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.

A political commissar’s vocabulary: Three interviews with Epifaniy Dumenko

In just six days, the OCU leader managed to call an end to church seizures “capitulation,” describe Lavra monks as “hired hands,” and portray the U.S. vice president as a victim of propaganda.

The Council of Crete: a decade of unity in name only

Constantinople marked the anniversary of the Council of Crete with a theological conference in France. They spoke about the unity of Orthodoxy, although over the past years there has noticeably been less of it.

Yelensky’s plan: Why is DESS demanding what the UOC has already done?

DESS is demanding that the UOC take steps it has already taken, while offering no assurance that further demands will not follow. What is behind Yelensky’s ultimatum?

Why OCU hierarchy lacks canonical ordination: what Local Churches say

The OCU head refuses to address invalidity of his ordinations. But almost all Local Churches speak of it – even those that recognized the OCU.

Why nation-first advocates do not call for peace

Ukraine’s population is declining by nearly one million people a year, and experts are warning of the nation’s demographic extinction. Yet the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) continue to call for war and mobilization.

The deception that decided the fate of the Tomos

In 2008, the "Filaret problem" derailed Yushchenko's plan. In 2018, Poroshenko solved it in just one hour – with a police escort for the Greeks and verbal promises to Filaret.