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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said at a joint briefing with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky that they had discussed relations between Ukraine and Russia, reforms, and Ukraine's aspirations for EU and NATO
Honorary Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Filaret declared that he did not accept Tomos. Filaret declared that at the forum of the Ukrainian intelligents, hromadske reports. Honorary Patriarch said that he had not previously been acquainted with Tomos’s content. “We do not accept this Tomos because we did not know the content of the Tomos that we were […]
Russia reserves the right to react in the event of a threat to the right to freedom of religion in neighboring countries, Vladimir Putin said. Commenting on the creation of an autocephalous church in Ukraine, Putin said that the Ukrainian authorities were allegedly interfering in church affairs and added that in Russia such actions are considered “absolutely unacceptable.” He said […]
Ten items of cultural value disappeared from Kyiv Pechersk Lavra occupied by the Russin Ortodox Church, Ukraine Ministry of Culture reports. The disappearance of 10 items was revealed during an inventory at the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, spokesperson for the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine Yulia Datsenko said on January 9. The check of the availability, condition and storage of cultural […]
Tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, that means its independency from Russian Ortodox Church has been singned today in Istambul by all members of Ecumenical Patriarchate. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew – the head of the global Orthodox Church – has signed “tomos” earlier, on January 6, 2019. Worth mentioned, that up to now, at least 40 parishes of […]
After the Unifying Council in Kyiv on December 15, 2018 and the creation of a Unified Orthodox Church of Ukraine, at least 40 parishes of the (Ukrainian Ortodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate) said they would join the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Based on open sources and own research, Radio Liberty determined in which regions of the country […]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew – the head of the global Orthodox Church – has signed what is known as a “tomos”, a decree officially recognising an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Ukrainian Orthodox leaders approved the creation of a new, unified church split from the Moscow Patriarchate and elected 39-year-old Metropolitan Epiphanius I to lead it. The move has provoked a furious […]