Belarusians started receiving strange religious newspapers by mail
They started distributing them en masse in mailboxes in the capital's Uskhod microdistrict. The newspaper is called "Zhyvoe slova" (Living Word) and came all the way from Russia, writes Blizko.by.
It has eight A3-format pages, and all materials are somehow connected with religion and faith, and richly saturated with Bible quotes. Even in advice on how to lead a healthy lifestyle in summer, along with recommendations to move more, drink water, and give up bad habits, the authors call for prayer, because "God is ready to help the immune system in the fight against viruses and bacteria."
The newspaper practically lacks any imprint information. It does not state who founded it, who publishes it, who the editor-in-chief is, where the editorial office is located, what the print run is, or where it was printed. For contact, only a phone number and subscriber mailboxes in Moscow and Krasnodar are listed.
There is also a website address leading to the page of the "Christian Church of Seventh-day Adventists of the Reformation Movement". On the website itself, only phone numbers are listed. It is written that services take place every Saturday in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Krasnodar, but no addresses are given. Apparently, to attend a service, one must first find out its address by calling the listed numbers.
On the page of the Main Department for Ideological Work and Youth Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee, there is a consolidated list of registered religious organizations in Minsk. It lists 6 religious communities of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The website of the Commissioner for Religions and Nationalities states that there are a total of 73 Christian Seventh-day Adventist communities in Belarus.
Nothing is known about any connection between the Belarusian communities and the Russian communities that publish the newspaper.
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