Category Archives: Discrimination, violation of freedom of expression of Orthodox Christians by a State

Metropolitan Amfilohije about persecutions of Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro.

interference by State, Montenegro

July 6, 2020. The Head of the Montenegrin-Littoral Metropolis of the Serbian Orthodox Church, His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije (Radović), believes that the current authorities of the country use fascist methods in relation to the Church and Her faithful, the website of the Metropolis reports. In his opinion, “President Milo Djukanovic sacrifices Montenegro and its existence for power and money. This […]

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Ukrainian Church wins case of illegal re-registration of parish against “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”

interference by State, Ukraine

July 3, 2020. The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church under His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine has won another court case against “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” concerning the fate of an illegally re-registered parish. While the OCU boasts that several hundred parishes have abandoned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in order to join its nationalist ranks, the majority of […]

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Press release of the Holy Synod of Bishops of SOC

impediment by State, Montenegro

June 27, 2020. The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church, at their session held on June 25, 2020, strongly condemned the continued persecution of the Church by the Montenegrin authorities, manifested by the latest summoning of His Eminence Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral to the Security Administrative Centre in Podgorica for questioning, where he had […]

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Сourt releases Bishop Joanikije of Budimlja-Niksic and clerics of SOC

interference by State, Montenegro

May 16, 2020. After leaving the police station, Bp. Joanikije thanked the faithful at the courthouse who’d come to show support and love and called everyone for peace and respect. On May 16, 2020, at about 0:30, the hierarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Bishop Joanikije (Micovic) of Budimlja-Niksic, and eight priests of the Cathedral of St. Basil were released from prison, in which […]

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