May 8, 2020. The Abbot of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Paul (Lebed) of Vyshgorod and Chornobyl, filed a lawsuit with the Kyiv-Pechersk court against Channel 5, the website of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra reports. Yelena Isaevskaya, the lawyer of Metropolitan Paul, stated that the lawsuit has to do with the dissemination of false information about the alleged calls of […]
» Read moreMay 6, 2020. The head of the Mission for Family Affairs of the UOC Synodal Department, Metropolitan Panteleimon (Povorozniuk) of Rovenki and Sverdlovka commented on the bill amending the Criminal Code of Ukraine on crimes motivated by gender intolerance on the Mission’s website. The hierarch of the UOC explained that this bill is of concern to the Church as it […]
» Read moreMay 5, 2020. On the night of May 4, activists of the OCU took advantage of the difficult situation in the family of the rector of the UOC church in honor of the Archangel Michael in Zadubrivka (Ukraine) and made an attempt to seize the church. After the lights were turned off in the village, the cleric of the OCU […]
» Read moreApril 14, 2020. Boris Filatov addressed the clergy regarding the upcoming Easter holidays in quarantine. Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov warned the clergy of the Dnipropetrovsk Eparchy of the UOC that if they want to “risk the health of people” at Easter, then the city authorities will ensure that they receive “a full range of measures” – including water and electricity […]
» Read moreApril 13, 2020. Metropolitan Meletiy commented on a fake circulated by some media about quarantine violation on Palm Sunday in the Holy Spirit Cathedral of Chernivtsi (Ukraine). There were a few people inside the Holy Spirit Church of Chernivtsi on Palm Sunday, and 10 police officers monitored the quarantine in the yard of the cathedral, Metropolitan Meletiy (Yegorenko) of Chernivtsi […]
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