{"id":185136,"date":"2024-01-18T16:54:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/df.news\/?p=185136"},"modified":"2024-01-19T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T09:55:20","slug":"estonia-to-expel-head-of-local-roc-metropolis-as-security-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/2024\/01\/18\/estonia-to-expel-head-of-local-roc-metropolis-as-security-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonia to expel head of local ROC metropolis as security threat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Estonia recognized Yevhen (Valeriy Reshetnikov), head of the Tallinn Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), as a threat to national security. He was refused an extension of his residence permit.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.postimees.ee\/7941133\/eesti-riik-ei-pikenda-moskva-patriarhaadi-metropoliidi-eugeni-elamisluba\">Postimees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The metropolitan&#8217;s permit is valid until February 6. After that, he shall leave Estonia.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church called on Estonians to participate in the action of the pro-Russian organization Koos (&#8220;Together&#8221;) &#8211; a prayer for peace in Tallinn in the winter of 2023. Over this event, he was summoned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Diplomats repeatedly communicated with Reshetnikov.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Estonian authorities, Valery Reshetnikov pursued his pro-Russian rhetoric, despite a warning from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Therefore, he was recognized as a threat to national security.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a religious leader, he [the metropolitan] gives a holy blessing to Russia\u2019s aggression&#8230; The Estonian government does not interfere in the internal affairs of the church in any way. The Church can continue its normal activities,&#8221; Interior Minister Lauri L\u00e4\u00e4nemets said, adding that the Moscow patriarch is an \u201cextension\u201d of the Kremlin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Estonia recognized Yevhen (Valeriy Reshetnikov), head of the Tallinn Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), as a threat to national security. He was refused an extension of his residence permit. That\u2019s according to Postimees. The metropolitan&#8217;s permit is valid until February 6. After that, he shall leave Estonia. The Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":185060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"telegram_tosend":false,"telegram_tosend_message":"","telegram_tosend_target":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5142,5147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-185136","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-world-en"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/df.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/97553d84-6d8b-4d34-9a84-334383e1f60b.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185136"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185136\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185137,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185136\/revisions\/185137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/df.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}