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		<title>OCU activists take over UOC temple in Volyn village of Zabolotsi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 21:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 26, 2020. Representatives of the OCU broke the locks on the doors of the Holy Cross Church of the UOC in the village of Zabolotsi of the Ivanychi district, Volyn region, as reported to the UOJ by the rector of the church, Archpriest John Sybira. He said that in the morning the believers came to the church to perform [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OCU clerics and “Right Sector” attempt to seize UOC temple in Zemlianoye</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2020 22:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 4, 2020. On June 3, 2020, 2 clerics of the OCU and 2 people who called themselves members of the “Right Sector” attempted a hostile takeover of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church&#8217;s temple in honor of the Protection of the Mother of God in the village of Zemlianoye, Krasnopillia District, Sumy Region. This was reported on the website of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill No. 5309 is the abuse of the Constitution of Ukraine, noted the Chairperson of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)  Synodal Commission &#8220;Church and Culture”.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2018 16:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 22, 2018. Commenting anti-church bill No 5309, Hegumeness Serafima, abbess of the Holy Archangel Michael Convent of Odessa, Chairman of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)  Synodal Commission &#8220;Church and Culture” said on the program &#8220;Evening on Dumska&#8221; that nobody will be able to drive the Ukrainian Orthodox Church into the ghetto . “As for changing our name, our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report on Violations of the Rights of Orthodox Christians in Europe in 2017 published</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2018 19:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 13, 2018. At the headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, an international legal seminar was held on the theme “New Challenges to Religious Freedom in the Light of Recent Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights”. The seminar was organized by the Representation of the Russian Orthodox Church in Strasbourg, the French public organization European Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights group created to protect Orthodox Communities in Eastern Europe</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2018 05:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 7, 2018. A new advocacy group aiming to protect the interests of Orthodox Christians throughout Eastern Europe has been created. The NGO “Public Rights Protection,” a co-founder of the new “Eastern European Rights Protection Group,” reports that it includes representatives of human rights and public organizations from Balkan nations. The decision was made by representatives of human rights, public, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terrorist attack committed at metropolis headquarters in Thessaloniki</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2018 22:20:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 7, 2018. A homemade incendiary device exploded on Tuesday night near the entrance to the building of the Metropolis of Neapolis and Stavroupolis in the Neapolis District of Thessaloniki, reports thestival.gr. A local resident reports hearing four loud bangs at around 3:30 in the morning. The explosion damaged the entrance to the metropolis building. A team of eight firefighters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Intolerance towards Religious Symbols on package.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 11, 2017. The site of the Observatory on the Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe published 4 similar cases of exclusion of the Crosses from packages with the views of the Orthodox Churches. August 31, 2017: In Belgium, the supermarket chain Lidl promotes its Greek ERIDANOUS products with images of the famous Anastasis Church in Santorini, Greece, complete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communiqué adopted at the meeting of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Oct 2017 19:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From 6 to 8 October 2017 the Committee of Representatives of Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU) held its annual meeting in Moscow (Russian Federation) in the Department of External Church Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, at the kind invitation of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia. The main topic of this year’s meeting was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report on Violations of the Rights of Orthodox Christians in Europe in 2016 published</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2017 09:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[October 6, 2017. An off-site meeting of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU) took place at the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations. The meeting on “The Manifestation of Solidarity of the Orthodox Church and the Peoples of the World in the Face of Extremism and Terrorism”. Addressing all those present, Metropolitan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metropolitan Timothy from the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem comments on the Uniate Church, Kiev Patriarchate, and the persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2017 07:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 3, 2017 – Metropolitan Timothy (Margaritis) of Vostrsky responded to questions about the persecution of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and many other topics, as reports pravlife. “Most Reverend Metropolitan, Orthodox believers in Ukraine find themselves in a very complicated situation nowadays, and they need the support of other Orthodox Christians. The Church of Jerusalem is the mother of [...]]]></description>
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