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Ukrainian Orthodox Church
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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.
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…
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…
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…
Anti-Ukrainian leaflets, cash found in Security Service’s largest-yet raid on Moscow-affiliated church
[editorial]Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) searched 350 church buildings and premises of 850 people affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox…
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…
Ancient Ukrainian church brotherhoods as forerunner of nation’s civil society today, Horyevoy says
Many are investigating why civil societies have emerged in some countries but not in others; but their research,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Donbas occupiers doing to Ukrainian Church what they accuse Kyiv of doing to Moscow one
The so-called “Donetsk Peoples Republic” is preparing to liquidate all structures loyal to the autocephalous Orthodox Church of…
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…
Rash of arson attacks on Moscow Churches in Ukraine directed from Russia – SBU
When the arsons began As early as at the night of 6 February 2019, unknown persons set fire…
Despite official harassment, OCU’s only church in Russia holds on
Moves by the Russian occupation forces in Crimea to close down or transfer of all Ukrainian Orthodox Churches…
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…