January 13, 2017 – Experts from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Russian Federation have observed a campaign of intolerance aimed at Orthodox Christianity. A message was posted on the social media site “VKontakte” with the aim of insulting the feelings of believers. This situation is described in the reply report of the claim of the “Orthodox Christian […]
» Read moreJanuary 11, 2017 – Bureaucrats of the Krements city council are demanding the demolition of the cupola at the Saint-Nicholas Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), located in the Ternopol oblast. This is despite the fact that the restoration was agreed upon with the Rector of the Krements-Pochaevsky historic-cultural sanctuary, according to a correspondent from […]
» Read moreJanuary 9, 2017. On the island of Vera, located on Lake Turgoyak, Chelaybinsk region on the eve of Orthodox Christmas, the worship cross was destroyed. The metal base, installed on the rocky outcrop, was cut off, and the cross disappeared, as reports ura.news. The press service of the Chelyabinsk diocese immediately sent a representative, father Alexei Ermolyuk, who confirmed that the […]
» Read moreJanuary 6, 2017 – In an open statement, the priesthood and members of the Uman (Ukraine) Orthodox congregation are worried about the desecration of the Holy Cross. The archbishop of Uman and Zvenigorod Panteleimon has notified the authorities, law-enforcement agencies and other religious organizations about the vandalism of the Crucifixion Cross that took place in Uman on December 31, 2016. […]
» Read moreJanuary 5, 2016. In village of Nikiforovtsy of the Nemirov district, Vinnitsa region (Ukraine) St. Basil the Great’s chapel was attended by representatives of the Kiev Patriarchate who got off the locks. The intruders did not show any documents proving their ownership of the temple, as reports Union of the Orthodox Journalists. The incident was preceded by a meeting, which, […]
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