Old wine in new bottles: how bad habits derailed Ukrainian Church unification – interview with Cyril Hovorun
The Unification Council just took place. What is your appraisal of this event? Generally speaking, it is certainly…
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‘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…
History in the making: future Ukrainian Orthodox Church elects its Primate
On 15 December 2018, the Unification Council which brought together delegates from the three Orthodox churches in Ukraine…
Tomos ante portas: a short guide to Ukrainian church independence
On 11 October, a three-day meeting of the Synod, or church council, of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, finished in…
Waiting for Constantinople’s historical decision on Church autocephaly in Ukraine
When Russia annexed Crimea and invaded the Donbas in 2014, it was clear that it was only a…
Why Ukraine needs a free and recognized Orthodox Church
Euromaidan Press sat down with Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun, Acting Director of Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Assistant Professor at Loyola…
Can anything be done in Ukraine with the so-called “canonical” Moscow Patriarchate?
Similar acts committed by clerics of the UOC-MP – in fact a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church…
Moscow Patriarchate’s moves strengthen Russia’s hand in Ukraine, Kryuchkov says
The decision of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC MP) to allow the Ukrainian Orthodox…
Moscow Patriarchate still has more parishes in Ukraine than its Kyiv counterpart but fewer followers
The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church routinely says that it has more parishes in Ukraine than…
Ukrainian legislation about religion will finalize divorce between Kyiv and Moscow
Two pieces of draft legislation about religious organizations in Ukraine scheduled to be taken up by the Verkhovna…
Three religious developments in Eurasia with more than religious implications
A Ukrainian bill that would make it easier for congregations to shift from the Moscow patriarchate to the…
Russian court orders demolition of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) in Moscow Oblast
The Moscow Regional Court has ruled that the Holy Trinity Church of the Bohorodsk Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
Authorities ready to demolish only Ukrainian church in Russia
The City Court of Noginsk (Moscow region) has ruled to demolish the Orthodox Holy Trinity Church that is…
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate in Crimea evicted from Cathedral!
At a recent press conference in Kyiv, Klyment, Archbishop of the Simferopol and Crimea Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv…