Unjust decision of the Ministry of culture of Ukraine about the use of an ancient Orthodox cathedral

February 21, 2016. The Ukrainian authorities gave the permission to the so-called Kiev Patriarchate to use a chapel in the honor of the prince Yaroslav the Wise, inside the Church of Saint Sophia (God’s Wisdom), as the website pravlife reports. By this decision the Ministry of culture of Ukraine provoked conflicts between the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and […]

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Defamation of the Khust Diocese.

February 20, 2016. The information provided in the publication of the Transcarpathian diocese of the Kiev Patriarchate of the 17th of February on the alleged harassment of the villagers Teresva Transcarpathian region, because they moved to the jurisdiction of the so-called Kiev Patriarchate, does not correspond to the reality according to the press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s diocese […]

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Illegal position of the Ukrainian government on the use of building of an ancient Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

February 19, 2016. The Minister of Culture of Ukraine, Mr. V.Kirilenko said during the session of the Parliamentary Assembly, that the he will allow to the non-canonical Kiev Patriarchate to celebrate the services in the church of Saint Sophia, which is now a museum and belongs to the State, as the website uoj reports. The Minister of Culture asked from […]

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Representatives of Ukrainian Orthodox Church meet with Human Rights Ambassador from Kingdom of the Netherlands

February 19, 2016, in the Ecclesiastical archaeological office of the Kyiv Theological Academy representatives of the Synodal Departments of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met with the Human Rights Ambassador from the Kingdom of the Netherlands Mr. Kees van Baar. As the official website of the Department of External Church Relations reports, the highly esteemed guest was accompanied by Ms. Minke […]

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Ural ‘voodoo master’ goes on trial for public insult of religious feelings of believers’

February 19, 2016. The case of ‘voodoo master’, who sacrificed a rooster in Yekaterinburg (Russia), was brought to court by the prosecutor’s office. According to the information from prosecutor’s office, the man known as the ‘Voodoo master’ publicly decapitated a rooster and sprinkled its blood upon Orthodox Christian funeral pall October 2014 having previously invited the representatives of mass media. […]

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