News archive on the topic "Seizure of Orthodox churches"

In the village of Gnezdychno, Ternopil region, Ukrainian nationalists, trying to “squeeze” an Orthodox church in favor of the schismatic “OCU,” attacked parishioners and beat the rector. This was reported in the information and educational department of the UOC, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In the morning before the start of the service, so-called activists began to gather near the church, staged a provocation and disrupted the Divine Liturgy for believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church,” reports the...

The Ukrainian parliament provokes civil confrontation in the country on religious grounds. Deputy Alexander Vilkul stated this at a meeting of the conciliation council of faction leaders and chairmen of Verkhovna Rada committees, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “On the agenda for this week is the consideration of bill No. 4128. It legalizes raiding and the seizure of churches under a presidential organization with a religious name. The adoption of this law will lead...

As a result of the emergence in Ukraine of a religious structure that will be considered a national church, the seizure of churches and other clashes on religious grounds in Ukraine will occur more often. Political scientist, candidate of historical sciences Valentin Gaidai stated this at a press conference in Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “The show that we saw on Sophia Square on the 15th will give carte blanche for an offensive...

The regime of Petro Poroshenko, through controlled media, is trying to direct aggression in society towards the Orthodox churches of the Moscow Patriarchate. Deputy director of the Ukrainian Center for Social Analytics, political scientist Valery Pesetsky said this on Channel One, as reported by the PolitNavigator correspondent. “What we see today is the result of the fact that the Ukrainian media are constantly pumping negative and aggressive rhetoric into the mass consciousness of Ukrainians...

The Ukrainian president, declaring the need to create a “local Ukrainian church,” actually gave the go-ahead for nationalists to seize churches belonging to the Moscow Patriarchate. This was reported on the YouTube channel “Vsesvitnyo-Brovarske Telebachennya”, which is an exponent of radical nationalist ideas, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Today, not even two hours have passed since we issued a very meek message to Christians in connection with...

Ukrainian nationalists are threatening to seize the rector of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel. He told reporters about this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte According to the Metropolitan, right-wing radicals may attack the Lavra during the celebration of the Intercession on October 14-17. “We really hope that people will not raise their hands against the shrine and this will not happen...

The Verkhovna Rada plans to facilitate the seizure of churches in Ukraine by adopting an amendment to the law “On freedom of conscience and religious organizations,” reports Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. The publication notes that the law in the new edition should “to provide representatives of religious communities with the right to freely and unhindered change of subordination to religious centers,” and the parishioner’s affiliation with one or another...