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2017/05/24 - 10:50 •
Analysis & Opinion, Russia, Ukraine
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...
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2017/05/19 - 12:19 •
Analysis & Opinion, Russia, Ukraine
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....
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2016/10/08 - 11:55 •
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2016/10/07 - 11:22 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics, Russia
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...
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2016/10/06 - 16:55 •
Culture, News, Russia, Ukraine
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...
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2016/07/13 - 18:42 •
Analysis & Opinion, News
Two processions organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate called the “All-Ukrainian Procession of the Cross for Peace, Love and Prayer for Ukraine” are making their way toward Kyiv One will depart...
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2016/07/13 - 11:13 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics
Many Ukrainians and their supporters have misunderstood the Orthodox procession organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Vitaly Portnikov says. It is not about putting direct pressure on the Ukrainian government as some suppose but...
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2016/06/27 - 09:55 •
News, Russia, Ukraine, War in the Donbas
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...
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2016/06/13 - 19:21 •
Analysis & Opinion, Politics
The decisions of the Bulgarian, Serbian and Antioch Orthodox churches not to attend the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople on Crete later this week and a declaration by the...
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2016/04/07 - 06:26 •
Analysis & Opinion, Culture, Politics
Since 1991, the Kremlin and the Moscow Patriarchate have been worried about the emergence of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church independent from Moscow, the appearance of which would reduce the Moscow Patriarchate to a second- or third-tier...
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