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		<title>Rivne temple which OCU and UOC-KP cannot divide is vandalized</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2020 19:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 19, 2020. On August 16, 2020, the church of the Parish of All Saints in Rivne, earlier seized by the OCU, was found damaged: they tried to pull out the lock in the church, damaged the windows, and torn icons and a signboard. It is reported by &#8220;0362.ua&#8221;. The conflict over the church between the OCU and the UOC-KP community has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Radicals attack UOC procession from Tetiiv to Rude Selo</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 12, 2020.  Activists attacked the icon and shouted insults at the pilgrims, including many children. On August 10, 2020, radicals attacked the cross procession of the UOC, which was heading from Tetiiv to Rude Selo in the Kyiv region to celebrate the miraculous Rude Selo Icon of the Mother of God. The video from the scene was published on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attempt to seize the Holy Protection Church of the canonical UOC in Novozhyvotiv on the saint patron’s day.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2020 18:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 26, 2020. In Novozhyvotiv, Vinnytsia region, OCU activists attempted to seize the UOC Church of the Protection of the Mother of God, as reported by witnesses of the incident. According to them, representatives of the OCU first crowded on the stairs of the temple and tried to break the locks and get inside. The schismatics cut off the locks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Сourt confirms illegal re-registration of UOC community in Vapniarka to OCU</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2020 16:58:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[July 2, 2020. The court dismissed the appeals of the Office for Nationalities and Religions of the Vinnytsia Regional State Administration and the OCU community of Vapniarka. On June 22, 2020, the North-West Economic Court of Appeal of Rivne ruled in favour of the St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called community of the UOC of the urban-type settlement Vapniarka of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MP from Poroshenko party demands to give Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra to OCU</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 17:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On June 22, 2020, the deputy from the “Euro-Solidarity” party Alexei Goncharenko published a video demanding that the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra should be transferred immediately to the OCU, because &#8220;this issue is long overdue&#8221;. “This is one of the symbols of our state, it is more than a shrine, maybe even the main symbol of Ukraine and Kyiv,” Goncharenko [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Attempt to seize UOC temple in Luka-Meleshkovskaya</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2020 19:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 30, 2020. The supporters of the OCU put their lock on the church doors and blocked the entrance to the Holy Transfiguration Church, where there are parishioners of the UOC. On May 30, 2020, in the village of Luka-Meleshkovskaya of the Vinnitsa district, Vinnitsa region, aggressive OCU activists made another attempt to seize the Holy Transfiguration Church of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orthodox Church in Turkish village destroyed by treasure hunters</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 18:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Court returns to UOC the temple seized by OCU members in vlg. Kovpyta</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2020 18:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Armed attack on the Temple in Zadubrivka</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2020 19:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dnipro mayor threatens UOC with blocked temple doors and dug-up roads</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxrights.org/dnipro-mayor-threatens-uoc-with-blocked-temple-doors-and-dug-up-roads.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 14, 2020. Boris Filatov addressed the clergy regarding the upcoming Easter holidays in quarantine. Dnipro Mayor Boris Filatov warned the clergy of the Dnipropetrovsk Eparchy of the UOC that if they want to &#8220;risk the health of people&#8221; at Easter, then the city authorities will ensure that they receive &#8220;a full range of measures&#8221; – including water and electricity [...]]]></description>
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