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News

31 May 2025 year 20:23

St. Elijah’s сhurch of Ukrainian Orthodox Church seized with police assistance in Bukovina Village of Zabolotye

On May 30, "clergy" and activists of the "OCU" (Orthodox Church of Ukraine), backed by police forces, stormed the premises of St. Elijah’s Church belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Zabolotye, Chernovtsi Oblast, Ukraine, forcibly seizing the church.

13 May 2025 year 17:07

OCU raiders seize a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Spaska village, Bukovina

On 12th May, in Spaska village, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine, the OCU clerics seized the 19th-century Church of the Holy Great Martyr John of Suceava of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

25 April 2025 year 17:27

Raiders force parishioners out of a Ukrainian Orthodox church during service in Bukovyna village Stavchany

On April 21 — Bright Monday — raiders from the "OCU" ("Orthodox Church of Ukraine") seized the Archangel Michael church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the village of Stavchany, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine.

11 February 2025 year 18:34

Archbishop Theodosius of Sebastia: We demand that persecutions against Ukrainian Orthodox Church be stopped

On 8th February, a hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Archbishop Theodosius of Sebastia, spoke in his homily about the oppression and outright persecutions unleashed against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Ukrainian authorities that subject its episcopate and clergy to persecutions, justify church seizures and adopt discriminatory amendments to the laws in force.

Documents

18 October 2024 year 18:31

Statement of the Legal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate regarding the entry into force of the law of Ukraine No. 3894-IX "On the protection of the constitutional order in the sphere of activity of religious organizations"
[Documents]

In connection with the entry into force of the Law of Ukraine No. 3894-IX from 20.08.24 "On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Sphere of Activity of Religious Organizations," the Legal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate reports that this legislative act grossly contradicts the norms and principles of international law.

22 August 2024 year 12:00

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the bill adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the aim of liquidating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Documents]

On 22nd August, members of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church held a remote meeting to approve the text of the statement published below (Minutes No. 102).

17 May 2024 year 19:21

Statement of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media regarding the demolition of the Tithes Monastery
[Documents]

The Russian Orthodox Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media has issued a statement regarding the demolition of the Tithes (Desyatynny) Monastery in Kiev.

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
[Documents]

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.

Publications

28 August 2024 year 20:36

Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Hrizostom: “The actions of the Kiev authorities with regard to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are unprecedented”
[Interview]

The actions of the Kievan Nazi regime with regard to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church are unprecedented and are worthy only of contempt. Thus speaks the metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Hrizostom, head of the metropolitanate of Serbian Orthodox Church with its centre in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina in an exclusive interview with Rossiiskaya Gazeta.

18 May 2024 year 11:28

Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac: We have no right to be silent about sufferings of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Greetings and addresses]

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.

29 February 2024 year 14:21

Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Vatican concedes to liberals on the issue of same-sex couples
[Interview]

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus’ is considering the conclusion of the Synodal Biblical Theological Commission on the Catholic declaration "Fiducia supplicans". The declaration, recently adopted by the Congregation for Doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church, deals with the blessing of unmarried heterosexual unions and same-sex couples.

13 January 2024 year 18:04

Metropolitan Theodosius (Snihiriov): ‘The world community is standing up in defence of our Church’
[Interview]

Interview with Metropolitan Theodosius (Snihiriov) by Deacon Serhiy Heruk.

Patriarchate of Jerusalem urges the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to repeal the anti-Church law

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the bill adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the aim of liquidating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Documents]

Statement in connection with the prohibition of access of teachers and students of Kiev Theological Schools to the territory of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra
[Documents]

News

St. Elijah’s сhurch of Ukrainian Orthodox Church seized with police assistance in Bukovina Village of Zabolotye

OCU raiders seize a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Spaska village, Bukovina

Raiders force parishioners out of a Ukrainian Orthodox church during service in Bukovyna village Stavchany

Archbishop Theodosius of Sebastia: We demand that persecutions against Ukrainian Orthodox Church be stopped

Documents

Statement of the Legal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate regarding the entry into force of the law of Ukraine No. 3894-IX "On the protection of the constitutional order in the sphere of activity of religious organizations"
[Documents]

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the bill adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the aim of liquidating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Documents]

Statement of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media regarding the demolition of the Tithes Monastery
[Documents]

Statement by Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media concerning detention of Metropolitan Arseny of Sviatohirsk, abbot of Sviatohirsk Lavra
[Documents]

Publications

Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Hrizostom: “The actions of the Kiev authorities with regard to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are unprecedented”
[Interview]

Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac: We have no right to be silent about sufferings of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Greetings and addresses]

Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Vatican concedes to liberals on the issue of same-sex couples
[Interview]

Metropolitan Theodosius (Snihiriov): ‘The world community is standing up in defence of our Church’
[Interview]

Documents and Studies

Отношения Московского и Константинопольского Патриархатов в 1960-е — начале 1970-х годов по материалам архива Отдела внешних церковных связей

Учреждение автокефалии: канонический аспект

Критика чрезмерной икономии Константинопольского Патриархата по отношению к раскольникам, составившим «Православную церковь Украины»

Кто является главой Церкви? К вопросу о теории первенства

Доклад митрополита Будапештского Илариона на Архиерейском Совещании Русской Православной Церкви

Об искажении православного учения о Церкви в деяниях иерархии Константинопольского Патриархата и выступлениях его представителей

Video

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill opens conference on primacy and conciliarity in Orthodoxy

Interview

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the bill adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the aim of liquidating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church[Documents]

Statement in connection with the prohibition of access of teachers and students of Kiev Theological Schools to the territory of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra[Documents]

Statement of the Legal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate regarding the entry into force of the law of Ukraine No. 3894-IX "On the protection of the constitutional order in the sphere of activity of religious organizations"[Documents]

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the bill adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the aim of liquidating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church[Documents]

Statement of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media regarding the demolition of the Tithes Monastery[Documents]

Statement by Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media concerning detention of Metropolitan Arseny of Sviatohirsk, abbot of Sviatohirsk Lavra[Documents]

Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Hrizostom: “The actions of the Kiev authorities with regard to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are unprecedented”[Interview]

Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac: We have no right to be silent about sufferings of Ukrainian Orthodox Church[Greetings and addresses]

Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Vatican concedes to liberals on the issue of same-sex couples[Interview]

Metropolitan Theodosius (Snihiriov): ‘The world community is standing up in defence of our Church’[Interview]

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the bill adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the aim of liquidating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Documents]

Statement in connection with the prohibition of access of teachers and students of Kiev Theological Schools to the territory of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra
[Documents]

Statement of the Legal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate regarding the entry into force of the law of Ukraine No. 3894-IX "On the protection of the constitutional order in the sphere of activity of religious organizations"
[Documents]

Statement by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church concerning the bill adopted by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the aim of liquidating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Documents]

Statement of the Synodal Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media regarding the demolition of the Tithes Monastery
[Documents]

Statement by Department for Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media concerning detention of Metropolitan Arseny of Sviatohirsk, abbot of Sviatohirsk Lavra
[Documents]

Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Hrizostom: “The actions of the Kiev authorities with regard to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church are unprecedented”
[Interview]

Bishop Gerasim of Gornji Karlovac: We have no right to be silent about sufferings of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
[Greetings and addresses]

Metropolitan Hilarion of Budapest and Hungary: Vatican concedes to liberals on the issue of same-sex couples
[Interview]

Metropolitan Theodosius (Snihiriov): ‘The world community is standing up in defence of our Church’
[Interview]