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…
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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…
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,…
SBU raids Moscow Patriarchate-controlled Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery complex in Ukrainian capital (updated)
On the morning of 22 November 2022, the Security Service of Ukraine reported on Telegram that it was…
Russian Patriarch Kirill declared threat to very existence of Russia, this is written in nuclear doctrine
The Russian people are facing dangers that challenge the very existence of the country, said Patriarch of the…
Russian Patriarch offers to expand Russian values to faith, sacrifice, love for motherland
The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill said that the list of basic values in Russia's National…
Russian church owns property near Norway’s main naval base — Dagbladet
In recent years, the Russian Orthodox Church has bought a number of properties along the Norwegian coast, one…
Moscow Patriarchate should be sanctioned for blessing the war
On 13 March, Patriarch Kirill blessed the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Guard Viktor Zolotov and bestowed him with the…
Moscow Patriarchate tells Russian troops: “Your task is to wipe the Ukrainian nation off the face of the earth”
In the wake of the exposure of the Russian massacre of Ukrainian civilians in Bucha, an action that…
Leaders of Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine shifting allegiance to Kyiv
When Vladimir Putin began his full-scale war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, he destroyed many things but…
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…
Russian World: the heresy driving Putin’s war
A recently-signed declaration of theologians condemns the teaching of the Russian World. What is this Russian World? Is…
Moscow Patriarchate moved into Africa to provide cover for FSB officers and PMCs, not to punish anyone over Ukraine, Horyevoy says
The Moscow Patriarchate has insisted and most people have accepted the idea that Kirill has expanded the presence…
Bishop Diomid, who led church opposition to ROC MP, dies in car accident on Patriarch Kirill’s birthday
Diomid, who was Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) bishop in Chukotka before being stripped of that rank by the…
Moscow Patriarch lays groundwork for challenging primacy of Ecumenical Patriarchate
At a meeting of a Moscow conference on “World Orthodoxy: Primacy and Collegiality in the Light of Orthodox…
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…
Moscow Patriarchate nativizing its church branch in Belarus to prevent moves toward autocephaly
Specifically, Kirill said, “We came to the conclusion about the necessity of having at the head of the…
Kremlin employs Cossacks, Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine against Kyiv
For as long as official cases of COVID-19 have remained manageable inside the Russian Federation, Moscow was able…
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),…
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…