Warm Sophia was transferred to Kyiv Patriarchate in violation of the law, – expert
"The preliminary analysis of this agreement showed that it was concluded in violation of Article 17 of the Law of Ukraine "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations", which provides that cult property, which is state property, can be transferred to free use only by decision of the Kyiv City (Region) Administration", said the statement of the NGO "Public Advocacy".
In addition, in accordance with Part 5 of Article 17 of the Law of Ukraine "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations", an application for the transfer of a religious building for free use should have been considered within a month with written notification of the applicants. The Kiev Metropolitanate of the UOC for many years sought to transfer this complex for use, but received no such notice.
Human rights defenders have repeatedly requested to provide them with documents which allow representatives of the Kyiv Patriarchate to serve in the Warm Sophia. The National Reserve authoroties answered that they were "unaware of the decisions (orders, regulations) of a state body or an official about the transfer of the Lesser (Warm) Sophia Church for the use by the UOC-Kyiv Patriarchate or other religious organization, because the Reserve had not received any to its address".
Read also
Zelensky prays with Jews, Muslims, Catholics, OCU, and UGCC at Kyiv Sofia
At the event in St. Sofia of Kyiv, Sheikh Ahmed Tamim asked Allah for “victory over the enemy for the sake of Muhammad, Jesus, and Moses.”
UOC community in Germany moves to Constantinople Patriarchate
UOC clergy in Erfurt argued their decision to transfer to the Church of Constantinople by claiming that Germany is supposedly the canonical territory of the Phanar.
Volyn deputy on Forgiveness Sunday: I ask forgiveness from everyone except UOC
Huz’s aide said that UOC believers “have no love.”
UOC delivers charging stations to frontline communities in Donetsk region
The UOC Social Department sent five high-capacity power units to Druzhkivka, Lyman, and Sloviansk; the equipment will help residents cope with electricity outages.
Participants of U.S. Christian forum call for "moral imperative" to shape AI
At the conference in the United States, theologians and IT experts discussed how artificial intelligence affects relationships, faith, and society, emphasizing the need for ethical frameworks.
Radical groups reported among those who seized UOC church in Shchaslyve
During the seizure of the church in Shchaslyve, radical groupings acted, including the “Combat Brotherhood of Ukraine” and “Right Youth,” who present themselves as “believers.”