Due to religious confrontation in Kolomyia a UOC priest gets into hospital

As reported by the UOJ source, senior priest of the Assumption temple in Kolomyia Nikolay Smetaniuk was hospitalized into the cardiological department due to the conflict sparkled around the Annunciation church of the UOC.

Father Nikolay was visited by bishop of Baryshevka Victor (Kotsaba), vicar of Kiev Metropoly, head of the UOC Representative Office at European Organizations. Vladyka arrived in Kolomyia to support the UOC parishioners in defending their title to the temple.

Most Britons oppose abortions, poll finds

The survey found that 62% of UK residents support legal protection for unborn children from the moment their heartbeat is first detected.

Annual academic conference opens at Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary

The fifteenth annual conference was dedicated to the anniversaries of Prince Vasyl-Kostiantyn Ostrožský and Metropolitan Rafail (Zaborovský).

Feminists attack Roman Catholic churches in Latin America

During protest actions, members of radical groups attacked cathedrals in several Latin American countries, assaulted police officers, and threw paint at believers.

UOC hierarch takes part in German bishops’ conference

Bishop Veniamin of Boyarka took part in the OBKD assembly in Düsseldorf.

Ivano-Frankivsk scraps school project planned on demolished UOC church site

The authorities in Ivano-Frankivsk have dropped plans to build the school for whose construction a UOC church was demolished.

Shostatsky to UOC: If you are so righteous – do not cling to your churches

The OCU metropolitan called on UOC faithful and clergy to pray rather than defend their churches from seizures.