VR MP "agrees actions" with Dumenko on transferring UOC communities to OCU

On his Facebook page, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Igor Guz spoke about his meeting with Epifaniy Dumenko, at which he discussed the actions of the parliament to “activate the transitions” of the communities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to the OCU.

Guz wrote that the "transition" issue was the key topic of the meeting, during which they "synchronized approaches, coordinated interaction." The VR’s MP also stated "there will be no church institutions supervised from Russia after our victory in Ukraine."

Screenshot of Igor Guz's Facebook post.

As reported by the UOJ, MP Igor Guz called on the UOC to "repent and dissolve itself".

Ukraine's Justice Ministry to introduce chaplain posts in prisons

Ukraine's Ministry of Justice and the State Criminal Executive Service agreed to create a working group to launch a pilot project on chaplaincy service in prisons.

TRC abducts UOC church rector in Kyrdany village

TThe Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) promised to release a UOC priest after checking his documents but instead the clergyman was sent to a military unit.

26.6M hryvnias allocated to restore Lavra's Dormition Cathedral

The Lavra Reserve signs a UAH 26.6 million contract to preserve the damaged Dormition Cathedral.

OCU сleric: Even those who think in Russian are outsiders in Ukraine

OCU cleric Ivan Rybaruk called Russian-speaking Ukrainians "outsiders" who, in times of danger, would "grab everything and flee like tumbleweeds."

ROC approves procedure for receiving members of Ukrainian schismatic groups

The ROC Synod has adopted a document governing the reception of communities and clergy from the OCU, UOC-KP, and UAOC.

OCU cleric's church preference poll delivers unexpected results

When an OCU cleric from Rivne asked Ukrainians which Church they preferred, most Threads users who responded chose the UOC.