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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
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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>Dnipro mayor threatens UOC with blocked temple doors and dug-up roads</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[interference by State]]></category>
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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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		<title>Communique of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2020 14:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Serbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worship disruption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On the third week of Great Lent (Sunday of the Veneration of the Holy Cross) the Divine Liturgy was served in all churches of the Serbian Orthodox Church, in compliance with all instructions being required for protection from the COVID-19 virus (no more than five people inside the church, the faithful standing in front and on the side of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For three years in a row provocateurs have disrupted worship at the site of the destroyed temple in the center of Sumy.</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxrights.org/right-sector-stages-provocation-during-uoc-worship-in-sumy.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2019 20:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worship disruption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On October 14, 2019, on the feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, several dozen people under the flags of the “Right Sector” staged a “provocative Sabbath” just a few meters from the worship venue, attended by two thousand believers of the UOC. It is reported by Pravoslavie.Sumy. &#8220;This ‘event on the occasion of the Day of Defender of Ukraine’, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public prayers were disrupted by the aggressive mob that broke into a church after the liturgy in Kiev Region.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 02:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[buildings of worship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[verbal assault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worship disruption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[March 17, 2019 &#8211; After the liturgy at the Dormition of the Mother of God Church in the village of Pogreby, the mob of villagers that are not parishioners entered the church and aggressively disrupted public prayers, screaming demands to vacate the church, reports Boryspil Diocese of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church[note]The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) is an autonomous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sunday Divine Liturgy was prevented and the church hijacked in the presence of Local Authorities and the police.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 13:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 10, 2019 &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The supporters of the OCU did not permit the clergy of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church to celebrate the All-Night Vigil in the village of Bohoniki.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 13:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Infringement of Orthodox Christians’ right to freedom of assembly including acts of vandalism and desecration against Orthodox worship and sacred places]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 9, 2019 &#8211; According to the official website of the Vinnitsa Diocese of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the group of 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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Police applied physical force against believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) siding the provocateurs from the OCU.</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxrights.org/the-police-applied-physical-force-against-believers-of-the-ukrainian-orthodox-church-moscow-patriarchate-siding-the-provocateurs-from-the-ocu.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2019 15:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[physical assault]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worship disruption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[February 3, 2019 &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The head of local authorities disrupted two festive Orthodox religious rites in a defiant and insulting manner.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[interference by State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ukraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worship disruption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[January 19, 2019 &#8211; In a village Brailov near Vinnitsa, the village council head disrupted two Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s (Moscow Patriarchate)[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] traditional water consecration worships on the feast of Baptism, that annually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Representatives of the newly formed religious organization attempted to disrupt the Orthodox worship in the village of Krymno.</title>
		<link>http://orthodoxrights.org/representatives-of-the-newly-formed-religious-organization-attempted-to-disrupt-the-orthodox-worship-in-the-village-of-krymno.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Vladimir]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Infringement of Orthodox Christians’ right to freedom of assembly including acts of vandalism and desecration against Orthodox worship and sacred places]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[worship disruption]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[January 18, 2019 &#8211; The festive vespers on the eve of the Epiphany in the Ukraine Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)[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] in the village of Krymno were attempted to be disrupted by the [...]]]></description>
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