The Belarusian Orthodox Church (BOC; , ) is the official name of the Belarusian Exarchate (, ) of the Russian Orthodox Church in Belarus. It represents the union of Russian Orthodox eparchies in the territory of Belarus and is the largest religious organization in the country, uniting the predominant majority of its Eastern Orthodox Christians. Bishop Vienijamin (Vital Tupieka) became the Patriarchal Exarch of the Belarusian Orthodox Church in 2020. The church enjoys a much lower degree of autonomy than the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, which is a semi-autonomous entity associated with the Russian Orthodox Church. The Belarusian Orthodox Church strongly opposes the minor and largely emigration-based Belarusian Autocephalous Orthodox Church. Structure Structurally, the Belarusian Orthodox Church consists of 15 eparchies: Eparchy of Babruysk and Bykhau Eparchy of Barysaw Eparchy of Brest and Kobryn Eparchy of Hrodna and Vaukavysk Eparchy of Homel and Zhlobin Eparchy of Lida Eparchy of Minsk Eparchy of Mahiliou and Mstsislau Eparchy of Maladzyechna Eparchy of Navahrudak Eparchy of Pinsk and Luninets Eparchy of Polatsk and Hlybokaye Eparchy of Slutsk Eparchy of Turau and Mazyr Eparchy of Vitsebsk and Orsha References External links Official website The Growing Power Of The Belarusian Orthodox Church - Belarus Photo Digest Eastern Orthodoxy in Belarus Exarchates of the Russian Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Church bodies in Europe