July 12, 2018. The media reported that the priest Oleg Gorbovskiy was banned from ministering for supporting the creation of the SLC. The UOC eparchy clarified what really happened. On his Facebook page, the former rector of the St. Nicholas Church in the village of Rosava complained that he was banned from ministering. As reasons, the cleric noted, “my posts […]
» Read moreJuly 9, 2018 – The Ulcinj Municipality of the Serbian Orthodox Church has published the communique regarding the blockade of the St John the Baptist Church at Svač (Ulcinj, Montenegro) by the group of about 10 Albanians. The following text is a translation of the whole document: “On Sunday 8 July 2018, on the occasion of the feast of Saint […]
» Read moreJuly 8, 2018. Haxhi Sulejmani, a member of the Democratic Party, the Ulcinj Parliament ruling coalition, an Albanian Muslim, led a group of twenty Albanians to stop Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and the Littoral (Serbian Orthodox Church) to hold a service on the foundations of the St John the Baptist’s Church at Svach in Ulcinj (Montenegro) on the 8th of […]
» Read moreJuly 8, 2018. The NGO “Public Advocacy” sent special statements to the UN Human Rights Council on the cases of seizures of UOC churches and hate speech in the statements of officials. Human rights defenders highlighted the conflict around the church of vlg. Ptichya and bills Nos. 4511, 4128, 5309, which are still under consideration by the Ukrainian Parliament, reports […]
» Read moreJuly 5, 2018. Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations stated about the autonomy of religious structures and unacceptability of interference in liturgical practice. The statement of the Council was published on July 3 and adopted due to the announcement of the Prosecutor’s Office in Zaporozhye of the beginning of investigation of the case on the refusal of the priest […]
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