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Ukraine to receive tomos on 6 January – archbishop Yevstratiy
A future head of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church will receive the tomos on autocephaly in Constantinople on Christmas Eve, 6 January 2019, the press secretary of the UOC… 13 December, 17:34
Moscow-run Ukrainian church bans clergy from attending unification council
The Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) has declared that none of its clergy or laity is authorized to represent the church at the unification… 07 December, 21:50
Church unification council to meet on 15 December - president
President Petro Poroshenko has said that the Unification Council on the creation of the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church will be held in St Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv on 15 December… 05 December, 10:30
Ecumenical Patriarchate Synod drafts Ukrainian Church's Constitutional Charter
The Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate has approved the Ukrainian Church's draft Constitutional Charter, the BBC Ukraine has reported. "In the context of the Ecumenical… 29 November, 20:07
Poroshenko meets UOC MP archbishop in support of autocephaly
President Petro Poroshenko has met Cherkasy and Kaniv Metropolitan Sofroniy (Dmytruk) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. The senior priest supports autocephaly… 20 November, 16:21
Scoop of the weekend: frail Yanukovych, archbishops' congress, transgender event
Fugitive ex-President Viktor Yanukovych sustained an injury while playing tennis in Moscow on 16 November and was admitted to hospital, according to the Russian media. He will not… 18 November, 22:53
Molotov cocktails thrown at St Andrew's Church in Kyiv
This morning unidentified attackers threw bottles with an incendiary mixture at the door to the foundation of the iconic St Andrew's Church in Kyiv. The building was not damaged… 15 November, 12:31
Ukrainian archbishops complain about Moscow pressure
Archbishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) complained about unprecedented pressure by Moscow at a meeting with President Petro Poroshenko, according… 14 November, 10:03
President said ready to meet Moscow-run church head another day
The presidential administration has reacted to the refusal of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) to meet President Petro Poroshenko in the Ukrainian… 13 November, 20:40
Moscow-run Ukrainian Orthodox Church defies Constantinople
An emergency assembly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) has decided to consider the resolutions concerning Ukraine which were issued by the Ecumenical… 13 November, 18:37
Moscow-run Ukrainian Orthodox Church refuses to meet Poroshenko outside Lavra
Archbishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) have refused to meet President Petro Poroshenko outside the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra which the church controls… 13 November, 18:01
Ukrainian president, Patriarch Bartholomew sign cooperation agreement
President Petro Poroshenko and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew have signed the Agreement "On Cooperation and Interaction between Ukraine and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople… 03 November, 12:23
BBC: United church to be called Orthodox Church in Ukraine
The church to be created in Ukraine a unification congress will be called the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, not the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Archbishop Job of Telmessos (Getcha) has… 02 November, 15:01
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Tomos for Ukraine: rocking the Moscow foundation
In fact, the entire legal (in terms of church canons) base was prepared to grant the tomos on autocephaly to Ukraine in Istanbul on 11 October. The next stage is the formalization… 14 October, 19:45
Ukrainian president jubilant over Constantinople church decision
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has issued a special statement to welcome the Ecumenical Patriarchate's decision to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church. The following is… 11 October, 21:41