{"id":135476,"date":"2025-04-23T21:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T18:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135476\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarus-police-arrest-catholic-priest-evangelical-pastor","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/135476\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus\u2019 police arrest Catholic priest, evangelical pastor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>April 23,\u00a0<em>Pozirk<\/em><\/strong><em><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Police in Belarus have arrested a Roman Catholic priest and a protestant pastor, media reported on April 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The detainees are Siarhiej Tryscie\u0144, of the Discalced Carmelites in Minsk, and Aleh \u0141ojka, of evangelical Christians in the southern Belarusian town of Chojniki, according to Chryscianakaja Vizija and the Viasna Human Rights Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tryscie\u0144 is a lecturer at the Minsk Ioann the Baptist Theological College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141ojka is accused of sharing images of Russian hardware with someone.<\/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<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/news\/126816\/\">Belarusian preacher to appeal sentence on March 7<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 town of Chojniki, according to Chryscianakaja Vizija and the Viasna Human Rights Center. Tryscie\u0144 is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76295,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-135476","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>Belarus\u2019 police arrest Catholic priest, evangelical pastor | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"April 23,\u00a0Pozirk.\u00a0Police in Belarus have arrested a Roman Catholic priest and a protestant pastor, media reported on April 23. 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