December 25, 2017. The Kiev Metropolitanate (UOC MP) held a meeting in the Refectory Church of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra attended by 621 clergymen, reports a UOJ correspondent. The vital issues of the life of the eparchy and the UOC in general were discussed. Addressing the audience, the Primate of the UOC, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine […]
» Read moreDecember 22, 2017. Deputy of Ivano-Frankovsk Regional Council Mikhail Ivanochko seeks the prohibition of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and suggests that its priests be driven out of their temples. This is what the head of the district organization All-Ukrainian Association “Svoboda”, initiator of the address by the regional council urging to check the UOC clergy for their connection with FSB, […]
» Read moreDecember 18, 2017. The statement of the Legal Department on the judicial dispute with the Ministry of Culture about the non-registration of statutes of the eparchies and monasteries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was published by the Information and Education Department of the UOC. “Instead of proving the legitimacy of their actions in court, the Ministry of Culture first sabotages the […]
» Read moreDecember 18, 2017. During the evening divine service a projectile hit the territory of the Orthodox Ascension Temple, in Novolouganskoye of the Bakhmut district (Ukraine), as reports Gorlovka Diocese. The attack occured on the eve of the day of the memory of Saint Nikolas of Bari, one of the most venerated saints in the UOC. The explosion damaged the foundation […]
» Read moreDecember 17, 2017. The memorial cross, mounted at the place of ancient water well, built by the founder of the Andronikov Monastery, was vandalized by unknown people. During the walk-over of the Monastery and its ancient nekropole the acts of vandalism were reported. The surface of the memorial cross was deeply chopped by the axe and the thinnings were found […]
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