Once in a while Donald Trump speaks the truth
Quote: “in which Trump is reported to have said he was not bothered by Moscow interference in the 2016 election because the US did the same kind of thing […]
Ukraine election: Comedian is front-runner ahead of first round
Source: BBC Polls have opened in Ukraine as the country votes in the first round of presidential elections. Current leader Petro Poroshenko is seeking re-election but the surprise front-runner is comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Both candidates, along with former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, have expressed largely pro-European views during campaigning. None […]
Ukraine’s crisis of faith: Another proof that religion should be individual and not organized
Ukraine’s crisis of faith Source: Politico By Christopher Miller, who is a Kiev-based journalist The Kiev-Kremlin conflict catalyzes a religious schism centuries in the making. VORSIVKA, Ukraine — For years, […]
Russian leader assails Ukraine Orthodox church reform
Source: Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has criticized Ukraine’s move to set up a new Orthodox church independent from Moscow and promised to defend religious freedom. Earlier […]
Ukraine OKs property law that could affect 12,000 churches
Source: Associated Press MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday adopted a bill spelling out procedures for transferring church property after a new unified Ukrainian Orthodox church was granted […]
Ecumenical Patriarch hands over decree, sealing Ukraine church independence
Source: Reuters By Daren Butler, Natalia Zinets ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians worldwide on Sunday presented the head of the Ukrainian church with a decree granting it […]
Ukraine’s leader orders Orthodox Church to change its name
Source: Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president on Saturday signed a bill that orders the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to change its name to reflect its ties to Moscow. […]
Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church
Source: Associated Press By YURAS KARMANAU and EFREM LUKATSKY KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate […]
Ukraine-Russia tensions reach Greece’s holy Mount Athos
Source: The Guardian By Shaun Walker in Athos In the chilly pre-dawn gloom one recent morning, Father Makarios hurried to his chapel, one of dozens of churches and cathedrals across Mount Athos, […]
Russian Orthodox church calls on UN for help in Ukraine
Source: Associated Press By YURAS KARMANAU MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday called on the United Nations, the leaders of Germany and France, the pope and […]
Ukrainian police search homes of Russian Orthodox priests
Source: Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian police searched the homes of Russian Orthodox priests and Russian Orthodox churches in several cities Monday, stepping up pressure as Kiev pushes […]
Ukraine: Leader pledges church choice for Orthodox faithful
Source: Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has promised the country’s Orthodox Christian faithful they will be free to remain part of the Russian Orthodox Church after the […]
A storm brews over the formation of a new church in Ukraine
Source: The Economist PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW I (pictured), the “first among equals” in the stormy world of Orthodox Christianity, seemed like a model of composure as he prepared this week for […]
Ukraine-Russia tensions spark historic religious rift
Source: The Guardian BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent and agencies As relations between Russia and Ukraine deteriorate over the seizure of three ships by Moscow, the long-running conflict between the two countries […]
Attackers target church in Ukraine amid religious split
Source: Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Ukrainian Orthodox Church says unknown attackers hurled Molotov cocktails at the landmark St. Andrew’s Church in the capital Kiev and assaulted a priest. […]
Traitors or Russian agents? Clergy caught in Ukraine church row
Source: Reuters By Matthias Williams, Pavel Polityuk KIEV (Reuters) – Priests like Metropolitan Oleksandr face a choice: join Ukraine’s new independent church and be labeled a renegade by supporters of his […]
Birth of a new Ukrainian church brings fears of violence
Source: Associated Press By YURAS KARMANAU KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — The rough-looking young men brought clubs and brass knuckles to the Pechersk Monastery in Kiev , one of Orthodox Christianity’s most important […]
What is wrong with the Orthodox Church?
Source: Daily Sabah BY EMRE GÖNEN Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate, conducts a service at the St. Volodymyr’s Cathedral in Kiev, Ukraine, Oct. 11. […]
Russian Orthodox Church breaks with Constantinople in row over Ukraine
Source: Reuters By Andrei Makhovsky MINSK (Reuters) – The Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday it had decided to sever all relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in protest […]
Archbishop’s defiance threatens Putin’s vision of Russian greatness
Source: The Guardian By Simon Tisdall Donald Trump seems strangely in awe of Vladimir Putin. Theresa May’s attempts to face down the Kremlin after Salisbury have had limited impact. But has Putin […]
