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May 16, 2017 – Representatives of the Kiev Patriarchate, with the help of the Khmelnitsky regional deputy V. V. Burlik from the “Svoboda” party, captured the canonical Saint-Uspensky Orthodox Church in the village of Zoryanoe. When commenting the situation, the Archpriest Mikhail Varahoba noted that the village deputy who took advantage of his institutional position to capture the church initiated […]

May 15, 2017 – The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine will consider two draft laws on the status of religious organizations on May 18, one of which would effectively prohibit the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, the second of which would legalize the seizure of churches. The first bill, No. 4511, “On the special status of religious organizations with […]

April 25, 2017 – Unknown individuals lit a Parish house of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) in the Nikolayev oblast of Ukraine. An unidentified young man was seen running out of the church at the time of the arson and disappearing in an unknown direction. The Rector of the church, Archpriest Nikolay Chutora has filed a complaint with […]

April 24, 2017 – The delegation of OSCE SMM headed by Mr. Mark Kirschbaum met with the head of NGO “Public Advocacy” Oleg Denisov. The meeting was attended by NGO advisor on media issues, cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP), priest Alexiy Zoshchuk. The sides discussed issues of interfaith conflicts and legislative regulation of the State-Church relationship. […]

April 24, 2017 – Unknown assailants have robbed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) of Dmitry Solunsky in Odessa. The robbers disabled the security system by breaking the barrier installed on the window. They proceeded to steal the moneybox with the donations of parish members. The money was collected to help the victims, migrants, veterans, sick children and orphans who […]