Expert thought
13 September 2019, 14:53 | Open theme |
Ukrainian autocephaly. After one year
All this past year the CEMES foundation worked on a scholarly project, which examined the Ukrainian crisis from a theological, historical and canonical perspective, always in relation to the triptych: Primacy-Conciliarity-Autocephaly.
10 September 2019, 11:16 | Viktor Yelenskyi's column |
Interference impossible to ignore, or what should the state do with religious policy?
All states of the world have in place a policy regarding religion and associations that citizens set up based on this religion's ground. The atheistic government of China and theocratic government of Iran, the mighty United States and tiny Andorra – just every one of them.
Religious Studies
22 November 2018, 14:51 | Religious studies |
In the context of recent events in the Orthodox world, disputes over the boundaries of church institutions often arise between the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Kyiv and Moscow. Ukraine accuses Russia of misappropriating the territory of the Kyiv Metropolis.
25 September 2018, 14:21 | Religious studies |
A Different Approach to the Ecclesiastical Discussion about Ukraine
The first question that arises concerning Ukraine is this: with what right and based on which holy canons, does Russia today claim the ecclesiastical and administrative dependency of the Metropolis of Kyiv?
Monitoring
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The Ecclesiastical Motherhood of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine | 25 November 2019, 15:16 | Society-digest |
Report on torture and murder of priests in Russia-occupied parts of Ukraine to be presented in the Hague
A report containing accounts of religious harassment in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions will be submitted to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague by a Ukrainian NGO, Truth Hound, UNN reports.
“Together with armed aggression, the Russian Federation has violated a wide range of human rights in Eastern Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula. The Russian attacks are targeted at the freedom of religion and belief as universal human right,” the speakers claim.
They say in May 2014 the so-called Donetsk People's Republic released its constitution, which states: “The leading and dominant faith is the Orthodox faith ... recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)”, therefore the occupation authorities conceal crimes under the guise of law thus legalizing oppression.”
They note that pro-Russian forces are attacking representatives of any denominations other than the Moscow Patriarchate. The report cites some of these cases.
Thus, it is reported that Victor Vonsovich, a priest from Horlivka, was arrested and detained for 10 days. After release, he was threatened with death if he returned to Horlivka. Polish Catholic priest Pavel Vitek was abducted and spent a day in the basement of the building of the so-called Security Service. In 2014, the bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Stepan Menko, was illegally accused of espionage in Donetsk for the USA.
In the currently occupied territory, 30 of the 40 parishes of the Kyiv Patriarchate have ceased their activities.
“This report is to be submitted on June 27, 2019 to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague to investigate crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice,” the organization said.

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- 11 December 2019, 10:06
Ну-ну... А, загалом, дякую за таку пильну увагу та оперативну реакцію щодо моїх коментів. :)
| - 11 December 2019, 08:54
"На Прикарпатті батько упродовж чотирьох років ґвалтував рідну доньку. Дівчина розповідала про це своїм рідним, у тому числі і матері, однак їй ніхто не вірив. Від безвиході дівчина повісилася
| - 10 December 2019, 19:43
А скільки земельки вже духовенство загребло під свої потреби за часи незалежності хто порахує? Саме духовенство в усі часи і у всіх державах прагнуло бути і було латифундистами, а люди століттями
| - 10 December 2019, 13:24
Интересы православных христиан Украины представляет Православная Церковь Украины (ПЦУ).
| - 9 December 2019, 18:49
Так, вони - проімперські московські і промосковські (в Україні) церковники, безумовно, "знають", що чинять... Але це - т. зв. їхнє "знання" продиктоване і накинуте їм, по суті...
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