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The President has met Metropolitan Philaret who retired at the end of 2013.
The head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church has given a press conference in Minsk today.
It is a public holiday in Belarus to commemorate the departed on the 9th day after Easter - a pagan tradition tied to the Russian Orthodox calendar.
The Belarus leader has congratulated the Pope on the first anniversary of his pontificate on behalf of the Belarusian people.
He announced it in the TV programme Contours shown on ONT on January 26.
Metropolitan Pavel, Russian Orthodox Church's new patriarchal exarch, conducts his first liturgy at the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Minsk.
The new head of the Belarusian Orthodox Church is soon to arrive to Belarus from Russia.
A small apple orchard was picked specially for the event.
Festive events to mark 1025 years since Chirstianization of Kieva Rus passed peacefully in Minsk, with no public order violations.
