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100 Roubles Belorussian Orthodox Church; emergency issue - denominated
| Issuer | Belarusian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus |
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| Year | 1994 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | БЛАГОТВОРИТЕЛЬНЫЙ БИЛЕТ Белорусской Православной Церкви Московского Патриархата 100000 СТО ТЫСЯЧ РУБЛЕЙ СБЕРЕГАТЕЛЬНЫЙ БАНК РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ 1994 ДЕНОМИНАЦИЯ |
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| Reverse lettering | Благотворительные билеты выпущены Белорусской Православной Церковью Московского Патриархата совместно со Сберегательным банком Республики Беларусь для реализации в отделениях Сберегательного банка Беларуси. Средства от продажи благотворительных билетов поступают в распоряжение Белорусской Православной Церкви и направляются на возрождение и строительство православных храмов и монастырей, содержание духовных учебных заведений, социальную церковную деятельность и иные нужды. Митрополит Минский и Слуцкий, Патриарший Экзарх всея Беларуси Председатель Сберегательного банка Республики Беларусь (Translation: Charity tickets were issued by the Belarusian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate together with the Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus for sale in the branches of the Savings Bank of Belarus. Funds from the sale of charity tickets go to the Belarusian Orthodox Church and are directed to the revival and construction of Orthodox churches and monasteries, the maintenance of religious educational institutions, social church activities and other needs. Metropolitan of Minsk and Slutsk, Patriarchal Exarch of All Belarus Chairman of the Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus) |
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In 1994, Belarus was deep in hyperinflation — the ruble was losing value faster than notes could be printed. This emergency issue was a joint venture between the Belarusian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and the Savings Bank of the Republic of Belarus, an unusual pairing that reflected how desperate the search for stable exchange instruments had become. Church-affiliated vouchers and quasi-monetary tokens proliferated across the former Soviet republics during this period, but formal co-issuances with state banking institutions were rare.
The denomination was real and functional, not commemorative.