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Almost no chances for 'Easter truce' in Donbas – TCG spokesman

According to Arestovych, the Russian delegation is trying to legitimize the occupying authorities.

15:40, 30.04.2021

No additional COVID-19 curbs to be introduced in Ukraine on Orthodox Easter

This year, Ukraine marks Orthodox Easter on May 2.

23:59, 22.04.2021

COVID-19: Health ministry hopes for best possible format for Orthodox Easter events

The negotiations are underway with religious organizations and their leaders.

12:20, 12.04.2021

Mayor Klitschko submerges himself in freezing water on Orthodox Epiphany Day (Video)

He warns diving amid freezing air temperatures requires preparations.

13:59, 19.01.2021

Kyiv's Baroque church resumes religious services after 11 years' repairing (Photos)

It was held on the day to honor Andrew the Apostle.

19:59, 13.12.2020

Ukraine's MFA condemns OCU eviction from cathedral in Russia-occupied Crimea

Over 90 administrative cases against religious organizations in Crimea have been documented.

23:56, 05.08.2020

Hagia Sophia: Iconic Istanbul museum 'could return to mosque' – BBC

It is a Unesco World Heritage site.

17:50, 10.07.2020

Investigative journalism: One in five UOC-MP bishops in Ukraine owns house over 300 sq m

Data about more than 200 representatives of the higher clergy of three Ukrainian churches has been processed.

23:35, 24.06.2020

Reuters: Russia inaugurates cathedral without mosaics of Putin, Stalin (Video)

The richly decorated 95-metre high cathedral, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, was built outside Moscow in less than two years.

13:15, 15.06.2020

Eleven monks in Khmelnytsky region test positive for coronavirus

They contracted the virus from a 54-year-old monk who died of COVID-19 on May 12.

21:59, 15.05.2020

Ukrainians ask Zelensky to transfer Kyiv Lavra to Orthodox Church of Ukraine

The petition was signed by over 26,000 people.

22:20, 29.04.2020

Eastern Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, western Christians observe Easter on April 12

On Willow Sunday, all eastern Christian churches conduct a rite of blessing pussy willow branches.

18:30, 12.04.2020

Head of stricken Kyiv monastery says underestimated gravity of coronavirus – Reuters

Pavel and the Moscow Patriarchate said last month that coronavirus was a result of human sin and could be fought with hugs, prayers and fasting.

16:30, 10.04.2020

Orthodox Christians mark Epiphany with freezing plunges – media

Dipping in icy waters to symbolize the baptism of Christ in the River Jordan.

11:30, 19.01.2020

Epifaniy: About 600 parishes of Moscow-aligned church convert to new Ukrainian Orthodox church – RFE/RL

The Orthodox Church of Ukraine was granted independence by the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Istanbul in January 2019.

12:15, 07.01.2020

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Eve

Sviat Vechir is a ritual meal, which is prepared with 12 meatless dishes on the evening before Christmas to commemorate Christ's birth.

12:20, 06.01.2020

Politico: Why Orthodox Christians are losing faith in Putin

In September, Russian Orthodox priests signed an open letter condemning what they called the "repressive" trials of more than two dozen protesters.

19:55, 27.12.2019

Name of ex-UOC-MP should indicate it's part of Russian Church – Ukraine's culture minister

According to Borodyanskiy, the church's name should give people an opportunity to choose consciously.

16:31, 07.11.2019

Over 500 Moscow Patriarchate parishes in Ukraine join new Orthodox Church – leader

The process has slowed down during presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine.

21:59, 28.07.2019

Some 15,000 people take part in Kyivan Rus Christianization celebration, no incidents reported (Video)

The events in the center of Kyiv took place without violation of public order.

18:25, 28.07.2019

Service held at Kyiv's St Sophia Cathedral to mark 1,031 years of Christianization of Kyivan Rus-Ukraine

The event was attended by Ecumenical Patriarchate representative, His Eminence Metropolitan Emanuel of Gaul.

12:59, 28.07.2019

U.S. concerned by reports of looting of Ukrainian Orthodox cathedral in Russia-occupied Simferopol

U.S. diplomats have once again called on Russia to end the occupation of Ukraine's Crimea.

03:29, 26.07.2019

Ukraine's new Orthodox Church suspends two priests for attempts to split the Church

They will not be able to conduct religious services for three to six months.

18:59, 23.06.2019

Ukraine's Orthodox Church representative compares Filaret's "council," Unification Council (Photos)

The Archbishop says the assembly is "a humiliation for the historical name of the Kyiv Patriarchate."

10:00, 21.06.2019

RFE/RL: Anti-Russia protesters in Tbilisi demand speaker's resignation (Photos, video)

Some of the demonstrators held Georgian and EU flags and placards that read "Russia Is An Occupier."

22:57, 20.06.2019

Russian Orthodox Church through its satellites trying to overthrow Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

The bishop suggests that Patriarch Bartholomew made a mistake by granting a tomos of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and that he could not be removed from his post "for the sake of peace."

15:40, 16.06.2019

Filaret urgently calls local council to "resurrect" Kyiv Patriarchate

The event is scheduled for June 20.

15:28, 11.06.2019

Patriarch Filaret refuses to accept tomos of Orthodox Church's autocephaly

Filaret said they would not vote for autocephaly on December 15 if they had known the meaning.

14:07, 11.06.2019

Filaret on tomos of Orthodox Church's autocephaly: "We did not know what was written there"

According to Filaret, some of the provisions of the tomos cannot be accepted.

16:58, 24.05.2019

Holy Fire delivered to Ukraine from Jerusalem (Video)

The Holy Fire has descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem today, on Holy Saturday.

23:30, 27.04.2019

Ecumenical Patriarchate congratulates Zelensky on electoral victory

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has praised the progress made by Ukraine day by day.

15:07, 24.04.2019

RFE/RL: Ukraine's Orthodox Church faces eviction in Russia-annexed Crimea

The religious organization has reportedly failed to reorganize its founding documents in compliance with the legislature of the Russian Federation.

22:50, 29.03.2019

Serbian church doesn't recognize new Orthodox Church of Ukraine

The Serbian Orthodox Church recognizes only the Ukrainian Orthodox Church belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate.

16:06, 13.03.2019

Ukraine Church leader: "Moscow Patriarchate" in Ukraine fully dependent on Russia

In their latest statements, the Russian Orthodox Church didn't even mention the formal head of what was formerly known as UOC-MP, Metropolitan Onufriy.

11:40, 04.03.2019

Ukrainian Archbishop Klyment detained in Russia-occupied Crimea released (Video)

Local "law enforcement" agencies claimed Klyment stole church property and swore in public.

22:45, 03.03.2019

Ukrainian Archbishop Klyment detained in Russia-occupied Crimea facing 15-day detention term

The prosecution first accused him of stealing things from his church; when the fact was not confirmed, they brought another accusation against the priest – profanity.

19:59, 03.03.2019

De-facto authorities in Russia-occupied Crimea detain Archbishop Klyment of Simferopol

He was going to attend court hearings on the case of Ukrainian political prisoner Pavlo Hryb in Russia's Rostov-on-Don.

14:57, 03.03.2019

Orthodox parishes in Volyn region most active in joining new Ukrainian church

Almost over 400 parishes across Ukraine have decided to change their denomination.

11:47, 25.02.2019

Ukraine deports Russia-aligned priest, strips citizenship, in church rift – media

Ukrainian authorities claimed he had lied about losing the passport but then found it on him during the interrogation.

12:03, 15.02.2019

Over 300 parishes of former UOC-MP join new Orthodox Church of Ukraine

Vinnytsia region is in the lead.

11:53, 12.02.2019

Hierarch of Russian Church in Ukraine puts pressure on priests joining new Orthodox Church of Ukraine

Metropolitan Vissarion is distributing leaflets of provocative content.

15:30, 10.02.2019

Russia-occupied Crimea's de facto authorities want to close cathedral of new Ukrainian church

The occupying authorities have ordered the priests to leave the premises.

22:58, 08.02.2019

12 Kyiv priests from Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate join new local church in Ukraine

They were the intellectual elite of their former organization.

23:57, 06.02.2019

Epifaniy endorses members of new Orthodox Church's Holy Synod

The Synod consists of the Metropolitan of Kyiv as chairman and twelve diocesan bishops.

23:59, 05.02.2019

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Holy Synod of Ukraine's new Orthodox Church to gather on Monday

There are many issues related to the functioning of the church.

17:56, 03.02.2019

Poroshenko: There will be no state-controlled church in Ukraine

The president congratulated the nation on the completion of the new church's formation.

14:50, 03.02.2019

Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epifaniy inaugurated as Primate of Orthodox Church of Ukraine

The event took place in Kyiv's Saint Sophia Cathedral.

11:40, 03.02.2019

Metropolitan Epifaniy calls Russian Orthodox Church Putin's last vanguard in Ukraine

Epifaniy says the ROC has a great influence.

20:05, 02.02.2019

Russia starts waging hybrid warfare against Ukrainian church in 1991 – Archbishop

The archbishop says Moscow still controls part of the Orthodox parishes.

16:06, 31.01.2019

Russian church leader hopes to visit Ukraine

Patriarch Kirill visited Ukraine annually before 2014.

13:35, 31.01.2019