Why does Moscow need religious processions in Ukraine?
Two processions organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate called the "All-Ukrainian Procession of the…
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Orthodox procession in Ukraine ‘not a road to Kyiv but to Constantinople,’ Portnikov says
Many Ukrainians and their supporters have misunderstood the Orthodox procession organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Vitaly Portnikov…
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…
How Russia used Orthodox fundamentalism to hijack the Church Council in Crete
Behind this leadership squabble lurks a growing antagonism not only between the zealot – neo-fundamentalists – and the…
Orthodox world heading toward a new schism
The decisions of the Bulgarian, Serbian and Antioch Orthodox churches not to attend the Holy and Great Council…
How the Moscow Patriarchate is creating a separatist Lavra “republic” in Kyiv
On April 23, 2016, Petro Poroshenko invited representatives from the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations to…
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…
Russia’s refusal to recognize Ukraine makes dialogue impossible — church leader
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, said he is convinced there is…
Ukraine and the Orthodox Taliban
The actions of certain Orthodox activists demonstrate that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) is…
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…
The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate resembles the CPSU of Soviet times
Three important articles this week in the Moscow media suggest that the Russian Orthodox Church under Moscow Patriarch…
Is the Moscow Patriarchate Russia’s agent in Ukraine?
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is actually an agent of another state. Recently the hybrid…
Deputy Viktor Yelensky: Moscow Patriarchate loses 70 parishes in two years
In two years, 60-70 parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) have joined the Ukrainian Orthodox Kyivan…
Who is served by the Stalinist patriarchate in Kyiv?
There is a story that during the war, the Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia at the time, Calistratus (Tsintsadze), came…
Russian Special Service plan attacks on Moscow Patriarchate churches in Ukraine
The Press Center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate posted on its official site 10/10 2014 that…
Moscow Patriarchate’s backing of Russian aggression undermining Russian Orthodox Church everywhere
The more the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church [ROC MP] supports Russian aggression in Ukraine, “the…