Expert thought
2 January 2020, 15:59 | Analysis |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church 2019 – results of the year
The past year has highlighted two main areas of development. First, it is the recognition of the OCU, actual first, by virtue of concelebration of individual clergymen, and further at the level of Synodal decisions and concelebration of the Primates. Secondly, the transformation of the ROC into a mono-national church
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.
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?
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Land and property problems
3 November 2019, 11:40 | Land and property problems |
UOC-MP representatives sprayed pepper gas during the OCU worship
On November 1, in the villages of Stara Zhadova and Mykhalcha in the Storozhynets district of Bukovyna, representatives of religious communities made their decision regarding the continued use of the disputed religious buildings.
21 September 2019, 11:04 | Land and property problems |
UN demands not to evict Crimean Diocese of OCU from the Cathedral
The UN Human Rights Committee once again demands from Russia not to evict the Crimean Diocese of the OCU from the Cathedral. This was reported on Facebook by Serhiy Zayets, a representative of the parishioners, an expert of the Regional Human Rights Center, Telegraph reports.
18 September 2019, 11:36 | Land and property problems |
Archbishop Klyment of OCU appeals against eviction from the temple
Archbishop Klyment of the Crimean diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine lodged an appeal to the court in Russian Kaluga against the decision of the Russian 21st Arbitration Court of Appeal in Sevastopol, which upheld the decision to terminate the lease of the premises of the Cathedral of the OCU in Simferopol. Archbishop Klyment told it to Krym.Realii on September 17.
12 July 2019, 12:09 | Land and property problems |
Filaret asks court to prohibit transfer of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery to OCU
The District administrative court received a petition from the Kyiv Patriarchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) to secure a claim in which Kyiv Patriarchate of the UOC-KP requests the court to prohibit Kyiv City State Administration and Kyiv City Council (KMP) from transfer of real estate to other entities.
29 March 2019, 12:40 | Land and property problems |
Occupation authorities of Crimea to take OCU to court
The Russian authorities in Crimea filed a lawsuit with the requirement to vacate the building in the center of Simferopol, which is now held by the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). The Minister of Land and Property Relations of Crimea, Anna Aniukhina, told the Russian news agency TASS that the OCU failed to re-register the necessary documents and “is out of the legal framework”, Krym.Realii report.
9 February 2019, 10:19 | Land and property problems |
Crimean occupation authorities want to seize only OCU church in Simferopol
In Crimea, the occupation authorities demand that the Orthodox Church of Ukraine “vacate the premises” of the Cathedral of Saints Volodymyr and Olha – the only OCU church in Simferopol.
24 November 2018, 08:07 | Land and property problems |
Ministry of Justice repeals the illegal re-registration of the Pochayiv Lavra complex
The Appeal Commission on State Registration to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine has repealed the illegal re-registration of a complex of buildings of the Holy Assumption Pochayiv Lavra.
20 November 2018, 10:53 | Land and property problems |
Culture Ministry challenges transfer of Pochayiv Lavra to UOC-MP
The Ukrainian Culture Ministry has challenged at the Justice Ministry the actions of a state registrar with the demand to cancel the decision on the state registration of the right of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to use the property of the Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra monastery and to bring the registrar to account, the press service of the Ternopil regional prosecutor's office reported on Friday.
3 August 2018, 10:57 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
After Tomos, no violence for redistributing church property will burst out
The statements about the "seizure of churches", the possibility of a “civil war” once the Tomos of autocephaly is issued are an example of the Kremlin’s misinformation, a lie that is part of a hybrid war against Ukraine.
30 July 2018, 12:47 | Land and property problems |
Jewish community of Chernihiv stands for its synagogue where Youth Theater is located
The issue of the building of the Youth Theater takes center stage in Chernihiv. Now, the Jewish community of the city is trying to return this building because it is a former synagogue.
3 April 2018, 14:04 | Land and property problems |
New development in the confrontation between UOC-KP and UOC (MP) in Ptycha village in Rivne region
On April 2, villagers entered the church on a court ruling to lift an attachment of the church property. Litigation on this case has continued four months. Religious communities of the Moscow and Kyiv Patriarchates pretend to own the temple.
2 April 2018, 11:16 | Land and property problems |
Roman Catholics in Sevastopol conduct festive Paschal service in front of closed church
On Easter Sunday, April 1, the Roman Catholic community of Sevastopol prayed on the street in front of the church's closed door. The worship was held by a priest of the UGCC, who read out the greetings from the Metropolitan Lazar of Simferopol and the Crimean (Moscow Patriarchate) and Fr Serhiy Haliuta, dean of Sevastopol deanery, reports Krym.Realii.
12 February 2018, 13:45 | Land and property problems |
UOC-MP collects 1200 signatures to legalize unauthorized constructions near the Church of Tithes
The petition “On the provision of the right to freedom of religion of the faithful of the UOC-MP and public order around the Church of Tithes (chapel) was sent to the head of Kyiv City State Administration Vitakiy Klitschko on February 8, 2018. 12 thousand signatures under the appeal were collected within three days. This is reported by the Information and Educational Department of the UOC-MP (MP).
21 November 2017, 11:22 | Land and property problems |
Seized premises of the UOC-KP to be passed to Crimean Ministry of Property
In early 2016, the Crimean Diocesan Department of the UOC-Kyivan Patriarchate, according to the decision of the “Arbitration Court of the Republic of Crimea,” was deprived of parts of the premises in the center of Simferopol, which houses the Cathedral of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles, Prince Volodymyr and Olga.
26 October 2017, 13:33 | Land and property problems |
Head of the UGCC comments on the conflict concerning the Holy Annunciation Church in Kolomyia
24 October 2017, 11:01 | Protests and conflicts |
On June 5, the Holy Annunciation Church, which is in use of the religious community of the UOC (the Moscow Patriarchate), was blocked and sealed under public pressure.
20 October 2017, 13:06 | Religion and society |
Holocaust memorial center will be built at Babi Yar
In September at Babi Yar created a Lapidarium of tombstones of the old Jewish cemetery.
19 July 2017, 13:00 | Land and property problems |
OSCE holds a seminar on peaceful relations between religious communities in Lviv
The event lasts almost a week, during which participants will be able to listen to lectures and advice from experts from Scotland, Poland, Italy, and the USA, to discuss and dialogue with each other within the specified topics.
29 June 2017, 09:48 | Freedom of Conscience |
| In Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi the UOC-KP remind of her rights in a religious procession
On the Constitution Day, the Diocese of Odesa of the UOC-KP held a religious procession in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. The faithful of the UOC-KP reminded in this manner the constitutional norm of religious freedom that was violated in the city.
25 April 2017, 09:55 | Land and property problems
UOC (MP) invents a way to leave communities without property in case of denomination change
With the help of ordinary church charters, the Ukrainian communities can be deprived of their property and denied any opportunity to influence the order in their church. Most believers do not know anything about the new documents that clergymen extensively approve.
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