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Discrimination of Ukrainian journalist, wife of UOC cleric

July 21, 2020 freedom of expression, Ukraine

July 21, 2020. A scandalous official who seized the UOC temples, demanded to “clear up a misunderstanding” and not to employ the wife of a priest of the canonical Church. In Zdolbuniv, Sergei Kondrachuk, adherent of the OCU and former head of the District State Administration, demanded not to give a job to the journalist, wife of the priest of the […]

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UOC opposes criminal liability for pro-family actions

May 6, 2020 freedom of expression, Ukraine

May 6, 2020. The head of the Mission for Family Affairs of the UOC Synodal Department, Metropolitan Panteleimon (Povorozniuk) of Rovenki and Sverdlovka commented on the bill amending the Criminal Code of Ukraine on crimes motivated by gender intolerance on the Mission’s website. The hierarch of the UOC explained that this bill is of concern to the Church as it […]

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