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March 14, 2017 – In the village of Badovka, Rivne region, representatives of the Kiev Patriarchate again prevented believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from entering the church, belonging to the UOC (Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP). On March 6, a court eviction order from the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine ordered the Kiev Patriarchate to leave the […]

March 13, 2017 – The service held by the Kiev Patriarchate in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra is not linked to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church and is a provocation attempt. “What we witnessed in the Uspensk Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra can hardly be called a church service. It was clearly a provocation from the so-called ‘Kiev-Patriarchate’. During a touristic […]

March 13, 2017 – Sergey Sivak, member of the Volyn oblast council, lied about the fact that the bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) supposedly called the Ukrainian flag a “rag”. This was supposedly said during the ceremony to commemorate victims of the Lutsk jail massacre. The defamation was countered by Metropolitan Nathaniel during the […]

March 13, 2017 –The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) parish members began to stand up on behalf of UOC priest Alexander Kanevsky following a defamatory program on the 1+1 TV channel. He is accused of alleged separatist involvement. Parishioner Elena writes in her comments: “I did not have the slightest doubt the video was framed-up. Thank you […]

March 13, 2017 – On 11 March representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate (UOC-KP), accompanied by a group of volunteers in camouflage, occupied the Assumption Cathedral of the Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, where they performed a service despite the protests of the clergy of the UOC, writes Patriots of Ukraine. Representative of the UOC-KP, priest Dmitry, […]