Tithe church: Communists blew it up, nationalists will demolish it?
While in previous years such conflicts affected exclusively remote villages, where two confessions could not divide the only Orthodox temple, now the fire hotbeds break out in the largest cities of Ukraine. And they flare up literally, in the truest sense of the word.
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Elder Gabriel (Bunge) on UOC, Sviatohirsk martyrdom and judgment of history
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Why the UOC should not have to apologize for a “Moscow” Liturgy
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"Don’t let this death be silenced": global reaction to murder in Sviatohirsk
Primates of Local Churches call for the murderers of monk Varsonofiy to be found and speak of the atmosphere of hatred toward the UOC that made the crime possible.
We rob you blind while you smash churches
When a country is being robbed of money meant for bomb shelters and body armor, it urgently needs someone else to blame. The UOC has been cast as the scapegoat.
Can a recording pray?
The “OCU service” performed to a phonogram at the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra prompts reflection not only on the permissibility of this practice, but on the very meaning of worship.