News archive on the topic "Poroshenko's Church"

Representatives of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which is subordinate to Constantinople, are receiving instructions to pray for the victory of Petro Poroshenko in the next presidential election, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by the Vice-Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada from the Self-Help Party Oksana Syroid. “The current president’s team is doing everything to lose even those they have. Because they use hate speech. It turns out that...

In the Ukrainian army, the number of chaplains of the newly created “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” (OCU), subordinate to Bartholomew, will be increased, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko during today’s trip to Lutsk as part of a propaganda “Tomos tour,” the website of the Ukrainian president reports. “We will definitely expand the presence of chaplains of our Ukrainian Church in our Ukrainian army. We inherited these traditions from...

In the newly created Ukrainian church structure, subordinate to Patriarch Bartholomew, they hope that the provision of the tomos by the Patriarch of Constantinople will be the impetus for the massive transition of the clergy of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church to the ranks of the “Poroshenko Church”. The representative of the head of the OCU, “Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine” Epiphanius, Father Ivan Sidor, stated this at the talk show “Echo of Ukraine”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “I communicate with some priests...

Most parishes and bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church take a wait-and-see attitude and refrain from subordinating to any structures until the official presentation of the tomos, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was reported in the information department of the so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine,” a structure subordinate to the Phanar. “Most parishes and bishops heading dioceses are taking a wait-and-see approach,” the information department reported. In the “Poroshenko Church”...

In the Vinnytsia region, more than 20 parishes of the canonical UOC agreed to come under the jurisdiction of the newly created so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was announced by the head of the press service of the Vinnitsa diocese of the so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”, Protodeacon Vladislav Demchenko. “The process of transferring parishes from the jurisdiction of the UOC-MP to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine is gaining momentum. Now we can say that...

The Minsk diocese of the Belarusian Orthodox Church decided to recognize the newly created “Orthodox Church in Ukraine” headed by “Metropolitan” Epifaniy as a “schismatic community”. This is stated on the website of the Belarusian Orthodox Church, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The statement says that after the creation of a new church structure in Ukraine, and also because of “the encroachment of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the canonical territory of the Russian Orthodox Church,” the General Assembly...

The Ukrainian weekly “Zerkalo Nedeli” is publishing today details of the “unification” council of the non-canonical UOC-UPS and UAOC, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the publication, the event was completely closed. The press was not invited, communications equipment was taken away from all participants, and even despite this, jammers were turned on in the hall. “Patriarch Filaret predictably took on the role of the highlight of the program. Age is not age, but...

The newly created non-canonical “Orthodox Church in Ukraine”, subordinate to Patriarch Bartholomew, has 7 thousand parishes. The head of the new structure, “Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine” Epifaniy, stated this on air on the 1+1 TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Now the united Orthodox Church of Ukraine has approximately 7 thousand parishes. But I wouldn’t want to predict a certain amount, set certain goals in order to quantify...

Olga Maslova, a mathematics teacher at secondary school of I-III levels No. 15 of the Vinnytsia City Council, threatens to not let students into class if they go to churches of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and to call their parents, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. She wrote about this on her page on the social network, reports the Information and Educational Department of the UOC with reference to the website of the Union of Orthodox Journalists.…

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' called on the primates of the Local Orthodox Churches not to recognize the results of the so-called unification council, which took place in Kyiv on December 15, where a new schismatic structure was created and its leader, “Metropolitan” Epifaniy, was elected. This is stated in the message of the Patriarch, published on the website of the Russian Orthodox Church, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, in Sofievsky...

Orthodox believers in Belarus do not have the right to participate in the sacraments of the newly created “Orthodox Church in Ukraine,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by the official representative of the Belarusian Orthodox Church Sergei Lepin in an interview with Radio Liberty. Father Sergei also said that Belarusian Orthodox “cannot take part” in the services of the “Orthodox Church in Ukraine.” According to Lepin, the Belarusian Orthodox Church belongs...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew asked the unrecognized “Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church” (UAOC) Makariy and the head of the unrecognized “Kyiv Patriarchate” Filaret not to put their candidacies to the vote for the head of the Church controlled by Constantinople, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The head of the UAOC, Metropolitan Macarius, announced this in an interview with Radio Liberty. “We signed an appeal to the Ecumenical Patriarch on granting the Tomos, I...

The unrecognized Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate has decided on a candidate for the post of primate of the planned creation of a “unified Orthodox Ukrainian church,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This was stated by the press secretary of the UOC of the Kyiv Patriarchate, Archbishop Evstratiy (Zorya), reports BBC Ukraine. “We have the only proposal for the candidacy that will be proposed to the Council,” said a representative of the UOC-KP. At the same time he...