May 26, 2020. Orthodox Christians in Turkey are concerned that the church in the village of Yeşildere has greatly suffered at the hands of looters over the past years. Treasure hunters have stripped graves, excavated the building structure, and destroyed the garden. Villagers have appealed to authorities to designate the church a tourist site in order to preserve it, reports […]
» Read moreMay 22, 2020. The Supreme Court of Ukraine, consisting of a panel of judges of the Cassation Economic Court, recognized the final decision to return the temple to the use of the UOC. On May 20, 2020, the Supreme Court of Ukraine, consisting of a panel of judges of the Cassation Economic Court, decided to return to the UOC the […]
» Read moreMay 5, 2020. On the night of May 4, activists of the OCU took advantage of the difficult situation in the family of the rector of the UOC church in honor of the Archangel Michael in Zadubrivka (Ukraine) and made an attempt to seize the church. After the lights were turned off in the village, the cleric of the OCU […]
» Read moreFebruary 19, 2020. The Donetsk Appeals Court in Bakhmut recognized the “transfer” of the Church of the Meeting of the Lord of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the city of Konstantinovka to the Ukrainian schismatics to be illegal. The church was seized several years ago, on October 14, 2015, by members of the then-“Kiev Patriarchate” and became part of the […]
» Read moreFebruary 12, 2020. Residents of Moria, Lesvos complain that groups of illegal Muslim immigrants have repeatedly vandalized churches in the area and made direct threats against the Orthodox faith. The Church of St. Catherine is now locked, as residents try to block the entrance and protect it from being desecrated again. The windows of the church have been broken, the […]
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