“The Ukrainian Church is ready to stand with its soldiers on the battle field if need be” – Patriarch Shevchuk See online here (in Ukrainian) «Якщо потрібно буде разом стати на полі…
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As a spokesman for his Church says, that the rationale given by Russia for invading Ukraine is riddled with lies, Metropolitan Onufry addresses the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, “As administrator…
From the Facebook page, Pray for Ukraine: When: For the first week of the Great Fast, beginning March 3, 2014 to the first Sunday of Great Lent, the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March…
Ancient Faith Radio (Orthodox) – February 26, 2014 “As we continue to follow the news in Ukraine, Ancient Faith Radio is commited to bring you a balanced perspective on the events and…
BC, 26 February 2014 LAST week, I explained in a posting that Ukraine’s religious scene is in some ways quite uniform—most people adhere to some form of eastern Christianity—but in other ways…
The Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) welcomed the decision of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to start a dialogue with the UOC-KP. In this regard, the Synod of…
The armed groups wear Russian uniforms and wave Russian flags. Tensions mount with Russian military exercises on the border with Ukraine and the protection given to former President Yanukovych. Kerry and Lavrov…
We have asked the editor of the Catholic Herald that the courtesy of addressing Patriarch Sviatoslav as Patriarch Sviatoslav instead of by the invented Latin Roman Catholic construct, unknown in the Eastern Church,…
The Metropolitan of Pergamon Ioannis Zizioulas [the theologian John Zizioulas] has raised alarm bells about divisions between the Orthodox Churches. Some have reduced Christian unity to an alliance between religious hierarchies formed in…
Also present was Metropolitan Kallisos of Diokleia