By Sophia Kishkovsky | Religion News Service, Published: March 14 MOSCOW — As Russian troops massed on Ukraine’s border and a controversial secession vote in Crimea approaches Sunday (March 16), Patriarch Kirill…
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NB – the dialogue said to be opening is one in which the Moscow Patriarchate refers to those whose reconciliation it seeks to attract as “schismatics”. See the earlier post. by Marta…
Patriarch Kirill appeals for the reunion of the Orthodox Churches in Ukraine, insisting on the Moscow Patriarchate’s standing as the only recognised and canonical Orthodox Church in Ukraine, referring to the other churches…
20 February 2014 Beloved children and friends in Ukraine and abroad, It is with heavy heart that we have been following the ongoing and, indeed, only escalating tragic circumstances in Ukraine over…
We have received the following email from the Ukrainian Catholic University. It is important to read it in this context: Since the protests began following the government’s decision to reject association with…
Interview with SSJC Committee Member in Catholic World Report The Reverend Doctor Athanasius D. McVay specializes in the 20th-century history of Vatican diplomacy and of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He co-edited…
Thanks to Fr James Siemens, we are pleased to be able to carry in translation this critique from an Orthodox academic of the Moscow Patriarchate’s comments on events in Ukraine and their…
Longtemps j’ai baissé les yeux face à l’évolution de l’Eglise russe. J’identifiais le patriarcat de Moscou avec l’Eglise. Comme un enfant devant la nudité de son père, terriblement gêné par son indignité,…
The conflict between Greek Catholics and Orthodox in Western Ukraine has to be resolved from both sides, said Cardinal Kurt Koch, head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. “Only by…
Russian, Ukrainian, or Kyivan? An article from Andrew Sorokowski on RISU