Read More 2 minute read Opinion Ukraine 39% of Orthodox in Ukraine allied to Ukrainian church, more than twice than to the Moscow church Now, a poll of 5,000 Ukrainians by the Ukrainian Institute of the Future and the New Image Marketing… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Ukraine Epiphanius reminds that all Orthodox parishes in Ukraine belong to the Ukrainian church Over the last 18 months, the number of Orthodox parishes in Ukraine which have voted to change their… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read International Opinion 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Ukraine 520 parishes of Moscow Church have now shifted to autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine In the first three months after the Orthodox Church of Ukraine became autocephalous, approximately 300 parishes shifted their… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Civil Society Opinion 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Opinion Ukraine 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… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Ukraine Kyiv says 506 parishes have shifted from Moscow Church; Moscow claims only 61 have Since the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) was formed and granted autocephaly by the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read International Opinion Despite official harassment, OCU’s only church in Russia holds on Moves by the Russian occupation forces in Crimea to close down or transfer of all Ukrainian Orthodox Churches… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read Opinion Russia Constantinople: Moscow could be stripped of autocephaly, while Belarus could gain it If Moscow continues to interfere with the march of Ukraine’s Orthodox to autocephaly, it could lose not only… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 5 minute read International Opinion Does Estonia’s history with two Orthodox churches have lessons for Ukraine? Constantinople’s gift of autocephaly to Ukraine’s Orthodox church could have a very different outcome than the violent clashes… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 5 minute read International Opinion Constantinople decision on Ukrainian Church truly has global consequences Although the Universal Patriarch in Constantinople has not yet given the tomos of autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read Crimea Opinion 38 of the 46 Ukrainian Orthodox churches in Crimea forced to close by Russian occupiers Archbishop Klyment of Simferopol and Crimea says that once autocephaly is granted to Ukraine, the Russian occupation forces… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read International Opinion The next domino – Belarusian Orthodox hope for autocephaly Archbishop Sviatoslau Lohin, head of the émigré Belarusian Autocephalous Church, says that his denomination supports autocephaly for Ukrainian… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 4 minute read International Opinion Moscow having failed to block Ukrainian autocephaly now attempting to exploit it The Kremlin and the Moscow Patriarchate remain totally opposed to autocephaly for the Ukrainian church, but in recognition… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read International Opinion Constantinople could grant autocephaly to Belarusian Orthodox Church next, Gorbik says Ukrainian Archpriest Sergey Gorbik says that Constantinople could grant autocephaly to the Belarusian Orthodox Church in the near… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 1 minute read International Opinion Constantinople moves to grant autocephaly to Ukrainian Church, outraging Moscow Yesterday, the Ecumenical Patriarchate announced that it has appointed as its exarchs in Kyiv an archbishop from the… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read International Opinion Three signs Moscow Patriarch Kirill knows he’s lost on Ukrainian autocephaly The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC MP) continues to assert that it will be able… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 2 minute read International Opinion Ecumenical Patriarch to grant Ukrainian Orthodox autocephaly, Greek Church source says The Ecumenical Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, Bartholomew I of Constantinople, has decided to grant autocephaly to the… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 3 minute read International Opinion Implicitly conceding Ukrainian autocephaly, Moscow makes plans to split Orthodoxy and dominate one part of it, analysts say Now that it has become clear that autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is only a question of… byPaul A. Goble
Read More 4 minute read Opinion Ukraine Ukrainian autocephaly just as inevitable as restoration of USSR is impossible Some were disappointed that the Constantinople Patriarchate did not make the Ukrainian church autocephalous at its meeting on… byPaul A. Goble