Category Archives: Ukraine

Nationalists tried to disrupt Orhodox Cross Procession

July 16, 2016. The religious procession, moving from the Holy Dormition Svyatogorsk Lavra, was again awaited by nationalists by the roadside. The faithful were subjected to threatening, insulting words and behaviour. Right-wing radicals, shouting nationalist slogans, tried to disrupt the prayer for peace in Ukraine, as reports the Union of the Orthodox Journalists. The nationalists were waiting for participants of […]

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Ukrainian MIA minister advised radicals to “cool down” during Cross procession

July 13, 2016. Minister of the Interior Arsen Avakov called on “radical and pro-Ukrainian organizations to cool down a bit” at the time of the All-Ukrainian Cross procession in Kiev, as reports the Union of the Orthodox Journalists. “We have enough strength, determination and will, the latter even too much, to stop the situation. So Kiev residents have nothing to […]

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Nationalists attempt to interfere with All-Ukraine sacred procession

July 13, 2016. The All-Ukraine Orthodox procession, which is heading from the direction of Donbass,from the Svyatogorsk Monastery, came under attack of radicals from Right Sector, an extremist organization banned in Russia, as reports Interfax. As the website of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate reported, a total of 20 nationalists marched in a parallel to the Christians […]

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Attacks on All-Ukrainian Cross procession demonstrate uncivilized politicians

July 13, 2016. “People judging the Cross procession, above all, demonstrate their extremely low level of legal culture,” – so described the attempts to discredit the religious procession the executive director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management Ruslan Bortnik, as reports the Union of the Orthodox Journalists. “On the one hand, we see how an extremely negative […]

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Ukrainian nationalists make a provocation during the all-Ukrainian orthodox cross procession

July 13, 2016. On the evening of July 12 young people in camouflage from “the Right Sector” extremist group along with paid activists arranged a provocation during the all-Ukrainian cross procession on the way from Svyatogorsk to Kiev, reports pravoslavie.ru website. On that day the cross procession participants were to walk from Valki to Chudovo and finally reach Poltava. At […]

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