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March 19, 2017 – About 70 unknown individuals entered the Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas (Moscow Patriarchate) in the city of Glukhovo, Sumy oblast. According to the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ), the individuals were accompanied by a chaplain, along with visitors who claimed to come from a “Train of Friendship”, originating in Western Ukraine. They entered the church and […]

March 17, 2017 – “Television news service TSN” of the 1 + 1 channel spread another false story about a drunken fight of “the UOC (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate) priest” in Dnipro, writes the Information and Education Department of the UOC-MP. The Dnepropetrovsk diocese denied this misinformation. “The “former military chaplain in the Donbass Warzone” detained by the […]

March 17, 2017 – The parish members of Ss. Peter and Paul’s Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP) of Adamovka village in the Rivne region, asked the UOJ (Union of Orthodox Journalists) to prevent a pre-planned provocation. Residents of the village witnessed reporters from the TV channel “1+1” interviewing a woman who, against the background of the […]

March 15, 2017 – Ukrainian Premier Vladimir Groysman met with Constantinople Patriarch Bartholomew in Constantinople during his visit to Turkey. It is reported by the Cabinet of Ministers’ press-service. According to the press-service, Vladimir Groysman declared, “Ukrainians strive for a single church” and expressed gratitude to the Patriarch for his “support of the unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy”. “We pray for […]

March 14, 2017 – In the village of Badovka, Rivne region, representatives of the Kiev Patriarchate again prevented believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from entering the church, belonging to the UOC (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP). On March 6, a court eviction order from the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine ordered the Kiev Patriarchate to leave the […]