December 26, 2016. About ten shells from the front line were fired December 23, 2016 in the city of Debaltseve, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Shells of no less than a 150 mm caliber were used during the shelling, which are prohibited by the Minsk Accords, as reports pravoslavie.ru. One of the shells fell on the territory of the Alexander Nevsky Church. […]
» Read moreDecember 18, 2016. Vandals set fire on a Greek Orthodox church in the Lagolio village of Crete and wrote “Allah is great”, as reports Greek reporter. Unknown perpetrators set fire to the Church of Archangel Michael in Lagolio, burning holy icons and part of the chancel. A passerby saw the fire and notified local residents who ran to put out the […]
» Read moreDecember 13, 2016. St. Alexander Nevsky’s Church was robbed in Vinnitsa region (Ukraine), on the night of December 11, as reports the union of the orthodox journalists. Thieves stole icons of the Last Supper, the Virgin, Alexander Nevsky and two more icons. “At about 6.50 in the morning the sexton alerted the priest with a call saying that when he […]
» Read moreDecember 12, 2016. In Bania Lisovitskaya village of Stryi district, Lviv region (Ukraine) the “Right Sector” activists carried out an action against the UOC. Radicals distributed leaflets and hanged posters of the church fence with “drive away Moscow priests” agitation, as reports the UOJ website. “We are used to such actions, Lviv eparchy commented to the UOJ on the incident. […]
» Read moreNovember 28, 2016. The Russian Embassy to Latvia has criticized the Latvian authorities’ decision to ban Protodeacon Andrei Kurayev from entering the country, as reports interfax news agency. “On November 26 Andrei Kurayev was not let into Latvia. The inclusion of religious figures on the list of people banned from entering Latvia is beyond comprehension and certainly does not help […]
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