June 2, 2016. The village head of Milcha village, Dubno district, Rivne region, Ukraine, provokes conflict between the two religious communities – of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and of the UOC-KP. The confrontation is caused by the decision of Zhytomyr Administrative Court of Appeal, which confirmed the right of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church community to the Church of the Nativity […]
» Read moreJune 2, 2016. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia called on the international community to protect the structures of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and stop raider seizure of Orthodox churches in Ukraine, as reports union of orthodox journalists. Seizure of churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is a “flagrant violation of human rights and religious freedom,” said the […]
» Read moreMay 24, 2016. All Orthodox churches in the north will only be able to have religious ceremonies once a year from now on except for Apostolos Andreas, Apostolos Barnabas and Ayios Mamas following a new policy by the ‘foreign ministry’ in the north, as reports Cyprus Mail. Speaking to Turkish Cypriot newspaper Kibris, the ‘minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu said it was […]
» Read moreMay 24, 2016. The Church of Transfiguration of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Kiev has been vandalized, as reports Interfax. The incident occurred on Sunday night. A group of unidentified individuals broke the doors to enter the church. Then they set the church on fire from the inside and outside and fled, the press service of […]
» Read moreMay 17, 2016. Ten gay rights activitists are being held in custody for defacing a fence at the Georgian Orthodox Patriarchate with graffiti, as reports the pravoslavie.ru. The activists face possible charges of vandalism and disobeying police orders after being caught writing “All love is equal” on Church property in the early hours of Tuesday, May 17. While the republic […]
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