April 8, 2016. On April 6 Rivne Regional Administrative court rejected the claim of the Kyiv Patriarchate on transfer of the Holy Protection Church in Ryasniki village for alternate use, reports the press service of the Rivne eparchy of the UOC. A human rights activist of Rivne eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church said that the church in Ryasniki village, […]
» Read moreApril 6, 2016. Archbishop of Severodonetsk and Starobelsk Nikodim in his interview on the official website of the Severodentsk diocese stresses that “hate speech” is unacceptable in calls for reconciliation. He also speaks about peace and patriotism as well as how to properly take up Lent. “Christians take up Lent to rise up to the Savior, to become better, and […]
» Read moreApril 6, 2016.The president of the Synodal Juridic Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Alexandr Bahov said the allegations of deputy Oleg Musiy about the availability of secessionist literature in Kiev Pechersk and Pochayiv Lavras are unfounded, as the website Union of Ortodox Journalists reports. ‘The allegations of Mr Musiy are unfounded! I suppose that they are based on the […]
» Read moreApril 5, 2016. A priest of the UOC in Ugrinov village of Gorokhov region, Rostislav Sapojnik and his wife Natalia Sapojnik were evicted from the house where they had been living for 18 years, by the decision rendered by Lokachi Regional Court at the suit of the Kyiv Patriarchate, which has subsequently privatized the domicile, as the website Union of […]
» Read moreApril 5, 2016. Union of Orthodox Journalists published their investigation of Defamation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Ukrainian TV channel 1+1, below we provide text and video of that investigation. “Gastronomic lust of modern viewers has reached its meticulousness peak now. Therefore, it’s not an easy task even for popular TV channels to retain million ratings. In the […]
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