January 21, 2016. The night of 20th January in Dnepropetrovsk (Ukraine), in the Church of Mother of God “Iverskaya”, unknown persons vandalized the miraculous icon of Mother of God as the website of the Union of the Orthodox Journalists reports. According to the rector of the church archpriest Nikolai Nesprava, the vandals entered the temple and broke the stained glass. […]
» Read moreJanuary 21, 2016. The Court of Appeal of Volyn region allowed the appeal of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church community against the Ivanychevsky district court’s ruling (judge Mr. Neverov I.N.) of January 5, 2016, as reports the Union of the Orthodox Journalists. The decision of Ivanychevsky court contained a refusal to settle a claim of the Holy Pokrov religious community of […]
» Read moreJanuary 19, 2016. According to the head of the NGO “Public protection of rights”, human rights activist Oleg Denisov, Rivne city court judge ordered the arrest of a church building belonging to the religious community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Ptichya village, as reports the Union of the Orthodox Journalists. Thus, the court in fact deprived the Ukrainians of […]
» Read moreJanuary 11, 2016. It is the second time that the Church of St.Demetrius in Susica (Kosovo) was vandalised. Members of the parish council informed their priest Protopresbyter Sava Šmigić, and reported the incident at police station in Gracanica, as the official website of the diocese reports. The unknown perpetrators broke a window in the altar of the church and they […]
» Read moreJanuary 10, 2016. Unknown persons threw stones at the house of archpriest Ioann Savchuk, rector of the church in the village of Podluží Dubno district, Rivne region (Ukraine). The priest said that this was an act of revenge from the supporters of the Kiev Patriarchate, as the website of the Union of the Orthodox Journalists reports. Archpriest Ioann Savchuk actively […]
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