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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.

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Analysis

Is Ukraine banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church?

Unexpectedly, some within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church welcome the new law, seeing it as leverage to force their leadership to fully break from Moscow.

Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine near the Okhmatdyt children's hospital in Kyiv

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Orthodox Church of Ukraine leader urges Moscow-affiliated parishes to sever ties with Moscow and unite amid new law

Metropolitan Epifaniy, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), said he is open to dialogue with the "Ukrainian Orthodox Church" (UOC), which is a separate organization affiliated with Moscow. His statement comes amid the passage of a new law banning religious organizations affiliated with Russia. The law, approved by the Ukrainian parliament on 20 August 2024, could potentially affect the UOC if it doesn't sever ties with Moscow.

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Ukrainian politics

“Not about banning.” Theologian unpacks Ukraine’s new anti-Russian church law

Ukraine's religious landscape faces a seismic shift with new legislation, but it's not the blanket ban many expect. A theological expert unpacks the law's true nature and potential outcomes.

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Zelenskyy hints at the upcoming decision to limit Moscow’s influence in Ukraine through Kremlin-controlled church

The decision should balance security issues and freedom of religion, while several oppositional MPs in Ukraine demand the adoption of the law banning the Moscow church in Ukraine.

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

Vladimir Putin and Moscow Patriarch Kirill presiding over a meeting with the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate on July 27, 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine, less than a year before the Russian annexation of Crimea and the occupation of the Donbas. The head of this Moscow exarchate in Ukraine, Metropolitan Onufriy, is seated in the middle of the front row. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

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Hybrid War

Fact check for Tucker Carlson: Russia, not Ukraine, is persecuting Christians

Sorry Tucker, Ukrainians are still praying, just not for Russian victory anymore, no matter how you twist Ukraine's fully justified actions.

byMartin Fornusek

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Ukraine’s largest Orthodox Church to adopt new calendar in widening gap with Russia

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine announced its decision to adopt the New Julian, or Revised Julian calendar, from…

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Russian Aggression

More parishes leave Moscow-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church amid growing pressure, anger, and chaos

While the standoff around the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a major UOC MP monastery in the Ukrainian capital that defies…

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Analysis

Passions in the Lavra: why the Ukrainian state broke its patience with the Moscow-aligned Orthodox Church

“Let me tell you, Mr. President, and all of your entourage, that our tears will not fall to…

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Ukraine

Moscow Patriarchate’s war in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: church turmoil in Ukraine, explained

Hello father Cyril. Please get us up to speed on what’s happening in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. Who has…

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Culture of Ukraine

Ukrainian liturgy returns to historical Kyiv monastery after 300 years of ban

During the Christmas service on 7 January in the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, this largest Ukrainian monastery became a…

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Anti-Ukrainian leaflets, cash found in Security Service’s largest-yet raid on Moscow-affiliated church

The “counter-intelligence security measures” were carried out in the territories of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in Kyiv,…

Lviv garrison church

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Only 4% of Ukrainians still identify as followers of Moscow Orthodox church – survey

The share of Ukrainians identifying as members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has fallen…

byPaul A. Goble

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How the Russian Orthodox Church enabled Putin’s war against Ukraine

Religion and primary Eastern Orthodoxy has been one of the most sensitive issues in Russian-Ukrainian relations, even amid…

byEuromaidan Press Contributor

Gold mosaic of the Holy Mother at the Cathedral of the Holy Mother of Iberia of Zugdidi, Georgia. Photo by Giorgi Abdaladze, Communications Department of the Administration of the President of Georgia, via Wikimedia.

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Georgian Church’s recognition of Ukrainian autocephaly ‘only a question of time,’ Horyevoy says

The Georgian Orthodox Church has not yet recognized the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church because it is…

byPaul A. Goble

Universal Patriarch Bartholomew signing the tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine on January 5, 2019. Metropolitan Epiphanius of Ukraine stands behind him. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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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

Universal Patriarch Bartholomew signing the tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine on January 5, 2019. Metropolitan Epiphanius of Ukraine stands behind him. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

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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

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

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

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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