Believers Gather En Masse For Prayer Service Near New Life Church In Sukharava

Hundreds of people responded to the pastor's call.

In Sukharava, Minsk, many people gathered for an open-air prayer service near the New Life church, the building of which was taken from the parishioners by the state.

Several hundred people responded to Pastor Vyachaslau Hancharenka's call to come to the Sunday prayer, Belsat reports.

"To expel a believer from a church is the same as to expel a person from an apartment. This is the same as evicting the soul from the body. There is no difference. We all felt like they were ripping out our souls. As if some kind of emptiness occurred from the injustice we faced," the pastor emphasized.

On the eve of Sunday prayers, the situation around the Protestant Church acquired a great resonance. People called to come to the prayer service on Sunday, as well as to support the believers of the New Life informationally, Radio Svaboda reminds.

On February 17, bailiffs broke into the church, accompanied by police officers, during prayer. At that time there were about 50 believers in the church. They enlisted the property, and the believers were expelled under the threat of being arrested.

After the elections, the New Life believers recorded a video message in which they spoke out against murder, violence and torture, false evidence in courts, and manipulation.