November 3, 2016. The Verkhovna Rada did not adopt on first reading bill № 4987 on the introduction of pastoral care in health care service. According to UNIAN, only 165 deputies voted in favour of this decision, with the required minimum of 226, as reports the union of the oerthodox journalists. Also, the VR did not support the proposal to […]
» Read moreOctober 31, 2016. After identifying the latest series of robberies of churches in the region, the national police of Rivne region (Ukraine) decided to guard the temples, as reports information service of the UOC. On the night of October 28th to 29th the criminals again tried to rob two churches of Rovno Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, thus law […]
» Read moreOctober 23, 2016. For several years in the Rivne region (Ukraine) vandals have been robbing the UOC temples, none of the cases have been solved yet. Two temples in Ostrog Deanery of Rivne Diocese of the UOC were robbed on the night of October 21d to 22d, 2016. The church in two neighboring villages also suffered – Sejanci and Tesov, […]
» Read moreOctober 12, 2016. Diocese of Raška and Prizren, Serbian Orthodox Church published communique on Kosovo Ministry of Culture ban. “Kosovo Ministry of Culture with its Institute for Protection of Cultural Monuments and the local Prizren Department of Urbanism has blocked continuation of the reconstruction works on St. Nicholas church at the Holy Archangels Monastery near Prizren these days. The Inspectors […]
» Read moreOctober 20, 2016. In the village of Sudobichi, Rovenskaya Region (Ukraine), where “Kyiv Patriarchate” appropriated the church, local worshipers continue holding sacred services in one of the local farmhouses, according to the Information and Educational Departament of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The appropriation of the church, named after Kosma and Damian, the Holy Unmercenaries, took place on 11 September, 2014. […]
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