Category Archives: Humiliation, hate speech, inhumane treatment, murders of Orthodox Christians

Interview with victims of the recent seizure of a Holy Protection Church and with Brian S. Brown, a president of the World Congress of Families, who visited the place of the incident.

buildings of worship, interference by State, physical assault, Ukraine, verbal assault

March 14, 2019 – The Press Service of the Vicar of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed) of Vyshgorod and Chernobyl, interviewed the victims of the recent seizure of the Holy Protection of the Mother of God Church in the village of Kurozvany (Rivno region). Also, Brian S. Brown[note]a president of the World Congress of Families and the […]

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Sunday Divine Liturgy was prevented and the church hijacked in the presence of Local Authorities and the police.

buildings of worship, physical assault, Ukraine, worship disruption

March 10, 2019 – Supporters of the OCU[note]Orthodox Church of Ukraine is a religious organization that was formed with an aid of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and with non-canonical actions of the Constantinople Patriarchate at the end of 2018. So far, none of the canonical Orthodox Churches has recognised this organization as an Orthodox Church.[/note] prevented Divine Liturgy and […]

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The believers were beaten, insulted and thrown out from their church into the street by the supporters of the OCU.

buildings of worship, physical assault, Ukraine, verbal assault

March 3, 2019 – The believers of the canonical Ukranian Orthodox Church[note]The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) is an autonomous Orthodox Church with the headquarter in Kiev, Ukraine. It is spiritually and canonically linked with the Russian Orthodox Church.[/note]were insulted, beaten and thrown out from the Holy Transfiguration Church in Gnezdychno, Ternopol, into the street by the supporters of the […]

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Orthodox Christians are outraged by the performance at the St. Isaac’s Cathedral.

Humiliation, hate speech, inhumane treatment, murders of Orthodox Christians, Russia, symbolic attack

February 23, 2019 – During a secular concert, a choir performed a humorous song about a nuclear strike on Washington[note]The song “On the submarine” was written at the beginning of the 80s parodying Soviet foreign policy.[/note] at the St. Isaac’s Cathedral[note]St. Isaac’s Cathedral used to be the Russian Orthodox Church’s cathedral representing the best traditions of Russian culture in general […]

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The Police applied physical force against believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) siding the provocateurs from the OCU.

physical assault, Ukraine, worship disruption

February 3, 2019 – Supporters of the OCU[note]Orthodox Church of Ukraine is a religious organization that was formed with an aid of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine and with non-canonical actions of the Constantinople Patriarchate at the end of 2018. So far, none of the canonical Orthodox Churches has recognised this organization as an Orthodox Church.[/note] have initiated a conflict […]

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