In fighting Russia, Ukraine must not become like it, Ukrainian churchman says
One of the gravest dangers — and potentially most serious defeats –any country combating an authoritarian aggressor is…
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Moscow Patriarchate still has more parishes in Ukraine than its Kyiv counterpart but fewer followers
The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church routinely says that it has more parishes in Ukraine than…
Ukrainian legislation about religion will finalize divorce between Kyiv and Moscow
Two pieces of draft legislation about religious organizations in Ukraine scheduled to be taken up by the Verkhovna…
Moscow Patriarchate taking control over property of its parishes in Ukraine to block them from leaving
Faced with a rising tide of parishes in Ukraine whose members have voted to transfer their allegiance to…
Ukrainian 18th century Independence leader Ivan Mazepa to get his own museum
Centuries later, the famous Ukrainian Hetman – Ivan Mazepa is returning to Kyiv. A museum in memory of…
Three religious developments in Eurasia with more than religious implications
A Ukrainian bill that would make it easier for congregations to shift from the Moscow patriarchate to the…
Russian court orders demolition of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) in Moscow Oblast
The Moscow Regional Court has ruled that the Holy Trinity Church of the Bohorodsk Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
The Great Orthodox Council ended. Now what for Ukraine?
How was the Ukrainian question discussed at the Council? It wasn’t explicitly present at the Council, not being…
Authorities ready to demolish only Ukrainian church in Russia
The City Court of Noginsk (Moscow region) has ruled to demolish the Orthodox Holy Trinity Church that is…
Inside Ukraine’s appeal for Church autocephaly
On the eve of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Churches, Ukraine’s Parliament approved and issued…
Moscow worried about emergence of a new Ukrainian national church
Since 1991, the Kremlin and the Moscow Patriarchate have been worried about the emergence of a Ukrainian Orthodox…
Kirill wants a ‘guarantee’ from Pope in his war against Church in Ukraine, Kholmogorov says
The upcoming meeting of Moscow Patriarch Kirill with Pope Francis in Cuba is not only a major boost…
Moscow Patriarchate losing parishes to Kyiv church and its dominance of Ukraine’s religious life
The Moscow Patriarchate may have succeeded in intimidating the Universal Patriarch of Constantinople not to grant autocephaly to…
Kherson parishioners vote to join Kyiv Patriarchate
Parishioners of the only church in the village of Preobrazhenka, in the Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine, have…