Moldovan authorities ban religious procession but okay gay parade
Religious procession in the capital of Gagauzia, September 2024. Photo: laf.md
Authorities in Moldova have banned a religious procession scheduled for June 8, 2025 – the Feast of Holy Trinity – from the village of Cișmichioi to the city of Comrat in one of the country’s regions. More than 3,000 faithful from the Cahul and Comrat Eparchies of the Orthodox Church of Moldova were expected to take part in the prayerful march for peace and well-being in Gagauz land. This was announced in a video statement on the Moldovan Church’s Telegram channel.
The message reports that representatives of Moldova’s security services approached the clergy and forbade the religious procession from taking place prior to the country’s gay parade.
“The celebration of Sodom and Gomorrah – of sin and evil – scheduled for June 15 in Moldova is acceptable to them. They face no obstacles. I want to ask: what is going on today? Why is the Orthodox faith being persecuted? But the biggest question I ask myself, the one that pains me most, is: what will happen to our children? What awaits us in the future?” said the clergyman in his address.
As previously reported by the UOJ, a bishop in Moldova was earlier fined for criticizing LGBT.
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