Ukrainian Orthodox Church declares independence from Moscow

27-05-2022

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Ukrainian Orthodox Church declares independence from Moscow

The Ukrainian Church under Moscow Patriarchate (UOC) has decided to cut ties with the Russian Orthodox Church. The Church appeals to Ukrainian and Russian authorities to continue the negotiation process and stop the bloodshed.

People stand in line in front of a supermarket while smoke billows over the town of Vasylkiv just outside Kyiv. Photo AFP, Dimitar Dilkoff

Ukrainian pastors remain at their post: I feel that my people need me here

Rev. Ivan Bespalov, minister of the Evangelical-Presbyterian congregation in Kyiv, decided not to leave the capital. “I feel that my people need me here.”

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia Sviatoslav Shevchuk. Photo EPA, Balazs Mohai

Kremlin uses Christianity for political goals, says Catholic leader in Ukraine

Churches and Christians must live by Christian values and not allow politicians to preach the Christian idea in the modern world because they tarnish it. The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) says so in an interview with Ukrinform.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill serves in Moscow during an Orthodox Easter service on 23 April 2022. Photo Alexander Nemenov

Dutch Archpriest Theodoor van der Voort cannot understand Patriarch Kirill

The Russian Orthodox Archpriest Theodoor van der Voort cannot understand why the head of his Church, Patriarch Kirill, is supporting President Vladimir Putin in the war against Ukraine. "I got to know him as someone who has an eye for people. What is happening now is incomprehensible."

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