Innerhalb der Ukrainischen Orthodoxen Kirche (UOK) mehren sich die Stimmen, die eine völlige Trennung vom Moskauer Patriarchat oder ein proaktiveres Vorgehen ihrer Leitung fordern. So haben acht Vorsteher von Kirchen aus der Eparchie Tschernihiv das Oberhaupt der UOK, Metropolit Onufrij (Berezovskij), gebeten, jegliche Verbindungen zur Russischen Orthodoxen Kirche (ROK) abzubrechen. Sie betrachteten die ROK, die den Krieg in der Ukraine gutheiße, nicht als „brüderliche und freundliche Kirche“...

"This appointment gives me responsibility for the life and future of our entire Church. Knowing what difficult times our Ukrainian people are going through because of the war, I will continue to inform the Catholic world about what is happening on our land and will constantly remind them of Ukraine." (Source: Information Department of the UGCC) This was stated by Cardinal-nominee Mykola Bychok, sharing his reaction to the appointment with the press service of the Melbourne Diocese of the UGCC...

Ein Kyjiwer Verwaltungsgericht hat am 18. September eine Klage der Ukrainischen Orthodoxen Kirche (UOK) gegen das Urteil einer Expertengruppe des Staatsdienstes für Ethnopolitik und Gewissensfreiheit über ihr Statut abgewiesen. Es kam zum Schluss, die Klägerin habe keine Beweise dafür vorgelegt, dass persönliche Ansichten einzelner Experten das Verfahren und das Resultat der Untersuchung beeinflusst hätten. Das Gericht lehnte es auch ab, die Ergebnisse der Untersuchung für ungültig zu erkläre...

The Law “On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Field of Activities of Religious Organizations” entered into force. In particular, the law was adopted on August 20, 2024, and it comes into force 30 days after the publication, namely on Monday, September 23, Interfax-Ukraine reports. As reported previously, on August 20, in the second reading, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a bill prohibiting the activities of religious organizations affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukr...

The Romanian Orthodox Church has expressed dissatisfaction with the transfer of the chapel-tomb of the Bukovyna Metropolitans in Chernivtsi to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Previously, the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate had been performing services in Romanian in the church. According to Hromadske, this was reported by the Romanian Orthodox Church Basilica news agency. The Romanian Patriarchate reacted with “regret and sadness” to the fact that the chapel can no longer hold services in Rom...

Am 20. August hat die Verchovna Rada, das ukrainische Parlament, das umstrittene Gesetzesprojekt Nr. 8371 in zweiter Lesung angenommen. 265 Abgeordnete stimmten dafür, während 29 dagegen waren und vier sich enthielten. Das Gesetz verbietet auf dem Gebiet der Ukraine die Tätigkeit „ausländischer religiöser Organisationen, die sich in einem Staat befinden, der anerkanntermaßen eine bewaffnete Aggression gegen die Ukraine begangen hat oder begeht und/oder vorübergehend einen Teil des Territorium...

A commission of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy has completed an inspection of the preservation of state property of the Holy Dormition Pochayiv Lavra in the Ternopil Region, which is used by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). Violations were found during the inspections. This is evidenced by the commission's report, which was published by Ukrinform on July 27. "The Commission found that the user did not comply with the requirements of the Law o...

On the night of August 6-7, during an enemy shelling of Kherson, two shells fell on the territory of the Assumption Cathedral of the UOC-MP. This was reported by Pravoslavna Khersonschyna (Orthodox Kherson Region). The explosion damaged the church's altar and utility rooms. This is not the first time the Assumption Cathedral of the UOC-MP has come under Russian shelling. On the night of March 5-6, one of the shells hit the front wall of the St. Nicholas chapel and the sacristy of the cathedr...

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee called on the Russian Federation to refrain from any actions that would cause direct or indirect damage to the sites and buffer zone, the cultural heritage of Ukraine as a whole, and the sites included in the Tentative List. This was reported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, according to Ukrinform. The ministry calls this decision a significant victory for the Ukrainian delegation consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affai...