UOC continues legal battle for Dormition Cathedral in Volodymyr
The Dormition Cathedral in Volodymyr. Photo: open sources
In Volodymyr, the religious community of the UOC filed a lawsuit demanding that the registration of ownership of the Dormition Cathedral be canceled by the Volyn Regional Military Administration and their right for the temple be restored.
“The UOC parish has filed a lawsuit demanding the cancellation of the property ownership registration under the Volyn Regional Military Administration and the recognition of its right of use,” said Karina Marinevych, head of the Information and Internal Policy Department of the Volyn RMA.
Representatives of the Volodymyr-Volyn Eparchy of the UOC claim that they did not have time to take some items, particularly icons, icon cases, and crosses. These items are currently with the executive service and the balance holder.
"It is too early to make clear statements. It is necessary to determine what exactly belongs to the religious community and what is an object of cultural heritage. For this, a legal strategy and methodology for the return of property are currently being developed," explained the head of the Reserve "Ancient Volodymyr" Volodymyr Pikaliuk. How long the process of establishing ownership will last is still unknown.
Currently, the religious community of the UOC is conducting services in the Chapel of All Saints of the Volyn land in Volodymyr. The cathedral itself is sealed and under guard.
As reported, on October 10, 2025, the authorities took away the buildings of the Dormition Cathedral and the eparchial administration from the UOC. Later, MP Ihor Huz announced that the OCU would serve in the church.
Read also
Metropolitan Onuphry leads Liturgy at Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra's skete
The Primate of the UOC performed a diaconal ordination and prayed for peace in Ukraine on the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repressions.
Ministry of Culture shows Soviet space museum in Orthodox church of Pereyaslav
On the territory of the Pereyaslav Reserve, there is a Soviet space museum based at St. Paraskeva's Church.
Prayer processions on Family Purity Day held in Georgia
In ten cities across the country, believers participated in prayer processions under the leadership of the newly-elected Catholicos-Patriarch Shio III.
Metropolitan Serhiy of Ternopil concelebrates with Patriarch Shio in Georgia
A hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church concelebrated with Patriarch Shio at the Liturgy on Day of Family Purity at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Georgian Church.
Dumenko congratulates Patriarch Shio and assures him of his prayers
In a message to the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, the head of the OCU Dumenko asked for prayers for Ukraine.
Filaret: In 2008, I secretly agreed with Bartholomew on recognizing UOC-KP
In a 2017 interview published only now, the UOC-KP head admitted he personally held secret talks at the Phanar, even though Constantinople officially regarded him as anathematized – and the Phanar was offering not autocephaly but the "acquisition" of the UOC-KP.