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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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Orthodox Church of Ukraine
28 December 2018, 11:51 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Epifaniy's rep: After receipt of Tomos, OCU Synod to set up governing bodies
Until the Tomos of autocephaly is received, there will be no significant changes in the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. A representative of Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, Fr Ivan Sydor said this during a live broadcast on Pryamyy TV Channel.
27 December 2018, 15:39 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Metropolitan Anthony (Makhota) of Khmelnytskyy and Kamyanets-Podilskyy said that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate issued threats to a local parish of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the village of Dobrohobshcha (Khmelnytskyy district) which this week decided to leave the Moscow Patriarchate. This is reported on the Metropolitan’s page on Facebook.
26 December 2018, 13:20 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Process gains momentum: 20 communities in Vinnytsia region joined OCU
Over 20 parishes of the UOC-MP have agreed to move to the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in Vinnytsia region.
24 December 2018, 18:53 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Metropolitan Symeon predicts large-scale move of clergy to OCU
Metropolitan Symeon (Shostatsky) of Vynnytsia and Bar, who is among the founders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, named a number of reasons for transition of a large number of priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate. He also expressed confidence that in the future the transition of parishes from the UOC-MP to the Local Church will be irreversible.
23 December 2018, 12:50 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Transcarpathian communities predicted to actively transfer to OCU once Tomos is granted
Currently, there are six communities in Transcarpathia which confirmed their intention to move from the subordination of the former Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate to the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, most of them in Uzhhorod, but this movement will gain momentum once the Tomos is granted.
23 December 2018, 11:51 | Religion and policy |
Russian intelligence services attempt provocation at Ephfaniy in a telephone conversation
Russian intelligence services, with the help of prankers, made a provocation attempt in a telephone conversation the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epifaniy.
23 December 2018, 10:46 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Clergy in Donetsk region ready to move to OCU
In Donetsk region, there is a percentage of priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate who will go to the Local Orthodox Church of Ukraine, if the Tomos is received on January 6.
21 December 2018, 12:11 | International relations |
Epifaniy met with US Ambassador
Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch met with the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Epifaniy on December 20 at St Michael’s Monastery of Vydubichi. This is reported by the Kyiv diocesan authorities.
21 December 2018, 08:52 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Epifaniy: Orthodox Church of Ukraine counts nearly 7,000 parishes and is open to other communities
Today, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has about seven thousand parishes. Metropolitan Epifaniy said it live during the TV program Right to Power on 1+1 TV Channel.
20 December 2018, 10:42 | Adventists |
“The Seventh-day Adventist Church, a worldwide Christian Church, which brings together more than 20 million people in nearly all countries of the world, takes a positive stance towards all the movements and activities that have served the unification of people, the search for ways of peaceful coexistence and understanding” – this is how the Adventists responded to the creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
20 December 2018, 09:52 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Metropolitan Oleksandr (Drabynko)'s parish moves to OCU
The parish of Metropolitan Oleksandr (Drabynko) of Pereyaslav-Khmelnitsky and Vyshneve moved from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The hierarch said this during the morning Liturgy on Wednesday, December 19, at the Savior Transfiguration Cathedral in Kyiv.
19 December 2018, 12:48 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
UOC MP community in Bukovyna transfers to Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Residents of the Shishkivtsi village, Kitsman district, jointly with their priest decided to move from the UOC Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
19 December 2018, 11:22 | Religion and society |
UOC MP set up mobile groups to block transfer of communities to Orthodox Church of Ukraine
Representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate, collectively with experts from the FSB, the principal security agency of Russia, have set up task force groups in Ukraine that would block the conversion of parishes from the UOC MP to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
19 December 2018, 08:21 | International relations |
US Secretary of State Pompeo had telephone conversation with Metropolitan Epifaniy
US Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo talked on the phone with the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Metropolitan Epifaniy, the State Department said in a statement on December 18, according to Radio Liberty.
18 December 2018, 13:10 | Interchurch relations |
Roman Catholic bishops of Ukraine greet Metropolitan Epifaniy
Head of the Conference of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ukraine Bronislav Bernatsky congratulated Metropolitan Epifaniy on the successful completion of the Council and his election as the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
18 December 2018, 11:22 | Interchurch relations |
Vatican officially announced the creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
The first Primate of the new Ukrainian Autocephalous Church is elected at a Council of Unification in Kiev.
18 December 2018, 11:12 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Metropolitan Epifaniy excludes possibility of UOC-MP church seizures
The newly elected Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, assured that there would be no seizure of churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. He announced this on Monday, December 17th, on ICTV channel.
17 December 2018, 13:39 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine during the First Liturgy in the status of the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the St. Michael's Cathedral commemorated all the Primates of the Orthodox Churches, except for Patriarch Kirill of Moscow.
17 December 2018, 12:10 | Religious relations |
The Muslims of Ukraine have attested to the spiritual affinity of Christians and Muslims and their readiness for cooperation, for the sake of the happy future of Ukraine. This is stated in the congratulatory message sent from the Mufti of Ukraine Said Ismagilov to the newly elected Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine.
17 December 2018, 11:18 | National religious question |
| Ukrainian primate avoids commemorating Moscow patriarch in first Liturgy
Metropolitan Yepiphaniy’s first divine liturgy as primate of the new autocephalous Orthodox church in Ukraine was celebrated today in Kyiv
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