The Ukrainian government of President Victor Yanukovych, who caused surprise a few months ago when he unilaterally withdrew Ukraine from a long-running process of effecting an “association” between with the European Union, in…
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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…
Commenting on the statement of Russian Christian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill that the EuroMaidan demonstrations are a threat to the spiritual unity of Ukrainians and Russians, the Patriarch of Kyiv and all Rus-Ukraine Filaret…
George Weigel writes: The Ukrainian popular uprising of late 2013 was not motivated by an unquenchable thirst for MTV and other expressions of western decadence. It was motivated by a deep yearning…
A congregation of Ukrainian Orthodox worshippers at Hallmuir, near Lockerbie, will be celebrating Christmas on 7 January in keeping with the Julian calendar. The chapel is no ordinary place of worship, having…
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…
While press and media cover reports the demonstrations in Maidan Square and those of us in London know about the repeated efforts of the Ukrainian community here to keep their country’s problems…
The Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church has strongly denounced police action against protestors in Kiev’s “Independence Square” after police stormed the area which has been occupied by protesters for over a week. “We are…
by Nina Achmatova Protests continue in Kiev against President Yaukovich’s renunciation on European integration dictated by the pressures of Russia. The patriarch of the Ukrainian Church of Kiev Filaret , sides with…