{"id":43563,"date":"2022-09-01T11:57:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T08:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/orthodox-priest-arrested-in-minsk\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"orthodox-priest-arrested-in-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43563\/","title":{"rendered":"Orthodox priest arrested in Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>September 1, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Police arrested Orthodox priest U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Bahamolnika\u016d, 42, after breaking into his Minsk apartment on August 31, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t He is currently held at the detention center on Akre\u015bcina Street in Minsk.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Bahamolnika\u016d was one of the priests who served the funeral mass for opposition activist Raman Bandarenka, who died while in police custody after being beaten by unknown men in 2020. The priest also went on a hunger strike in support of blogger Ihar Losik, imprisoned on politically-motivated charges.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Bahamolnika\u016d has a degree in theology and serves at the parish of the Minsk Epiphany Church, currently under construction. He is also in charge of a historical museum of the Belarusian Orthodox Church and is a member of the Minsk Diocesan Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 1, BPN. Police arrested Orthodox priest U\u0142adzis\u0142a\u016d Bahamolnika\u016d, 42, after breaking into his Minsk apartment on August 31, Chry\u015bcijanskaja Vizija reported. He is currently held at the detention center on Akre\u015bcina Street in Minsk. Bahamolnika\u016d was one of the priests who served the funeral mass for opposition activist Raman Bandarenka, who died while in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43563","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>Orthodox priest arrested in Minsk | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 1, BPN. 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