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September 5, 2018. Head of the Volyn Regional State Administration Alexander Savchenko on his Facebook page condemned the incident that occurred on September 2 in the Volyn village of Ozero of the Kivertsy district. A priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Father Mikhail Zhuromsky, was unable to perform a funeral service for a child who, as it turned out, was […]

August 30, 2018. The OSCE Monitoring Mission recorded holes in the church wall and shrapnel damage in the adjacent building. The Holy Protection temple of the UOC, located in the village Staromikhailovka of Mariinsky district of Donetsk region, came under fire. This was stated in a report by the OSCE Monitoring Mission dated August 26. “On August 26 in Staromikhailovka, […]

July 26, 2018. Commenting on media reports on precluding by authorities of participation of the UOC believers in the procession, human rights activists say it is a criminal offense. According to the explanatory note made by NGO Public Advocacy, precluding a religious rite is a criminal offense under article 180 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. This is stated on […]

August 14, 2018. Represenatives of the UOC KP and UGCC were allowed into the Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church at the Odessa Military Academy while parishioners of the UOC were denied access. On the early morning of August 14, the clergy and numerous parishioners came to the Fontanka road to take part in the festive divine service. However, at the […]

August 6, 2018. In the center of Odessa, a group of right-wing radicals tried to write insulting inscriptions on the church of the UOC and beat the rector trying to halt them. The incident occurred on the evening of August 5 in the temple in honor of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God of St. Andrew’s metochion, located […]