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…
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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…
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…
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…
Russian Orthodox Church: Performance of song about nuking US in St. Isaac’s Cathedral ‘in bad taste’
Few stories from Russia in recent times (other than anything connected with Vladimir Putin) have sparked a larger…
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…
FSB, SVR divide control of Moscow Patriarchate church at home and abroad, Ukrainian intelligence official says
The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (ROC MP) at the present time is “99 percent controlled”…
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…
Ukrainian autocephaly destroys ideological foundation of Russian empire, Espresso says
Many are saying Ukraine’s receipt of autocephaly from the Universal Patriarch is for Russia an act equivalent to…
‘A church without Putin, without Kirill, and without prayers for the aggressor’
The unification council of the Ukrainian Orthodox has ended with the election of a new metropolitan and promises…
Moscow organizing provocations in Ukraine to disrupt Church Unification Council, SBU says
The Russian special services and the "DNR" officials they control are organizing church marches in Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv,…