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'OCU' Raiders Seized the Cathedral in the City of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi at Night
31 May 2024 year 20:18

"OCU" Raiders Seized the Cathedral in the City of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi at Night

Around midnight on May 30, in the city of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine, the Cathedral of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was seized — a group of people in military uniforms broke into the territory of the Cathedral of the Savior Not Made by Hands.
The Synod Acknowledged the Impossibility of Concelebration with Hierarchs of the Bulgarian Church Who Entered into Ecclesiastical Communion with Schismatics
30 May 2024 year 18:25

The Synod Acknowledged the Impossibility of Concelebration with Hierarchs of the Bulgarian Church Who Entered into Ecclesiastical Communion with Schismatics

On May 30th, participants of the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church heard a report by Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations, on the recent concelebration of hierarchs of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church with representatives of Ukrainian schismatic communities (Journal No. 60).
Supporters of the ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’, aided by the police, seize church building of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Berezdiv
28 May 2024 year 16:40

Supporters of the ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’, aided by the police, seize church building of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Berezdiv

In the village of Berezdiv in the Khmelnytskyi region of Ukraine on 26th May an aggressive crowd of supporters of the ‘Orthodox Church of Ukraine’ seized the Church of the Great Martyr Dimitrius of Thessalonica.
Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac: We have no right to be silent about sufferings of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
18 May 2024 year 11:28

Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac: We have no right to be silent about sufferings of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
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Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac (Serbian Patriarchate), together with the clergy and flock of the Gornji Karlovac Diocese, sent an open letter of support to the long-suffering archpastors and God-loving faithful people of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Raiders beat up Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s faithful while seizing a church in Chornohuzy village
9 May 2024 year 18:27

Raiders beat up Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s faithful while seizing a church in Chornohuzy village

On 8th May, a group of raiders belonging to the schismatic OCU broke into the territory of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Chornohuzy village, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine. According to eyewitnesses, the perpetrators attacked the parishioners who tried to defend their church
Metropolitan Luke of Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol is placed under nightly house arrest
7 May 2024 year 18:55

Metropolitan Luke of Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol is placed under nightly house arrest

On May 7, a judge of the Solomiansky District Court in Kyiv ruled to place Metropolitan Luke of Zaporizhzhia and Melitopol under pre-trial nightly house arrest for a period of two months. Metropolitan Luke also must wear an electronic monitoring device.
House of prayer of an Orthodox community expelled from its church was set on fire in the Ukrainian village of Korobchyno
1 May 2024 year 16:36

House of prayer of an Orthodox community expelled from its church was set on fire in the Ukrainian village of Korobchyno

On the night of the 27th of April, unknown people set on fire the house where the believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church prayed after the seizure of the Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God in the village of Korobchino (Kirovograd region of Ukraine).
Statement by Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media concerning detention of Metropolitan Arseny of Sviatohirsk, abbot of Sviatohirsk Lavra
24 April 2024 year 17:35

Statement by Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media concerning detention of Metropolitan Arseny of Sviatohirsk, abbot of Sviatohirsk Lavra
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The Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media issued a statement concerning the detention of Metropolitan Arseny of Sviatohirsk, abbot of the Holy Dormition Sviatohirsk Lavra.
With the support of a deputy and police in the Khmelnytsky region of Ukraine, the Intercession Church in the village of Zagontsy was seized
1 April 2024 year 17:52

With the support of a deputy and police in the Khmelnytsky region of Ukraine, the Intercession Church in the village of Zagontsy was seized

On the 28th of March, supporters of the "OCU" with the participation of Khmelnytskyi district council deputy Oleksandr Chernievich cut the locks off both entrance doors of the Intercession parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Zagontsi (Khmelnytskyi district, Khmelnytskyi region, Ukraine) and took possession of the premises.
Archbishop Theodosios of Sebastia: The Orthodox Church is subjected to unprecedented persecution and violence in Ukraine
18 March 2024 year 19:25

Archbishop Theodosios of Sebastia: The Orthodox Church is subjected to unprecedented persecution and violence in Ukraine

Archbishop Theodosius of Sebastia (Patriarchate of Jerusalem) issued an appeal to all Christian Churches of the world, noting the need for an immediate intervention and support for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is being subjected to unprecedented persecution by government authorities in Kiev.
Ukrainian authorities try to withhold information from world community regarding facts of violation of believers’ rights
19 February 2024 year 17:41

Ukrainian authorities try to withhold information from world community regarding facts of violation of believers’ rights

The Press Service of the Kyiv Caves Lavra issues a statement pointing out that the Ukrainian authorities spread misinformation concerning their actions targeting the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) and try to conceal facts of violation of believers’ rights fr om the world community.
Hundreds of Vinnytsia citizens gather for prayer outside UOC church previously closed by OCU activists
17 February 2024 year 11:05

Hundreds of Vinnytsia citizens gather for prayer outside UOC church previously closed by OCU activists

In the evening of February 15, after the OCU activists had sawed the door locks off and closed the Church of the “Quick to Hear” Icon of the Mother of God, hundreds of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church faithful gathered outside the church building for prayer vigil.
Metropolitan Theodosy of Cherkassy and Kanev: Тhe truth on the situation of the believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is entering Western society
2 February 2024 year 10:24

Metropolitan Theodosy of Cherkassy and Kanev: Тhe truth on the situation of the believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is entering Western society

On the 29th of January, the human rights organisation "Public Advocacy", which is a member of the International Human Rights Association "Church against Xenophobia and Religious Discrimination" published some international documents indicating that an investigation into the facts of violations of the rights of believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has been launched on the international level.
In the village of Pecheskoye, Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine, representatives of schismatics seized the Church of the Protection of the Theotokos
30 January 2024 year 20:34

In the village of Pecheskoye, Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine, representatives of schismatics seized the Church of the Protection of the Theotokos

Raiders seized the Pokrovsky Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Pecheskoye, Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine. On the 27th of January, after a church service, local supporters of the schismatic structure "OCU" took possession of the church premises with the inaction of the police officers. "At the same time, the activists pushed out of the church its rector Archpriest Mikhail Furman and Archpriest Vitaly Duntz, dean of the Krasilovsky district."
Епископ Бачский Ириней: По-настоящему страшно молчание постхристианского Запада о гонениях против Украинской Православной Церкви
25 January 2024 year 10:19

Епископ Бачский Ириней: По-настоящему страшно молчание постхристианского Запада о гонениях против Украинской Православной Церкви
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