Moscow worried about possible moves to Orthodox autocephaly in Belarus and Moldova
Religious affairs specialist Milena Faustova says that “the closer the August 24 date of the visit of Bartholomew…
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Another ancient Orthodox church recognizes Ukrainian autocephaly despite Moscow’s efforts to block it
Chrysostomos II, the primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, has recognized the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
Zelenskyy’s election has not stopped the rise of the autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Exactly a year ago, the Ecumenical Patriarch in Constantinople extended autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU),…
Alexandria Patriarchate follows Greek in recognizing Ukrainian autocephaly as canonical
Theodoros II, Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, two days ago during divine services in Cairo, for the…
Greek acceptance of Ukrainian autocephaly – bigger defeat for Moscow than Constantinople grant, Soldatov says
The harsh even hysterical reaction of the Moscow Patriarchate to the decision of the Greek Orthodox Church to…
Half of Ukrainians identify with Orthodox Church of Ukraine; only one in seven with Moscow’s exarchate
A new poll shows that 48.8 percent of Ukrainians identify with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine while only…
Implementation of Ukrainian autocephaly may be first flashpoint in Zelenskyi era
Petro Poroshenko made autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church a centerpiece of national strategy, used the power of…
Orthodox parishes in Ukraine shifting from Moscow to Kyiv at ever-increasing rate
In the first 76 days since the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine came into existence (December 15 to…
Moscow church has already lost 2.5% of its parishes in Ukraine in month since autocephaly
In the month since Ukraine received autocephaly, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has seen more…
Orthodox Church of Ukraine won’t be a state church, Poroshenko says
On the day of the enthronement of the metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), President Petro…
Majority of Orthodox believers in Ukraine identify with Ukrainian church, new poll shows
A new poll conducted by the SOCIS Center, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology and the Razumkov Centre…
Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Orthodox Church of Ukraine are now legal synonyms
Yesterday, the Ukrainian justice ministry officially registered the religious organization, “the Kyiv Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church…
New independent church and Moscow Patriarchate vie for parishes in Ukraine
On 15 December 2018, bishops from the three disunited Orthodox Churches in Ukraine convened to elect the Primate…
Ukrainian autocephaly a defeat for Putin but a victory for a future Free Russia, Illarionov says
Many commentators have suggested that the grant of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is a great…
Now-independent Ukrainian Orthodox church set to be major player internationally, Illarionov says
Russian commentator Andrey Illarionov has carefully compared the status of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in terms of 25 basic issues…
Ukrainian Orthodox Church head says Russian Orthodox Church will remain in Ukraine as many want it and he’s not against that
To hear Moscow propagandists talk, you would think that the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) in combination…
Are the Uniates about to make common cause with newly autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox?
With the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) receiving the tomos of autocephaly from the Universal Patriarch Bartholomew, the…
Ukrainian autocephaly destroys ideological foundation of Russian empire, Espresso says
Many are saying Ukraine’s receipt of autocephaly from the Universal Patriarch is for Russia an act equivalent to…
Old wine in new bottles: how bad habits derailed Ukrainian Church unification – interview with Cyril Hovorun
The Unification Council just took place. What is your appraisal of this event? Generally speaking, it is certainly…
Russia’s Cossacks form their own autocephalous church, one in which they won’t be ‘slaves of God’
In what may become one of the most significant echoes of Ukrainian autocephaly in Russia, the All-Cossack Social…