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July 20, 2018. Believers of the Ovruch eparchy face attempts to prevent their participation in the Kiev Cross Procession on July 27. The Ovruch district authorities prevent believers of the UOC from joining the Cross Procession in the capital, banning the route to Kiev on July 27, reports the Information and Educational Department of the UOC with reference to Protopriest […]

July 16, 2018. Politicians want to shake unity of the Church and create fake forms of church order in Ukraine, believes spokesman for Patriarch Kirill, priest Alexander Volkov. Politicians want to shake unity of the Church and create fake forms of church order in Ukraine, believes spokesman for Patriarch Kirill, priest Alexander Volkov. The Holy Synod of the ROC, whose […]

July 16, 2018. When it comes to the separation of Church from state, it means the confusion of functions of the two institutions is inappropriate, Archbishop Feodosiy believes. The state power has to take care of the maintenance of public and legal order in society, of the well-being of its citizens, protection of their rights and freedoms. The work of the […]

July 12, 2018. The media reported that the priest Oleg Gorbovskiy was banned from ministering for supporting the creation of the SLC. The UOC eparchy clarified what really happened. On his Facebook page, the former rector of the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Rosava complained that he was banned from ministering. As reasons, the cleric noted, “my posts […]

July 8, 2018. The NGO “Public Advocacy” sent special statements to the UN Human Rights Council on the cases of seizures of UOC churches and hate speech in the statements of officials. Human rights defenders highlighted the conflict around the church of vlg. Ptichya and bills Nos. 4511, 4128, 5309, which are still under consideration by the Ukrainian Parliament, reports […]