Estonian statesman Lauri Läänemets made a sharp and resonant statement.
The head of the Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs came up with the idea of recognizing the Moscow Patriarchate as a “terrorist organization.”
The politician plans to address the parliament of the Baltic republic with a corresponding proposal.
Läänemets said that given the “existing context” he had “no other choice.”
This will not affect parishioners, it does not mean that churches will be closed, but it does mean that ties with Moscow will be severed, – MIA quotes a translated excerpt from the statement of the head of the Estonian department.
Statement of the Estonian Orthodox Church
Recently, representatives of the EOC announced that they have no plans to terminate church relations with the Russian Orthodox Church, since there is no reason to take such measures.
More than a hundred years ago, the Estonian Orthodox Church received autonomy, confirmed by the Moscow Patriarchate in 1993.
This year, the head of the EOC was not extended his temporary residence permit. The clergyman had to leave Estonia.
Previously the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
