Majetkové vyrovnanie medzi Gréckokatolíckou cirkvou a Pravoslávnou cirkvou na Slovensku po roku 1989
The Property Restitution between the Greek-Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church in Slovakia after 1989

Summary/Abstract: The restitution in the Slovak Republic between the Greek-Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church was done in a special way – the property was retrieved between the two churches from the initiative of the state and with its direct participation. The restitution was realized through the legal measure of the Slovak National Council nr. 211/1990 concerning the settlement of the property relations between the Greek-Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. The property transferred to the Orthodox Church in 1950 was legally restituted back to the Greek-Catholic Church by this legal measure. The subject od restitution included the real estate – churches and parish buildings. In this article is described the problem of putting this legal measure to the practice. In many villages the believers did not want to leave churches in order to give them to their lawful owners. The courts had to solve several cases and the implementation itself proceed very slowly. As the situation was practically unsolvable, the government decided to get more involved by ratification the agreements with both churches and providing the financial support. Altogether the amount of almost 250 mil. was divided between the churches for the compensation and building of the new sacral objects.

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