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UOC-MP
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Moscow-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church hires US lobbyist for $1400 per Hour
UOC-MP is paying a hefty price to promote the idea of ongoing "religious persecution" in Ukraine
Ukraine makes first step to ban Russian-backed church
Ukraine moved closer to cracking down on a Ukrainian Orthodox Church aligned with Russia, with parliament approving a law to ban the religious body.
Ukraine Moscow Patriarchate’s dioceses are forcefully integrated into Russian Orthodox Church – ISW
[editorial]The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian occupation authorities continue to forcefully integrate dioceses…
Anatomy of treason: how the Ukrainian Orthodox Church sold its soul to the “Russian world”
Church matters are heating up in Ukraine. After years of getting priority treatment from the government, the Ukrainian…
Moscow-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church leader, 20 other hierarchs are Russian citizens, media claims; church denies
The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP), Metropolitan Onufriy (Orest Berezovsky), and…
More parishes leave Moscow-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church amid growing pressure, anger, and chaos
While the standoff around the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a major UOC MP monastery in the Ukrainian capital that defies…
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…
SBU charges Moscow-linked Kyiv monastery abbot with inciting religious hatred and denying Russian aggression
Dubbed by Ukrainian media as “Pasha Mercedes” for his fondness for luxury cars and regular violations of traffic…
Moscow-backed Ukrainian Orthodox Church still linked to Russia despite claims – expert committee
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchy (UOC MP) that in May 2022 claimed to sever ties…
Hierarch of Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church to be tried for encouraging Russian invasion
Ukraine’s Security Service has announced that it gathered indisputable evidence of the guilt of Ionafan, a hierarch of the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New independent church and Moscow Patriarchate vie for parishes in Ukraine
On 15 December 2018, bishops from the three disunited Orthodox Churches in Ukraine convened to elect the Primate…
Old wine in new bottles: how bad habits derailed Ukrainian Church unification – interview with Cyril Hovorun
[editorial]On 15 December 2018, Ukraine made the penultimate step towards realizing a multigenerational dream of attaining church independence.…
‘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…