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The issue of Ukraine receiving church autocephaly may take years, and a religious war is ready to break out at any moment. Political scientist Rostislav Ishchenko stated this today on the Vesti FM radio station. “With his statements, Bartholomew has already given Poroshenko the button to start the religious war in Ukraine. It all depends on whether Pyotr Alekseevich is scared or not. If not, he is in any...
Autocephaly for Ukrainian schismatics is, in principle, a good thing, but not today. Political scientist Vadim Karasev stated this on TV channel 112, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, the confrontation between supporters of the unrecognized UOC-KP and the canonical church in Ukraine is so great that it could develop into a religious conflict. “This is not the right time - I’m for...
Even if we assume that the Patriarchate of Constantinople issues a tomos recognizing Ukrainian autocephaly, this will lead to a colossal confrontation in society. This opinion was expressed in a commentary to the Kyiv online newspaper “Strana” by the director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management, Ruslan Bortnik. He noticed that in the Friday procession of Orthodox Christians in Kyiv and the prayer service for peace in the Kiev Pechersk Lavra there was no...
The Ukrainian state, putting pressure on canonical Orthodoxy, is pushing believers to organize resistance. Pavel Rudyakov, head of the Perspektiva information and analytical center, said this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The expert noted that after the attack of Ukrainian neo-Nazis from the C14 group on a rally at the Vatutin monument in Kyiv, one of the leaders of the Opposition Bloc, Verkhovna Rada deputy Yuriy Boyko, threatened...
The Ukrainian government promises interfaith peace in the country, but in reality it incites a religious war. Pavel Rudyakov, head of the Perspektiva information and analytical center, said this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The expert noted that the appeal adopted by the Ukrainian parliament to Patriarch Bartholomew about permission for autocephaly for a certain unified Orthodox Church states that such a step will be...
If the seizure of churches in Western Ukraine does not stop, then retaliatory actions will follow against the Uniates and the schismatic Filaretites in the south-eastern regions. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. Ruslan Bortnik, director of the Ukrainian Institute of Policy Analysis and Management, said this at a press conference in Kyiv, as reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent. “According to various estimates, today...
Ukrainian politicians should avoid issues of religion and church on the tenth route so as not to provoke conflicts in society. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The leading analyst of the international information and analytical Center “Development of Ukraine” said this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I urge politicians to avoid church topics, since any religious schism, any...
Ukrainian politicians are lifting the formally existing taboo on religious confrontation, writes Rostislav Ishchenko, president of the Center for System Analysis and Forecasting, in Izvestia. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The author considers the chances of the Verkhovna Rada to adopt a law that would limit and place the activities of the UOC under state control quite high. “After the legislative ban in Ukraine on St. George’s symbols, VKontakte,...
The adoption of discriminatory “church laws” by the Verkhovna Rada could spark an interfaith civil war in the country. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or VKontakte. Member of the Ukrainian Parliament Vadim Novinsky said this on the NewsOne TV channel. According to him, laws No. 4511 and No. 4128 allow the authorities to carry out raider takeovers and ban unwanted churches. “I consider these two laws and...
