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Zelenskyy seeks promotion of national Orthodox Church from metropolitanate to patriarchate

President Zelenskyy says he advocated for elevating the Orthodox Church of Ukraine to patriarchate status during a recent meeting with Constantinople exarchs, while stressing state non-interference in church affairs.

byYuri Zoria

Patriarch Daniil of Bulgarian Orthodox Church

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Bulgarian Orthodox Church elects pro-Kremlin Metropolitan Daniil as new Patriarch

In 2023, the newly elected Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil expressed his support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, drawing criticism from some clergy members.

byVira Kravchuk

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Zelenskyy: “Patriarchate, as the mother church of all Orthodox in Ukraine, is always on their side”

During his visit to Istanbul, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on 8 July 2023. Bartholomew conducted…

byBohdan Ben

The tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine on display.

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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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),…

byPaul A. Goble

Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus’-Ukraine Filaret (forth from left) marching among leaders of Ukraine's other religious denominations. Filaret has been the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate since 1995. Until 1992 he was a Metropolitan bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church. Moscow Patriarchate excommunicated him in 1997. (Image: Ivan Kovalenko / Kommersant)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

Some of the former KGB and Komsomol operatives at the top of Putin regime: Moscow Patriarch Kirill (secular name Vladimir Gundyayev, alleged KGB agent), Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko (former top Komsomol official), Russian President Vladimir Putin (former KGB operative), Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service and ex-Chairman of the State Duma Sergey Naryshkin (former KGB operative). Image: Sputnik

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

This political cartoon by an anonymous Russian artist accurately represents Russia of Putin's rule. It is a post-communist "prison of nations" which replaced the cult of the Party with the cult of Putin and uses the Russian Orthodox church as a major propaganda and manipulation tool and a convenient cover for Russian spy services abroad.

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

Moscow Patriarch Kirill and Vladimir Putin (Image: mospat.ru)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

Moscow Regional Court: Metropolitan Adrian Starina (centre), parishioners and hieromonk Svyatoslav (Merkuriy) Skorokhod (far right)

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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…

byHromadske

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Moscow promises Serbs it will bomb the hell out of NATO, Serbia expert says

Russia is gradually losing its influence in Serbia, Serbian political analyst, director of the SEAS Foundation, Ventsislav Buyich told…

byKseniya Kirillova

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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…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

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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…

byKseniya Kirillova

A monument to Volodymyr The Great, the king of Kyivan Rus from 980 to 1015 who baptized it in 988 and became a Christian saint, stands above the Dnieper River in Kyiv. (Photo: social media)

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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…

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Orthodox Patriarchs sat at the opening session of the Holy and Great Council in Crete. Photo: fb.com/HGCPress

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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…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

The Holy and Great Council of Orthodox churches has been in preparation for the past 40 years. It will take place at the Orthodox Academy of Crete from 18 to 27 June 2016. The opening of the Council will take place after the Divine Liturgy of the feast of Pentecost, and the closure – the Sunday of All Saints, according to the Orthodox calendar. (Source: Patriarchate.org)

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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…

byPaul A. Goble

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Moscow Patriarchate beefs up its staff for hybrid operations against Ukraine

The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church has set up a new staff in the synod department…

byPaul A. Goble

Putin with Kirill, the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (Image: patriarchia.ru)

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Moscow Patriarchate Church in Ukraine headed toward the dustbin of history, Chapnin says

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is headed toward disintegration, and the only question is whether…

byPaul A. Goble

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Russian-Turkish crisis could open the way to independence for Ukraine’s Orthodox

As Russian calls for Türkiye to return the largest mosque in Istanbul to Christians have attracted far more…

byPaul A. Goble

The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, two of the three largest Orthodox denominations in Ukraine, have agreed to hold a meeting later this month to discuss unification. June 2015 (Image: cerkva.info)

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Two major non-Moscow Ukrainian Orthodox churches move toward unity

The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), two of…

byPaul A. Goble