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It will take schismatics a year to seize Orthodox shrines - expert

Ukrainian schismatics will seize the main churches of the UOC within a year if they are recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarch. Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik said this on air on the First Cossack TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At the same time, according to the expert, about 40% of parishioners will come to terms with the state of affairs and will continue to go to these churches. “In the event of legalization of the status of the Kyiv Patriarchate and under...

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“Blood will be shed”: Moscow called on the West to stop at Ukraine

Threats of Ukrainian nationalists to seize the Kiev-Pechersk and Pochaev Lavra will lead to bloodshed. Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, stated this during his visit to Athens. “You understand that believers will not give up the Laurels? Now about 50 churches of the canonical Ukrainian Church have been illegally seized by schismatics, and violence is already being committed against Orthodox believers. A…

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The State Department officially criticized the lawlessness of the Right Sector and the persecution of Orthodox Christians

The US State Department published a report noting the pressure and threats from nationalists and representatives of the schismatic UOC-KP against the priests of the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The report on international religious freedom prepared by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the US State Department states that nationalists systematically threaten the clergy of the UOC-MP,…

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“We are coming to you, and this is the matter”: The family of a UOC MP priest is being expelled from Volyn

Dissenters from the “Kyiv Patriarchate,” unrecognized in the Orthodox world, are trying to drive a UOC-MP priest and his family out into the street in the village of Ugrinov in Volyn. After the victory of Euromaidan in 2014, representatives of the “Kyiv patriarchy” held a so-called “referendum”, in which the majority of village residents allegedly spoke in favor of moving under the protectorate of the schismatics. Based on this, they selected the only Orthodox...

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Avakov warned that security forces may not be able to cope with the revolt of Orthodox Christians

Ukrainian security forces unanimously opposed the adoption of laws on “church raiding,” writes the Kiev online newspaper “Strana,” citing its sources in the security forces of Ukraine. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “On Wednesday evening there was a general meeting. The security forces unanimously opposed it, including Avakov. And they can be understood. Imagine if in every village and city...

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Moscow made it clear that it is time to move on to non-diplomatic methods of influencing the Ukrainian lawbreakers

Expert circles say that Moscow must put an end to the lawlessness being committed in Ukraine against parishioners and churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, writes Nezavisimaya Gazeta. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte The publication notes that at the opening of the XXV Christmas Readings, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke about the persecution faced by the Ukrainian Orthodox...

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