Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 60804

Estonia: Orthodox Church

Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 26 June 2025

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

ConservativeChingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Estonian Government on their plans to ban the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
I am not aware of any plans by Estonia's government to ban the Estonian Orthodox Christian Church. The revised wording of Estonia's proposed Churches and Congregations Act Amendment simply states that religious organisations must not have links to religio...

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