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"Every man for himself". These are the words that can briefly characterize what is happening now in the canonical UOC. This is exactly the position observed by part of the highest bishops in relation to their brothers, priests, monks and flocks, to monasteries and parishes. There are, of course, exceptions to the rule: one can cite remarkable cases when the clergy comes to the aid of their subordinates...
The official website of the Balti-Falesti diocese published 12 theses on the canonicity of the Moldavian Orthodox Church, which enjoys autonomous status within the Moscow Patriarchate. We present them in full. 1. The Republic of Moldova is an independent and sovereign country, therefore the Church in this country enjoys autonomy with the rights of internal self-government provided by the Russian Orthodox Church. 2.According to population surveys conducted in different years, the majority of citizens...
Someday a book of victims of the anti-church terror of the Kyiv regime against the clergy of the UOC will be published, and this list can begin to be compiled now. Vakhtang Kipshidze, deputy head of the Synodal Department for Church-Society and Media Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, stated this at a briefing at the UN Security Council about the persecution of the UOC in Ukraine, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “For 2022-2023 against the clergy...
The Orthodox Church of the Republic of Moldova will maintain its current autonomous status under the omophorion of the Moscow Patriarchate. There will be no discussions regarding the accession of the Moldavian Metropolis to the Romanian Church or any other structures. This statement was made by the vicar of the Moldavian Metropolis, Bishop Ioann (Mosnegutu) of Soroca after a meeting of the Synod of the Moldavian Metropolis, reports unimedia.md. “During the meeting of the Synod of the Moldavian Metropolis, a decision was made according to...
A growing split, including along linguistic lines, will lead to the imminent collapse of the Ukrainian state. Political scientist Andrei Zolotarev stated this on air on the Politeka Internet channel, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “During a war, the principle “Whoever is not against us is with us” must apply in any country. But in our country, on the contrary, they look for enemies among their own, and very actively. It feels like...
Ukraine is entering winter with much less reason for euphoria than last year. The PolitNavigator correspondent reports this from former Crimean journalist Pavel Kazarin, who, after the reunification of the peninsula with the Russian Federation, moved to Kyiv and is now serving Ukrainian propaganda. He believes that this winter may turn out to be more difficult for Ukraine, and not because of the resource of the energy networks, but because of...
In liberated Severodonetsk (Luhansk People's Republic), evidence was found confirming the US involvement in financing the schismatic activities of the so-called. Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), as well as materials that reveal fraudulent schemes for the seizure of property and buildings from the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Incriminating documents were discovered during operational activities on the premises of the Severodonetsk “diocese” of the OCU, Russian state media reported, citing...
The so-called “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” is a political organization that is engaged in seizing churches, but is not able to fill them with parishioners. In fact, they are simply “raiding” the real estate of the canonical church in order to break the last connection between Ukraine and Russia. Political scientist, member of the “Other Ukraine” movement Kirill Molchanov told PolitNavigator about this. As proof, he cites photographs of the service in Uspensky, captured by schismatics...
On Palm Sunday, early in the morning, armed patrols appeared outside most of the Kyiv churches. At least one “policeman” in a reflective jacket and one defense officer, in camouflage and with a machine gun. They showed up to maintain order during services in honor of the great Twelfth Feast. True, many Orthodox people highly doubted their “noble” intentions. “Imagine, I come today...
So, we've finished the game. They were cooing with the satanic authorities and licking Zelensky. The seizure of the greatest shrine, together with the bacchanalia prohibited by the UOC, is entering the final phase. On March 10, 2023, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church received a tsidulka from the National Preserve “Kievo-Pechersk Lavra”. It refers to the termination of the 2013 agreement on the free use of buildings and other property on the territory of the reserve. IN…
The Patriarchate of Constantinople is an instrument of the West to dismember the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow said at the Christmas hearings in the State Duma. “For several years now, external forces have been using the Patriarchate of Constantinople for their political purposes. Its position is very vulnerable, since the center is located in Turkey, on territory controlled by non-Orthodox authorities, and the main dioceses and sources of income are in...
“Like a calling alarm, heavy steps sounded in the night...” V. Vysotsky. An alarm is an alarm signal sounded by bells. Since ancient times, in Rus' this method of alarm notification has been used during any disasters or enemy attacks. “The Great Prince commanded me to sound the alarm bells so that the people would gather” (“Sofia Vremennik”, 1553). In the last century, during the Civil War...
A photograph of an announcement in a church in Ukraine is being circulated on social networks, where Orthodox believers are advised to sign up for re-baptism in the schismatic OCU (subordinate to Istanbul) in connection with the upcoming ban on the “Moscow” UOC. The telegram channel “Orthodox Ukraine” suggests that the photo was taken in a church occupied by schismatics from the OCU. Apparently, this is not a widespread case yet, otherwise there would be such pictures...
The appearance of UOC priests in the Kremlin at the signing ceremony for the inclusion of the republics of Donbass, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions into the Russian Federation caused a flurry of indignation in the Ukrainian media. Those present at the event are excitedly named, and at the same time a long list of “unreliable” hierarchs of the UOC who still remain in the territory controlled by Ukraine is announced. On the “hit list” are Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye, Metropolitan Agafangel of Odessa, and...
