11 August, 2021 | Breaking news | Another sanctions package against persons persecuting the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the occupied Crimea |
5 April, 2020 | How many Ukrainians believe in God | |
17 August, 2019 | Culture | In Jerusalem Christian churches are united for dialogue on their status |
4 March, 2019 | Breaking news | Authorities in the Russia-annexed Crimean Peninsula have released the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the region after briefly detaining him, a Russian lawyer says |
18 February, 2019 | Breaking news | The Security Service of Ukraine believes that Ukrainian citizens recruited by Russian intelligence services are planning to attack 20 churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) |
14 February, 2019 | Breaking news | Ukraine has taken the extraordinary step of deporting a senior cleric of the Moscow-aligned Orthodox Church and stripping him of his citizenship |
3 February, 2019 | Breaking news | The new Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) has installed its first metropolitan, Epifaniy, at a ceremony in Kyiv on February 3, in a process that further establishes the new church body's independence |
1 February, 2019 | Society | Social and political implications of the emergence of independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church |
21 January, 2019 | Breaking news | The communities of the former Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in Vinnytsia region were most active in joining the OCU |
14 January, 2019 | World | How Moscow can respond to the provision of the tomos for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
6 January, 2019 | Breaking news | Bartholomew I signs the Tomos of Autocephaly, marking the formal independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul |
19 December, 2018 | The significance and challenges of autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church | |
16 December, 2018 | On December 15, the unifying Sobor or Assembly was took place. It declared autocephaly for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, adopt the Church Charter and elect its leader. Bishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, Metropolitan of Pereiaslav and Bila Tserkva Epifaniy (Serhiy Dumenko) has been elected head of the local Orthodox Church in Ukraine. | |
15 December, 2018 | Breaking news | Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate and elected a leader to head the new church, officials said |
14 December, 2018 | Politics | On Ukraine’s first steps towards its national Orthodox Church |
13 December, 2018 | Politics | How religious are Ukrainian politicians? |
15 November, 2018 | Breaking news | The perpetrators assaulted a priest, the report says |
13 November, 2018 | Breaking news | The Serbian Orthodox Church says it will not recognize a decision by the leadership of Orthodox Christianity to rehabilitate the leaders of two Ukrainian Orthodox churches breaking away from Moscow |
3 November, 2018 | Breaking news | Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew signed an agreement on November 3 in Istanbul, outlining cooperation between Kyiv and the Patriarchate of Constantinople that paves the way for the establishment of an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a plan that has angered Moscow |
26 October, 2018 | Politics | What to expect after the Ukrainian Orthodox Church receives autonomy |
15 October, 2018 | Breaking news | Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church were meeting in the Belarusian capital on October 15 amid a dispute over moves toward independence for the Orthodox Church in Ukraine
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13 October, 2018 | Breaking news | The schismatic Patriarch of Kyev, Filaret, and the schismatic Archbishop of Ukraine, Makariy, are as of today considered canonical hierarchs of the Orthodox Church |
15 September, 2018 | Breaking news | Russia’s Orthodox Church said on Friday it would no longer participate in structures chaired by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople |
8 September, 2018 | Breaking news | Closer to autocephaly: Ecumenical Patriarchate appoints its Exarchs in Kyiv. These will be the Archbishop from the United States and the Bishop from Canada |
5 September, 2018 | World | Countless scandals of past sexual and institutional misbehaviour have left many young people in Ireland deeply hostile to a Church that once dominated every aspect of Irish life |
23 August, 2018 | World | Anti-cult movements as an instrument in Russia’s hybrid war |
17 August, 2018 | Society | How close is Ukraine to autocephaly for its Orthodox Church? |
26 February, 2018 | Society | Compared to many other countries in Europe, Ukraine’s religious life is very active, although there is no state religion. So how do politics and religion work together here? |
26 February, 2018 | Society | The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate is expanding its influence and propaganda in Donbas |
31 March, 2016 | The pope sacrificed his principles and the trust of a part of his faithful for the sake of a “deal” that looks like nothing more than the division of spheres of influence between competing bureaucrats under cover of “communicating” and “dialog” between two parts of a sundered religious community | |
31 March, 2016 | Society | Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate on church canonicity and manipulations around it, and independence of Ukrainian Church |
23 July, 2015 | History | How Ukrainians have developed tolerance for other religions |
16 July, 2015 | Society | Believers in Eastern Ukraine faced brutal intolerance, repression and murder |
12 May, 2015 | History | The beginning and end of World War II brought about political collusions that greatly discredited the leaders of Western democracies |
3 October, 2013 | News | The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate backs Ukraine’s decision to pursue closer ties with the European Union, writes expert for the Window on Eurasia |
20 September, 2013 | Navigator | Slender Gothic towers, lavish Baroque iconostases, and solid timber domes that trace back to pre-Christian times – The Ukrainian Week takes you on a tour of the unique wooden churches scattered along the Polish-Ukrainian border |
15 August, 2013 | While all of Russia is still recovering from the emotional shock over the events surrounding Alexei Navalny, its spiritual leaders are again announcing the end of the world as they speak to their “flock”. This time, the Apocalypse has stealthily snuck up from behind in the form of evil homosexuals who have forced the civilized world to legalize same-sex marriage | |
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6 August, 2013 | Politics | The celebration of 1025 years of the christening of Kyiv Rus sums up the failure of Russia’s religious expansion in Ukraine headed by Patriarch Kirill |
1 August, 2013 | News | Putin’s visit left the impression that Ukrainian-Russian relations will remain stagnant, writes Maksym Bugriy in Eurasia Daily Monitor |
31 July, 2013 | News | Celebrating of the 1,025th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus, a medieval federation of eastern Slavic princedoms, in Kyiv amid rising concerns in Russia over Ukraine’s future the Economist reports. |
28 June, 2013 | News | Kyiv City State Administration supports draft amendments to the law regulating the return of places of worship to religious communities describing them as “timely and important”. The draft amendments entail privatization of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, reports Batkivshchyna’s MP Oleksandr Bryhynets as his press service reports |
21 February, 2013 | The sudden resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the first time a Pontiff has voluntarily left office for almost 600 years, has thrown the Catholic world into turmoil and comes at a difficult time for the Church as it struggles to assert its authority in a secular world and contain the unfolding scandal of child sex abuse by priests who were sheltered by the Church from prosecution. | |
8 November, 2012 | History | The creation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) 20 years ago was as resolute a step as proclaiming the independence of the Ukrainian state |
8 November, 2012 | Society | Filaret’s position saved the Kyiv Patriarchate from a rift and dissolution in the “Russian World” |
24 August, 2012 | Having saved 150 Jews during the war, Andrey Sheptytskiy, Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (uniate church), deserves the Israeli title of “Righteous Gentile” | |
22 March, 2012 | Society | The Church of England and Catholic Church condemn plans to allow gay marriages |
14 March, 2012 | Society | Metropolitan Sofroniy Dmytruk talks about the intrigue surrounding the election of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate |
25 November, 2011 | After OWS protests blockaded St Paul's Cathedral, Anglican church faces dilemma whether to support the state or maintain the protesters | |
8 September, 2011 | World | Kalugin, currently a professor at the Center for Counterintelligence and Security Studies, speaks about Vladimir Putin’s use of Stalinist methods and the Russian Orthodox Church as a servant of the FSB |
23 August, 2011 | Politics | Cyril’s imperial policy is leading the Russian Orthodox Church to isolation |
14 June, 2011 | Investigation | Is the Moscow Patriarchate laying its hands on a historical monument? |
10 May, 2011 | History | Andrey Sheptytsky was the Greek-Catholic Metropolitan who was first met with distrust but later gained respect even from his enemies |
16 March, 2011 | Society | Quitting the "boob tube" is becoming more and more justified for Ukrainians. Their reasons are many |
14 March, 2011 | Society | Filaret, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine, talks about raider attacks on churches belonging to the Kyiv Patriarchate and the delusion of a “Russian world” |
11 March, 2011 | Society | The new head of Ukraine’s Greek Catholic Church will have to be a team player |
14 January, 2011 | Politics | By openly preferring the Russian Orthodox Church, the Administration is violating the balance among confessions in Ukraine and fostering a state religion |
13 January, 2011 | Politics | Who exactly made the decision to spoil this unique historic site,
where once stood the first Christian stone church in Ukraine? |