Schoolchildren held a photo session in stolen priestly robes at an Orthodox church in place of the tsar family execution

Russia

March 2, 2017 – Teenagers in Yekaterinburg have stolen the priestly robes and made photos at the Church-on-Blood built in the place of the tsar family execution, as reports interfax. Head of press service of the chief administration of the Russian Ministry of Interior for the Sverdlovsk Region Valery Gorelykh confirmed the fact of the incident to Interfax. Resuming results […]

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Attempt of arson of an Orthodox Cathedral in Voronezh

Russia

March 1, 2017 – The police have apprehended a man in Voronezh (Russia), who lit a fire in front of an Orthodox Cathedral in the center of the city. According to the available information, the man drove up to the Cathedral entrance in his automobile. He then lit several pieces of coal a few meters away. He then broke the  […]

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Polish nationalists stage provocative march on Forgiveness Sunday in Hajnówka beside an Orthodox church

Poland

February 28, 2017 – Unfortunately, this year’s Forgiveness Sunday in the Polish town of Hajnówka in the Podlasie Province was a restless one. For the first time in the history of the famous Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Rite of Forgiveness had to be served immediately after the morning Liturgy rather than in the evening due to a scheduled Polish nationalist […]

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In Kozelets, the city council illegally transfers an Orthodox Church to the Kiev Patriarchate

Ukraine

February 25, 2017 – The members of the Chernigov oblast council have transferred the Ascension Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to the Kiev Patriarchate. The church was handed over to the Kiev Patriarchate, despite protests from the UOC members and the Cross procession, conducted as a sign of protest last summer. There were attempts […]

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The court of Borispol (Ukraine) has prohibited an Orthodox Christian Cross Procession

Europe

February 22, 2017 – The municipal court of Borispol in the greater Kiev region has reviewed the administrative lawsuit of the protopriest Georgy Nosach of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), and has ruled in its favour. According to a journalist from the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ), the court case involved the prohibition of an Orthodox Cross procession on […]

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