Tag: Ukraine
Constantinople is ready to help establish a unified local Church in Ukraine
risu.org.ua - 24/2/15 Constantinople Patriarchate is ready to help the Orthodox Ukrainians unite and is waiting the representatives of Churches and President of Ukraine to turn ... Read More
Church seizures in Ukraine inconsistent with Minsk peace deals – Russian Orthodox Church
Moscow, February 16, Interfax - The Russian Orthodox Church has stressed the need to protect churches belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MP ... Read More
Two Orthodox Communities Offer Prayers for the People of Ukraine and Georgia
By Fr. Vasyl Pasakas Photos by Subdeacon Volodymyr Sukanets Two Orthodox communities that share much of modern day history gathered together over the weekend of ... Read More
Saint Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary in USA welcomes the New Students from Ukraine
ST. SOPHIA UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA On January 28, a big event happened at Saint Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological ... Read More
Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine calls for end to war
Moscow, February 12, Interfax - Metropolitan Onufry of Kiev and All Ukraine has called on all sides to the conflict in eastern Ukraine to stop ... Read More
Orthodox church vandalized in west Ukraine
Moscow, February 12, Interfax - An act of vandalism has been committed on the grounds of the St. John Church of the Moscow Patriarchate Ukrainian ... Read More
Orthodox Christians protest against attacks on churches in Kiev
February 2015 Representatives of the Orthodox community have held a “prayer standing” protest action near the building of the Ukraine’s Ministry for Internal Affairs in ... Read More
Church official warns against repetition of Soviet persecutions of believers in Ukraine
Moscow, February 9, Interfax - Representative of the Russian Church in Strasbourg Hegumen Philip (Ryabykh) urges to not allow new persecutions of Orthodox Christians similar ... Read More
How Orthodox parishes live abroad
Vestnik Kavkaza - February 2015 About a month has passed since the tragedy in Paris when 12 members of the Charlie Hebdo magazine were killed in ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion: Russian Church prays that peace may return to the land of Ukraine
On January 10, 2015, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk as anchorman of the Church and the World program on Russia-24 TV network hosted TV journalist Alexander ... Read More
Epistle on the 81st anniversary of the 1932-33 Famine-Genocide in Ukraine
January 2015 CONSISTORY OF THE UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA OFFICE OF PUBLIC REATIONS PRESS RELEASE Epistle of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox ... Read More
Moscow Patriarch prays for Russia, Ukraine, entire historic Rus in New Year sermon
© Anna Isakova/press service of the State Duma of Russian Federation/TASS 4/1/15 TASS/. Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill I has voiced the wish ... Read More
Ukraine’s churches must be off limits – Russian Orthodox Church
Moscow, December 29, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate has called for an end to violence against the Orthodox Christians in Ukraine. “I am calling on ... Read More
UOC of the USA Delivers Aid to the Wounded Soldiers and Refugees of Ukraine
December - 2014 - Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA Once again, fulfilling the mandate of the faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the ... Read More
DECR Chairman meets with Prime Minister of Bulgaria
On 17 December 2014, Metropolitan Hilarion, chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations (DECR), met with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Mr. ... Read More
Kremlin official slams violence against members of Moscow-ruled Orthodox Church in Ukraine
Moscow, December 11, Interfax - President Vladimir Putin's chief of staff, Sergey Ivanov, has slammed violence in Ukraine against the Orthodox Christian community governed by ... Read More
Why are Christians Shooting at One Other? And What is Being Asked at the Checkpoints: Archbishop Mitrophan of Horlivka
SVETLANA OKHRIMENKO- December 2014 War and War… Vladyka, your dioceses have been under fire for months; there is a war going on. What seems to ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill concerned about Donbass blockade, attempts to take over churches in other regions of Ukraine
Moscow, December 3, Interfax - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed concerns about the situation of parishioners of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ... Read More
Dialogue over Pope-Patriarch meeting thwarted by Greek Catholics’ actions in Ukraine – Patriarch’s spokesperson
Interfax-religion.com Moscow, December 3, Interfax - The Moscow Patriarchate is still not ruling out a possibility of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia meeting ... Read More
Victims of Genocidal Famine in Ukraine Remembered
UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA - 25/11/14 The walls of the 19th century St. Patrick Cathedral in New York, NY were filled with several thousands ... Read More
At least 50 churches were damaged in military action in Ukraine – Russian expert
Moscow, November 21, Interfax - At least fifty churches were attacked and some twenty churches were taken over on the territory of Ukraine in the ... Read More