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22 April 2020, 10:44 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Is the Russian Orthodox Church Really Pro-Life?
The Russian Orthodox Church has attracted Christians from countries like the United States because of its pro-life statements. One would expect that its supporters in Ukraine deal with the Coronavirus in a manner consistent with this position.
30 March 2020, 16:39 | Interview |
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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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29 May 2020, 13:07 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Occupiers in Crimea open a case against the Muslim Community representative
The occupation authorities in Crimea have filed an administrative case against Ruslan Emirvaliyev representing the Muslim community of "Alushta". He is charged with "inciting hatred or enmity".
29 May 2020, 09:33 | International relations |
Ukraine opened a case against FSB for searches of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Under the procedural guidance of the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Crimean police instituted criminal proceedings as on May 26, a series of illegal searches were conducted in the apartments of "Jehovah's Witnesses" members in Kerch by the so-called "law enforcement officers" of the occupier state.
19 May 2020, 11:06 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Muslim graves desecrated in occupied Crimea
In the village of Vladislavivka, Nizhnegirsky district, overthrown tombstones were detected in a Muslim cemetery. The lawyer Emine Avamileva told Krym.Realii this story, citing residents who found the destroyed graves of their relatives.
18 May 2020, 11:48 | Religion and society |
The OCU expresses its condolences and shares the pain of the consequences of the forced deportation of Crimean Tatars from their homeland in 1944. The head of the OCU, Metropolitan Epiphanius wrote about this on his Facebook page.
16 May 2020, 13:58 | Religion and policy |
Russian propaganda about annexed peninsula uses religion
One of the ways to influence the immature consciousness of children in the annexed region of the Crimea is to involve priests in the process of identity change.
11 May 2020, 14:07 | Freedom of Conscience |
“Courts” in Crimea refuse to release “Jehovah’s witness” Filatov under house arrest
The court did not uphold the petition filed by the defense to change the measure of restraint from detention in a pre-trial detention center to house arrest for Serhiy Filatov, a "Jehovah's witness" from Dzhankoy, who had been sentenced to six years.
6 May 2020, 19:03 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Government initiates the transfer of the OCU Cathedral in Simferopol to state ownership
The Cathedral in Simferopol, which belongs to the Crimean diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, will be transferred to state ownership based on a resolution of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
22 April 2020, 09:21 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
MFA of Ukraine called on the world to pressure Russia into stopping religious repression in Crimea
The Ministry noted that only seven of the 49 religious communities of the Crimean diocese of the OCU remain in Crimea, and only four of the 23 clergymen stay there.
16 April 2020, 13:20 | Islam |
Crimean occupier authorities divide Muslims into right and wrong, - Attorney
Another case was instituted against imam in occupied Crimea on charges of illegal missionary activity. Attorney Emil Kurbedinov is convinced this is done to divide Crimean Muslims into "right" and "wrong" ones.
15 April 2020, 13:50 | Religion and society |
OCU Archbishop asks Zelensky to help release and return two Crimean prisoners
Archbishop Klyment of Simferopol and Crimean of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church addressed the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
2 April 2020, 09:21 | Church-state relations |
Imam is charged with illegal missionary activity
Another Imam (preacher) of the Muslim community in the occupied Crimea was accused of "illegal missionary activity" and an administrative case against him was instituted.
31 March 2020, 16:52 | UOC (MP) |
UOC-MP arranges public kissing of relics in occupied Sevastopol
Despite the danger of catching the dangerous disease coronavirus, in one of the churches of the occupied Sevastopol, the Moscow Patriarchate organized for its parishioners to kiss the relics.
24 March 2020, 10:00 | Religion and policy |
Occupiers demand from the OCU Archbishop RUB 50 000 to cover legal expenses
Archbishop Klyment of the Crimean Diocese of the OCU received a document from the Russian office of the Federal bailiff service in Crimea requiring him to reimburse RUB 50 000 of court expenses.
16 March 2020, 12:25 | Religion and policy |
ROC clergy proactively helped the “green men” to capture Crimea, - participants of annexation
Russian Orthodox priests took part in the special operation to capture Crimea in 2014 and did so at the invitation of the Russian Defense Ministry.
12 March 2020, 10:35 | Church-state relations |
MFA of Ukraine protests over the detention of Crimean Muslims in Bakhchisaray
The Russian FSB has detained four Crimean Tatars in the annexed Crimea, who are accused of membership in the organization "Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami". The Ukrainian foreign Ministry calls on European partners to increase pressure on Moscow.
11 March 2020, 10:43 | Church-state relations |
Occupiers conduct searches of Crimean Muslims
On March 11, security forces conduct searches in apartments of Muslims in the occupied Crimea in Bakhchisarai. Said Ismagilov, Mufti of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Umma", wrote about this on his Facebook page.
10 March 2020, 11:47 | Church-state relations |
Government assures they are doing their best to ensure that OCU remains in Crimea
The representative office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea noted that they are doing everything possible to ensure that the Crimean Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine continues to exist on the Russian-occupied Peninsula.
15 February 2020, 14:26 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
On February 14, Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and all Ukraine held a meeting with the permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the occupied Crimea, Anton Korynevych, the press service of the OCU reports.
22 January 2020, 10:37 | Freedom of Conscience |
The Pro-Russian TV channel "Millet", created by the Russian government for the Crimean Tatar audience, summing up the results of 2019, said that over the past year for the Muslims of the Crimea, the authorities of the annexed Peninsula have done a lot of useful things, Radio Liberty reports.
16 January 2020, 10:11 | Freedom of Conscience |
A case against Imam for “illegal missionary activity” brought in Crimea
In Crimea, the Prosecutor's Office has instituted a second administrative case for allegedly conducting "illegal missionary activity".
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