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March 13, 2017 – The service held by the Kiev Patriarchate in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra is not linked to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and is a provocation attempt. “What we witnessed in the Uspensk Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra can hardly be called a church service. It was clearly a provocation from the so-called ‘Kiev-Patriarchate’. During a touristic […]

March 13, 2017 – Sergey Sivak, member of the Volyn oblast council, lied about the fact that the bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) supposedly called the Ukrainian flag a “rag”. This was supposedly said during the ceremony to commemorate victims of the Lutsk jail massacre. The defamation was countered by Metropolitan Nathaniel during the […]

March 13, 2017 –The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) parish members began to stand up on behalf of UOC priest Alexander Kanevsky following a defamatory program on the 1+1 TV channel. He is accused of alleged separatist involvement. Parishioner Elena writes in her comments: “I did not have the slightest doubt the video was framed-up. Thank you […]

March 13, 2017 – On 11 March representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate (UOC-KP), accompanied by a group of volunteers in camouflage, occupied the Assumption Cathedral of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, where they performed a service despite the protests of the clergy of the UOC, writes Patriots of Ukraine. Representative of the UOC-KP, priest Dmitry, […]

March 13, 2017 – The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church was illegally seized in 2015 in the village of Katerinovka, Ternopol oblast. Because of this seizure, the Ukrainian Orthodox community is searching for funds to build a new church as a result of not having a permanent place for conducting church services. “Members of the Kiev Patriarchate and the Right Sector […]