Documentary chronicle: «On the registration of the religious society of the Belarusian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate»

Under the heading «Documentary Chronicle», the institution «State Archive of the Mogilev Region» presents for review a copy of the decision of the Mogilev City Executive Committee dated November 5, 1990 No.10-3 «On the registration of the religious society of the Belarusian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate».

In October 1989, the Council of Bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church within Belarus established the Belarusian Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate and approved the formation of the Mogilev, Pinsk and Polotsk dioceses. Then the registration of religious societies with local authorities began. In Mogilev, registration coincided with the transfer of the complex of buildings of the St. Nicholas Monastery to the Belarusian Orthodox Church.

List of sources used:
Institution «State Archive of the Mogilev Region» (GAMog), Fund 11, Op. 5, D. 1529, L. 26.