Greece threatened with Russia lifting “guarantees of non-occupation” for recognizing Ukrainian Church
The Standing Synod (Council) of the Church of Greece, consisting of 12 bishops under the presidency of the…
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Alexandria Patriarchate follows Greek in recognizing Ukrainian autocephaly as canonical
Theodoros II, Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, two days ago during divine services in Cairo, for the…
Attacking Ukrainian church: The Kremlin turns the Orthodox world into a battlefield
Moscow-based South Front is generally publishing content on military issues, but among maps of Syria and praises of…
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…
“They can destroy buildings, but not the spirit,” – Crimean Archbishop on Russia’s religious persecution
Russia continues to oppress Ukrainian citizens in the occupied Crimea not only for their civil stance, but also…
The bright and dark sides of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church
After 27 years of independence state-building process in Ukraine is still underway. However, despite the flaws of the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Orthodox parishes in Ukraine shifting from Moscow to Kyiv at ever-increasing rate
In the first 76 days since the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine came into existence (December 15 to…
Moscow church has already lost 2.5% of its parishes in Ukraine in month since autocephaly
In the month since Ukraine received autocephaly, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has seen more…
Orthodox Church of Ukraine won’t be a state church, Poroshenko says
On the day of the enthronement of the metropolitan of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), President Petro…
Majority of Orthodox believers in Ukraine identify with Ukrainian church, new poll shows
A new poll conducted by the SOCIS Center, the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology and the Razumkov Centre…
Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Orthodox Church of Ukraine are now legal synonyms
Yesterday, the Ukrainian justice ministry officially registered the religious organization, “the Kyiv Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church…
New independent church and Moscow Patriarchate vie for parishes in Ukraine
On 15 December 2018, bishops from the three disunited Orthodox Churches in Ukraine convened to elect the Primate…
Ukrainian autocephaly a defeat for Putin but a victory for a future Free Russia, Illarionov says
Many commentators have suggested that the grant of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is a great…
Now-independent Ukrainian Orthodox church set to be major player internationally, Illarionov says
Russian commentator Andrey Illarionov has carefully compared the status of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in terms of 25 basic issues…
Ukrainian Orthodox Church head says Russian Orthodox Church will remain in Ukraine as many want it and he’s not against that
To hear Moscow propagandists talk, you would think that the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) in combination…
Are the Uniates about to make common cause with newly autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox?
With the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) receiving the tomos of autocephaly from the Universal Patriarch Bartholomew, the…