One of the gravest dangers — and potentially most serious defeats –any country combating an authoritarian aggressor is that in the name of defending itself against aggression, it will take steps that will make it resemble in...
The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church routinely says that it has more parishes in Ukraine than does the Kyiv Patriarchate, a statement that it true but that ignores the fact that it has far fewer followers and parishioners...
Two pieces of draft legislation about religious organizations in Ukraine scheduled to be taken up by the Verkhovna Rada today will do far more to complete the divorce between Ukraine and Russia than any other step Kyiv has taken so far....
Faced with a rising tide of parishes in Ukraine whose members have voted to transfer their allegiance to the Kyiv Patriarchate, the Moscow Patriarchate has issued rules specifying that parishes cannot change from one hierarchy to another...
Centuries later, the famous Ukrainian Hetman – Ivan Mazepa is returning to Kyiv. A museum in memory of the great Ukrainian leader is to open in the Mazepa Tower, located at Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The memorial center will have original...
A Ukrainian bill that would make it easier for congregations to shift from the Moscow patriarchate to the Kyiv one, the Kremlin’s decision to sacrifice Patriarch Kirill’s contacts with the Vatican, and new data on the shifting balance...
The Moscow Regional Court has ruled that the Holy Trinity Church of the Bohorodsk Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate in the city of Noginsk (a Moscow suburb) must be demolished, announced hieromonk Svyatoslav...
How was the Ukrainian question discussed at the Council? It wasn’t explicitly present at the Council, not being part of the agenda. The agenda was pre-scheduled since the 1960’s, and it was hard to include anything new,...
The City Court of Noginsk (Moscow region) has ruled to demolish the Orthodox Holy Trinity Church that is part of the Bogorodsk Diocese of the Kyiv Patriarchate. This is the only church under the jurisdiction of the Kyiv Patriarchate...
On the eve of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Churches, Ukraine’s Parliament approved and issued an urgent appeal to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Ukrainian Parliament asked Patriarch Bartholomew to nullify the...
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Is Poroshenko just like Yanukovych?
It's been three years since the election of Petro Poroshenko as President of Ukraine. Is he following in Yanukovych's footsteps? There are many reasons many arguments for and against. that statement. What do you think?
When we ask why historical responsibility, why German historical responsibility, I want to begin from the universal point of view. I’m not coming to you as an American saying “we’ve understood our past and th6.erefore...
