NSDC head calls the shutdown of opposition TV channel “God’s punishment”
When asked about the reason for the disconnection from the broadcasting of the opposition “Pershy Nezalezhny” Danilov joked: “Maybe this is God’s punishment?” NSDC Secretary Aleksey Danilov,…
UOC-KP states they do not recognize Phanar’s primacy in Orthodoxy
The European Dean’s Office of the UOC-KP believes that the dominant status of the Patriarchate of Constantinople is virtual, it has no real powers. The Patriarchate of…
Metropolitan Hilarion explains why Phanar head has no flock in Ukraine
Most of the Orthodox in Ukraine are the flock of the UOC, and the Phanar granted the Tomos to the OCU, so it, too, cannot be its flock,…
Lviv “hierarch” of OCU about his diocese: 2 monks and 3 monasteries
Dimitry Rudyuk said that the OCU is facing a crisis of both “monastic” and “priestly” vocation. On February 26, 2021, “Metropolitan” Dimitry Rudyuk of Lviv and Sokal…
UOC: When officials answer 12,500 times, they’ll understand something
Fr. Nikolai is sure that mass appeals of believers to the authorities will not go to waste. Archpriest Nikolai Danilevich, Deputy Head of the Department for External…
Union of Orthodox Lawyers: President ignored the appeal of believers
The UOL stressed that the formal and bureaucratic attitude of the President’s Office to requests and hopes of ordinary people causes indignation and bewilderment. On February 22,…
Perevaly community building a new temple to replace seized one by OCU
In the village of Perevaly, the UOC community, whose temple was seized by OCU supporters in 2019, begins the construction of a new temple. The Holy Dormition…
Persecuted girl from UOC about bullying at school: “I cried every day”
Christina Veluschak from Zadubrivka at the UOC congress spoke about the raider attack on the temple and the persecution at school with the tacit consent of the…
“ES” MP accuses “Faithful” congress of an attempt on state security
Poroshenko Party deputy called the persecution of the UOC “non-existent” and was outraged by the lack of a response from SBU to the congress of persecuted communities….
Parishioner from Berestye: We still have confrontation in the village
Ulyana Taborovets said that two years after the seizure of the church in the village of Berestye, people are still at enmity with each other. On February…
UOC spokesman: Servant of the People will lose power due to anti-church law
“Why do the nations rebel and the peoples plot in vain? The Lord ridicules them,” with these words from the Psalter Fr. Nikolai commented on the new…
OCU “priest” in Dulibi threatens parishioners with “black prayer”
In the village of Duliby, Ternopil region, the parishioners of the OCU go to the Uniates because of the misbehaviour of their “priest”. Members of the OCU…
Met. Varsonofy: OCU succeeded much less than it had anticipated
The OCU failed to consider the factor of a believer who will never betray the Church, where he was baptized and where he receives grace, the Vinnytsia metropolitan…
UOC spokesman – about OCU clergy after their return to canonical Church
Archpriest Nikolai Danilevich believes the clergy who have left for the OCU can return to the UOC to provide pastoral care to the west-oriented Ukrainian-speaking flock. The Deputy…
Jerusalem Patriarch hopes for continuation of Amman meeting
Patriarch Theophilos said he expected “brighter days” to come, which will allow the Primates of the Orthodox Churches to gather for a new meeting. On the anniversary of…
Authorities urge Filaret followers to dialogue with OCU
Elena Bogdan, head of the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience, said she would be grateful to the Kyiv Patriarchate for dialogue with the…
“Servants of People” propose to close religious organizations “for treason”
The MP’s bill from the “Servant of the People” contains a mechanism for the liquidation of churches “for collaboration”. Parliamentarians from the Servant of the People Party…
Expert: Poroshenko’s bill caused by lack of support for OCU among people
The bill on the liquidation of religious organizations is directed against the UOC, which Poroshenko cannot seize with the help of the OCU, says Andrei Zolotarev. Petro…
OCU cleric: Vaccine with cells from an aborted child is quite ethical
Andrei Dudchenko believes the abortion of the child who served as the source for the vaccine “was legal”, so there is no reason to refuse the AstraZeneca…
UOC community of Zadubrivka: Raiders shouted “Kill them!” but we withstood
The parishioners of the persecuted UOC community in Zadubrivka have been guarding the church from OCU raiders for the third year. On February 22, 2021, at the…
Address of UOC Chancellor to Congress of persecuted communities published
Metropolitan Anthony spoke about the specific steps that the UOC is taking to protect the persecuted communities. On February 22, 2021, at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the UOC…
Ptycha community: After 6 years of persecution we remain faithful to UOC
The parishioners of the persecuted UOC community in Ptycha detailed the seizure of the church 6 years ago and asked to return the temple to the legal community….
UOC spokesperson: Thanks to centrist position, our Church unites country
Unlike the OCU and the UGCC, whose ideology is pro-nationalist, the UOC stands for universalism and centrism, said Archpriest Nikolai Danilevich. The Deputy Head of the Department…
Expert: Authorities must give top-down order to stop persecution of UOC
Elena Dyachenko believes that by revising the laws against the UOC adopted under Poroshenko, the authorities will give the top-down order to end the persecution. The top-down…
UOC spokesman: Believers are ready to take to streets to defend the Church
The UOC is holding back parishioners from mass street protests, but people are determined to take a decisive action to protect their Church, Father Nikolai said. Archpriest…