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30 August 2019, 15:57 | Analysis |
| Recognition by Greek Church and "domino effect"
A few days ago, the Church media were glued to the monitors, waiting for the long-awaited decision of the Synod of the Greek Church to appear. It concerned the recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Although ten days ago, no one was particularly waiting for crucial decisions at the August session. Everyone is waiting for October -- it is then that the Synod of the Hierarchy (Council of Bishops in our terminology) will take place in accordance with the Charter of the Orthodox Church of Greece. The meeting of all the bishops, and they are now more than 140 in the Church of Greece, is still a more presentable event than the usual Synod of 12 Metropolitans. It is the Synod of Hierarchy, as a more representative body, that must decide on recognition of the OCU.
2 August 2019, 10:27 | Interview |
Lviv has accommodated the 30th anniversary Colloquium of European Parishes which considered "If differences can unite us". 120 laymen and priests from Europe came here to share and gain new experience of parish life in live communication. We talked to Vice President of CEP Margaret Meyer ("Renovabis") who told how it all happened.
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. In its turn, Moscow appeals to the fact that the ancient Kyiv Metropolis differs from the territory of modern Ukraine. RISU decided to clarify this topic, getting advice from historians. Based on this research, we prepared an infographic.
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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The only Ukrainian temple to be demolished in Russia
The City Court of Noginsk (Moscow region) has decided to demolish the Orthodox Holy Trinity Church, which is part of Bogorodsk Diocese of the Kyiv Patriarchate. The temple in Nogonsk was the only church in Russia within the jurisdiction of the UOC-KP. It existed from the beginning of the 90s, and in the year 1994 its abbot Metropolitan Adrian, being an ethnic Ukrainian, joined the UOC-KP. As parishioners explained to "New Region", their church was always persecuted by the Moscow Patriarchate, but only at the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war it became full-scale. “Before the war, for example, the posters were placed around the city saying that we are a schismatic church devoid of grace, we even were refused to buy coffins with funeral sets if the service for the deceased was held here. From the beginning of the Russian aggression, a fundamental persecution started, “a cleansing,” the believers report. The “cleansing" was carried out in all areas. The church was denounced on television, on radio and in local newspapers daily. Posters placed around the city have also become tougher. They called the UOC-KP a "false church" and told that its priests “do not consider it a sin to kill those who live in Donbas and Moscow” and “welcome the junta’s military operations in the southeast of the country.” The culmination of persecution was filing a lawsuit on behalf of the administration of Noginsk district five months ago. But the parishioners believe - it was at the instigation of the Moscow Patriarchate that the proceedings were instituted. “We were accused that we had built uninhabited building on this land - namely the church, the priest of the Holy Trinity Church Svyatoslav Skorokhod said. “The land plot was quite legally privatized by us long time ago, so we have a right to build any houses there. The church had engineering and architectural design documentation, all technical documentation. But this is a purely political issue,” Fr Sviatoslav is sure.
Now the clergy of the church intends to appeal the decision at the court of appeal. By the way, this is not the first such case in Russia. Thus, in 2015, in the village of Pobeda, Penza region, a church and bell tower that belonged to the Kyiv Patriarchate were demolished on a court order.
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- | 7 September 2019, 23:08
А НА НЬОМУ НАПИСАНО "ПАТРІОТАМ, ЯКІ ЗАГИНУЛИ ЗА НЕЗАЛЕЖНІСТЬ ПОЛЬЩІ"...
- | 7 September 2019, 19:06
В тих жахливих трагічних - кривавих історичних міжнаціональних конфліктах - причому, з ОБОХ сторін - напевно не було "абсолютно праведних" ("білих і пухнастих") та, з іншого боку,
- | 5 September 2019, 14:59
- | 5 September 2019, 14:45
Така "знакова встреча" то чому ж з тих "знакових встреч" ніколи і ніде НІ НА ЯКІЙ МОВІ НЕМАЄ СТЕНОГРАМИ ! Тобто то все МУЛЬКА І ФАЛЬШ ?
- | 5 September 2019, 08:08
Синод знаковий, тому: http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/it/speeches/2019/september/documents/papa-francesco_20190902_chiesa-ucraina.html
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А зачем нужно это капище? Чтобы денисенковцы там свои шабаши устраивали?
hypocrits or hypocrites?
Russian leaders [State and Church] are anything but peace loving. They are hateful hypocrits.
І після цього манкурти сралінці ще відкривають свої морди. А каганатно-паханатна секта претендує на роль світового православ*я. Гнати моспідріархію з України в родную гавань.
Знесуть так само, як знесли церкву КП на Пасхальній Седмиці в Пєнзє, РФ, 14.04.2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEiGWmF89G4 Доречі, екскаватор виконав "роботи" по руйнуванню храму за рахунок парафіян зруйнованого храму. Офіційна версія російської влади - примусове знесення незаконної самобудови після довгих напоумлень... А це відео також з Пєнзи, 22.05.2014. Тільки російська влада проти цього сатанізму нічого не має проти https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFLxU6nmdCQ
І хтось ще вопить про гоніння на московський патріархат! Одну несчасну українську церкву, яка, як видно, домовий храм, і ту знести хочуть. Лицеміри і безбожники моцковські..
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