Court also labeled a video from 2020 titled “Pastor Via\u010das\u0142a\u016d Han\u010darenka Condemns Violence and Calls on Authorities to Repent!” extremist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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