Article 9. Religious rites and ceremonies
On liberty of conscience and religious organizations (LRU-699-son) · Date: 05.07.2021 · In force
Religious rites and ceremonies are held at the location of religious organizations, including in religious and prayer buildings and on their territories, in places of burial, pilgrimage, in case of ritual necessity – in the homes of citizens at their request.
Religious rites and ceremonies in hospitals, infirmaries, boarding schools, places of pre-trial detention and serving sentences, and rehabilitation centers of internal affairs bodies may be held at the request of citizens staying in them in the manner prescribed by law.
Public religious rites and ceremonies outside religious and prayer buildings are carried out in the manner prescribed by law.
Religious organizations shall not have the right to carry out compulsory collections of money and taxes on believers, as well as to apply measures against them that infringe on the honor and dignity of a person.
