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Top priest of Moscow-linked church accused of leaking Ukrainian military checkpoints to Russia

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Latest news Ukraine

Top priest of Moscow-backed church accused of leaking Ukrainian military checkpoints to Russia

Metropolitan Arsenii, a Russian national, heads the historic Svyatogorsk Lavra monastery in Donetsk Oblast, one of Ukraine's major Orthodox monasteries.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Latest news Ukraine

PACE: Putin illegitimate, Russian Orthodox Church propaganda instrument

The Russian Orthodox Church, led by Patriarch Kirill, has been denounced as an "ideological extension" of Vladimir Putin's "totalitarian regime" in a resolution adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

byAlya Shandra

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Analysis

Theologian: Russian Church goes full Nazi with “holy war” on Ukraine

Patriarch Kirill's "decree" blessing Russia's Ukraine invasion brims with "sacred mission" rhetoric from the times of Nazi aggression – yet church leaders worldwide remain deafeningly silent, says Cyril Hovorun

byAlya Shandra

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Latest news Ukraine

Sweden’s Security Service says Russian Orthodox Church spies for Kremlin

On 29 February, a Swedish agency for grants for religious institutions said that it would cut support to…

byOlena Mukhina

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Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine starts probe into Russian Patriarch Kirill over blessing Ukraine war

The Orthodox leader has repeatedly appeared on Russian state TV channels, backing the Kremlin's invasion and urging believers to unite in the war against Ukraine

byAlya Shandra

A Russian Orthodox priest of the Moscow Patriarchate blesses a Russian S-300 nuclear-capable long range surface-to-air missile system. Photo: Aleksei Pavlischak / TASS

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Latest news Ukraine

SBU: Russian Orthodox Church training mercenaries to fight against Ukraine

A Ukrainian security agency claims the Russian Orthodox Church is creating private military groups to recruit and train mercenaries for combat against Ukraine, says training happening at churches.

byYuri Zoria

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

Hungary flag on Parliament building in Budapest

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Latest news Ukraine

Press conference by Ukrainian POWs in Hungary to denounce Ukraine, praise Russian Orthodox Church

Ukrainian prisoners of war in Hungary are reportedly preparing to publicly criticize Ukraine and express gratitude to the…

byAlya Shandra

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Latest news Ukraine

Russian Orthodox Church transfers Ukrainian POWs to Hungary

Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister acknowledges the transfer of Ukrainian captive soldiers from Russia to Hungary, stating that they…

byAlya Shandra

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International

Moscow’s greatest fear about Orthodox Church in Belarus may be about to come true

The first two of these fears – see Moscow worried about possible moves to Orthodox autocephaly in Belarus…

byPaul A. Goble

UOC MP claims it is independent from Russia

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Russia

Kremlin has made defending Moscow Patriarchate key part of Russian foreign policy, Russian expert says

The revised Foreign Policy Concept paper the Kremlin released this week has declared that the defense of the…

byPaul A. Goble

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Latest news Ukraine

Ecumenical Patriarchate aims to create own structure in Lithuania, challenging Russian Orthodox Church

In the conflict between the Orthodox Patriarchates of Constantinople and Moscow, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I is seeking to…

byAlya Shandra

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Latest news Ukraine

Russian Orthodox Church shares responsibility for Russia’s aggression – Ecumenical Patriarch

"The Church and the State leadership in Russia cooperated in the crime of aggression, and share the responsibility…

byAlya Shandra

russian patriarch kirill kgb spy ussr switzerland

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Latest news Ukraine

Putin’s Patriarch Kirill spied for USSR in 1970s Switzerland – Swiss media

In the 1970s, as the Russian Orthodox Church's representative to the World Council of Churches in Geneva, Patriarch…

byKate Ryabchiy

russian priest clerics russian orthodox church africa

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International

Moscow Patriarchate says it has churches in 19 African countries, angering Orthodox world but giving FSB expanded possibilities

At the end of 2019, the Patriarch of Alexandria, whose canonical territory encompasses all of Africa, recognized the…

byPaul A. Goble

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Latest news Ukraine

Historical churches of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra returned to Ukrainian state from Russia-affiliated church

The Russian-affiliated church in Ukraine, known as the Ukrainian Orthodox Cof the Moscow Patriarchate, has lost its rental…

byEuromaidan Press Staff

SBU raids a monastery of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

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Ukraine

Ukraine edges closer to banning Moscow-backed Orthodox Church

Ukraine has moved closer to banning the Moscow-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church after a series of Security Service raids…

byAlya Shandra

Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine raids monastery linked to Russian Orthodox Church

Security Service of Ukraine has carried out a raid at the St. Cyril and Methodius Convent of the…

byOlena Mukhina

Latest news Ukraine

Ukraine’s Security Service finds Russian agents in Moscow-backed church

The Security Service of Ukraine found Russian propaganda manuals, warehouses with pro-Kremlin literature, and "Hero of Russia" certificates…

byOlena Mukhina

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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,…

byBohdan Ben

Russian Orthodox Church

Top priest of Moscow-backed church accused of leaking Ukrainian military checkpoints to Russia

PACE: Putin illegitimate, Russian Orthodox Church propaganda instrument

Theologian: Russian Church goes full Nazi with “holy war” on Ukraine

Sweden’s Security Service says Russian Orthodox Church spies for Kremlin

Ukraine starts probe into Russian Patriarch Kirill over blessing Ukraine war

SBU: Russian Orthodox Church training mercenaries to fight against Ukraine

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

Press conference by Ukrainian POWs in Hungary to denounce Ukraine, praise Russian Orthodox Church

Russian Orthodox Church transfers Ukrainian POWs to Hungary

Moscow’s greatest fear about Orthodox Church in Belarus may be about to come true

Kremlin has made defending Moscow Patriarchate key part of Russian foreign policy, Russian expert says

Ecumenical Patriarchate aims to create own structure in Lithuania, challenging Russian Orthodox Church

Russian Orthodox Church shares responsibility for Russia’s aggression – Ecumenical Patriarch

Putin’s Patriarch Kirill spied for USSR in 1970s Switzerland – Swiss media

Moscow Patriarchate says it has churches in 19 African countries, angering Orthodox world but giving FSB expanded possibilities

Historical churches of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra returned to Ukrainian state from Russia-affiliated church

Ukraine edges closer to banning Moscow-backed Orthodox Church

Ukraine raids monastery linked to Russian Orthodox Church

Ukraine’s Security Service finds Russian agents in Moscow-backed church

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

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