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  • 22 May 2012, 09:28 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret: UOC-MP Keeps Faithful By Deceit

    During his visit to the Bukovyna region, Patriarch Filaret commented to our RISU correspondent Yurii Chornei that anouncements on the walls of churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) equate people baptized in the Kyivan Patriarchate with people who have committed suicide and thus who are not to be prayed for.

  • 18 May 2012, 09:57 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret: Contacts with Ecumenical Patriarch Have Become More Complicated

    During his patriarchal visit to the Bukovyna region on May 17, 2012, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate Patriarch Filaret met with journalists.

  • 26 April 2012, 09:03 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Theophilus of Jerusalem Invites Metropolitan Volodymyr To Celebrate Liturgy in Holy Land

    The Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate met with Patriarch Theophilus ІІІ of Jerusalem on 25 April.

  • 24 April 2012, 11:37 | Interchurch relations | 

    Relations Between Kyiv and Moscow Patriarchates Deteriorate

    Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) stated under the new regime, attempts are being made to seize churches of the UOC-KP.

  • 23 April 2012, 09:53 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Ukrainian Orthodox Church Of Canada Not To Participate in Events Connected With Visit of Patriarch Filaret

    On 19 April, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (Constantinople Patriarchate), Metropolitan Yurii sent out an address prohibiting the members of his Church to participate in any events connected with the visit of Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate to Canada.

  • 17 April 2012, 11:09 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret Would Like to Visit Metropolitan Volodymyr

    Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate prays for the clergy and faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate and would like to meet with Metropolitan Volodymyr.

  • 2 April 2012, 10:53 | Theology and religious education | 

    Head of Orthodox Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia Visits Uzhhorod

    On 29-30 March, The Theological Academy of Sts. Cyril and Methodius of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate and Avhustyn Voloshyn Carpathian University in Uzhhorod were visited by Metropolitan of Czech Lands and Slovakia, Archbishop Christopher (Pulets) of Prague.

  • 21 March 2012, 10:04 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Hierarch of Estonian Church Visits Metropolitan Volodymyr

    On March 19, a hierarch of the Estonian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Bishop Lazar of Narva, visited Metropolitan Volodymyr in the hospital.

  • 5 March 2012, 11:09 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret Calls on Clergy and Laity of UOC-MP to Defend Their Independence

    Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate is concerned about the real threat of the loss by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) of its independence and self rule.

  • 9 February 2012, 10:27 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Council of UAOC to Pass Decision on Possible Dialogue on Unification with Kyivan Patriarchate

    On February 9, in the building of the Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, in Kyiv, a regular session of the Hierarchical Council of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) will be held.

  • 5 January 2012, 09:16 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Reps of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Met With Patriarch Theophilos III in Jerusalem

    With the blessing of Metropolitan Volodymyr, on 1-3 January, the official delegation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) led by the head of the Department of External Church Relations, Archbishop Oleksandr of Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi and Vyshneve visited the Holy Land.

  • 4 January 2012, 11:04 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret: Two Thirds of Parishes of UAOC Ready to Unite with Kyivan Patriarchate

    Patriarch Filaret in an exclusive interview to RISU expressed an opinion that even though the negotiations between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate did not yield the expected result, it does not mean that the whole UAOC does not want unity. He assured that the dialogue will be resumed sooner or later.

  • 3 January 2012, 11:50 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret Explains Why Kyivan Patriarchate Did Not Join Constantinople

    The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) said in an interview to RISU that in 2008, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople proposed the UOC-KP to join it and, later, receive an autonomy. The conditions of Constantinople, however, were unacceptable for the clergy of the UOC-KP and the union was not concluded.

  • 3 January 2012, 10:35 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret Criticizes Moscow's Position on Ukrainian Autocephaly

    Unlike the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Volodymyr, who once stressed that the Ukrainian question should be settled by the council of all the local Orthodox Churches, the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret is convinced that it is impossible to realize that idea in the modern conditions.

  • 23 December 2011, 14:55 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret Names Initiator of His Anathematization

    According to Patriarch Filaret, the idea to anathematize and dismiss him from the Church authority position was proposed in 1992 by the present Head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill Gundyaev, who was then Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad.

  • 23 December 2011, 13:14 | Church-state relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret: Kharkiv Council of 1992 Organized by Security Services

    The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret, is convinced that the Kharkiv Council, which took place nearly 20 years ago, was held by the Ukrainian bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the initiative of the state security service, on which they totally depended then.

  • 21 December 2011, 17:02 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    UAOC: Establishment of One National Orthodox Church Is Impossible Without UOC-MP

    The clergy of the Kyivan Eparchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church is ready for unification and the establishment of one national Orthodox Church. However, the Eucharist communion, in their opinion, should include not only the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, with which the hierarchy of the UAOC conducted dialogue until recently, but also the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate

  • 14 December 2011, 11:48 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Kyivan Patriarchate Gives Up Unification With UAOC Due to Its Ultimatum

    The unification process between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, which began last autumn, failed.

  • 18 November 2011, 11:20 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Bishops of UAOC to Consider Initiatives of Unification With Kyivan Patriarchate At Council

    In the Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), on 23 November, a regular session of the hierarchical council of that Church will be held.

  • 9 November 2011, 11:58 | Theology and religious education | 

    Ukrainian Orthodox Theologians To Study Experience of Romanian Orthodox

    The leadership of the Kyivan Spiritual Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate reached an agreement on cooperation with the Theological Department of the Bucharest University.

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