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Moscow Patriarchate
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Spain detains smugglers of Ukraine’s historic artifacts worth over USD 63 mln
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Spanish police arrested a group of smugglers in Madrid, including a…
SBU: Russian Orthodox Church training mercenaries to fight against Ukraine
A Ukrainian security agency claims the Russian Orthodox Church is creating private military groups to recruit and train mercenaries for combat against Ukraine, says training happening at churches.
Official says majority of Ukrainians are against Russian-affiliated church in Ukraine
More than 80% of Ukrainians want a complete ban of the Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church in Ukraine, the Chairman…
Fact check for Tucker Carlson: Russia, not Ukraine, is persecuting Christians
Sorry Tucker, Ukrainians are still praying, just not for Russian victory anymore, no matter how you twist Ukraine's fully justified actions.
Ukraine orders Russian-aligned Orthodox church to leave Kyiv monastery within two days
Ukrainian officials have ordered a historically Russian-aligned wing of the Orthodox Church – Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the…
Kremlin has made defending Moscow Patriarchate key part of Russian foreign policy, Russian expert says
The revised Foreign Policy Concept paper the Kremlin released this week has declared that the defense of the…
Moscow Patriarchate’s war in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: church turmoil in Ukraine, explained
Hello father Cyril. Please get us up to speed on what’s happening in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Who has…
SBU charges Moscow-linked Kyiv monastery abbot with inciting religious hatred and denying Russian aggression
Dubbed by Ukrainian media as “Pasha Mercedes” for his fondness for luxury cars and regular violations of traffic…
Russia continues to weaponize religion to perpetuate long-standing info ops and discredit Ukraine – ISW
[editorial]Russia continues to weaponize religion to perpetuate long-standing information operations and discredit Ukraine, the Washington-based Institute for the…
Head of Ukraine’s Church holds Christmas service at historic monastery long linked to Russia
On 7 January, Ukrainian believers attended a service at the Pechersk Kyiv Lavra in Kyiv for the first…
SBU raids more facilities of Moscow-backed Orthodox Church in three regions
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) reports that its employees are conducting “counter-intelligence (security) measures” at the facilities…
Ukraine sanctions clergymen of Moscow-backed Orthodox Church, one bishop under investigation
On 1 December 2022, Zelenskyy signed a decree that imposes personal, including financial, sanctions against the clergymen of…
First Ukrainian region votes to ban Moscow-affiliated church
On November 29, representatives of the Lviv Regional Council voted to ban the activities of religious organizations (associations)…
Xenophobic brochures found in Moscow-affiliated church in Ukraine’s west
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) found propaganda materials denying the existence of Ukraine in the facilities of the Moscow-affiliated…
SBU raids Moscow Patriarchate-controlled Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Ukrainian capital (updated)
On the morning of 22 November 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine reported on Telegram that it was…
Only 4% of Ukrainians still identify as followers of Moscow Orthodox church – survey
The share of Ukrainians identifying as members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has fallen…
Half of Ukrainians want Moscow Patriarchate church banned in Ukraine, poll shows
[editorial] A national poll shows that 74% of respondents believe that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate,…
Moscow Patriarchate tells Russian troops: “Your task is to wipe the Ukrainian nation off the face of the earth”
In the wake of the exposure of the Russian massacre of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, an action that…
Leaders of Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine shifting allegiance to Kyiv
When Vladimir Putin began his full-scale war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, he destroyed many things but…
Moscow Patriarchate moved into Africa to provide cover for FSB officers and PMCs, not to punish anyone over Ukraine, Horyevoy says
The Moscow Patriarchate has insisted and most people have accepted the idea that Kirill has expanded the presence…