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I was neither interested in it nor used it, - Metropolitan Onufriy of UOC-MP admits he had Russian citizenship Metropolitan Onufriy (Berezovsky) of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate said that he had previously owned Russian citizenship, emphasizing that now he only has a Ukrainian passport. 21 347 149 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church disbanded The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church has been liquidated. 14 467 120 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Filaret urgently calls local council to "resurrect" Kyiv Patriarchate Honorable Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) Filaret has set a date for an urgent local council, during which he wants to officially resume the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP). 32 410 338 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Tomos of church autocephaly will not be revoked - Poroshenko's adviser Pavlenko If the conditions set out in the tomos are not violated, if the church does not revise or amend it, revoking the tomos is off the table. 5 665 34 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
320 Moscow Patriarchate parishes joined OCU after Tomos, - Poroshenko Since the Tomos of Autocephaly was granted to Ukraine, 320 parishes have joined Ukraine's independent Orthodox Church. 6 896 111 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Mt Athos monks stand by Patriarch Bartholomew regarding "Ukrainian issue" Members of the Holy Community of Mount Athos commented on Russia’s pressure on Athos connected with granting of Autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU). 41 619 110 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Over 100 UOC-MP parishes converted into OCU, - Epiphanius More than 100 of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy (UOC-MP) parishes have converted into Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU). 6 841 80 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Poroshenko endorses religious communities conversion law: "No more questions about patriarchy" Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has endorsed the religious communities conversion law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on Jan. 17, 2019. 11 580 149 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Church of Cyprus to recognize Metropolitan Epiphanius, - Archbishop Chrysostomos Archbishop of Cyprus said he knows about Metropolitan Epiphanius’ wish to establish communion and expressed his agreement. He also mentioned that Epiphanius had already been to Cyprus, is familiar with the local situation and fluent in Greek. 14 782 149 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Epiphanius: Ukrainian, Russian parishes to restore friendship eventually Head of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU) Epiphanius calls for putting no pressure on those who want to stay with the Russian Orthodox Church and hopes that good relations will be eventually restored. 13 324 221 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
If UOC (MP) refuses to rename itself, it will lose its legal status, - Filaret The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchy will lose its legal entity right unless it renames itself as Russian Orthodox Church. 11 440 144 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Epiphanius denies OCU’s subordination to Istanbul Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU) Metropolitan Epiphanius stressed that the Ukrainian church is not subordinated to Istanbul. 6 071 145 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Poroshenko promises to preserve religious peace in Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko says he will preserve religious peace in the country. 4 204 229 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Poroshenko welcomes religious communities conversion law: "No more questions about patriarchy" Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has welcomed the religious communities conversion law adopted by the Verkhovna Rada today. 14 896 189 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Verkhovna Rada defines conversion mechanism for religious communities Verkhovna Rada has adopted the draft law No. 4128-d defining the conversion mechanism for religious communities. 17 339 118 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Tomos intended to divide Russia and Ukraine people, Putin says Russian president Putin believes the creation of Orthodox Church in Ukraine (OCU) legitimizes schismatic communities with the followers of Ukraine’s Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate being harrassed. 27 616 337 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Poroshenko asks Ukrainians to "ignore Moscow’s instructions" and not to seek absence of autocephaly in Tomos Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko calls on Ukrainians to "ignore Moscow’s instructions" and not to seek for the absence of autocephaly in Tomos. 9 281 187 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
We are not leaving Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, - UOC MP archimandrite Polikarp Ukraine Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy is neither going to leave Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra nor take church treasures to Russia. 32 485 280 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Over 20 parishes of UOC MP in Vinnytsia region join Orthodox Church of Ukraine As much as five parishes of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) joined the newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) last weekend alone. 33 534 106 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
By disputing law "on renaming of churches," UOC-MP recognized its dependence on Russian Orthodox Church, - Yevstratii (Zoria) Bill No. 5309 obliging religious communities to indicate in their names the subordination to aggressor state-based Church, if any, has no direct relevance to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) but by rejecting the law, this Church recognized its dependence on the Russian Orthodox Church. 16 892 71 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Newly elected primate of Ukraine's local Orthodox Church to be handed Tomos of Autocephaly in Constantinople on Jan. 6, - Archbishop Yevstratii (Zoria) The Ecumenical Patriarch is to hand in the Tomos of Autocephaly to the future primate of the local Orthodox Church in Ukraine in Constantinople on Jan. 6, 2019. 13 915 117 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Russian secret services plot provocations in Ukrainian cities during church unification council, - SBU Russian special services and occupation leadership of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" discussed holding of religious processions in various cities of Ukraine on the day of the church's unification council and provocations in order to trigger clashes with the law enforcers. 20 569 73 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Kyiv-based St Andrew’s Church to host first Hierarchical Liturgy of Patriarchal Stauropegia today The first Hierarchical Liturgy of Patriarchal Stauropegia will be held at St Andrew’s Church in Kyiv on Dec. 13. 9 235 125 Previously in trend: Creation of local church Ukraine's Church Unity Council to be held Dec. 15, President Poroshenko says President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko says the unification council of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church will be held on Dec. 15, 2018. 14 695 203 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Ecumenical Patriarchate says Holy Council of Ukraine's Orthodox Church to be held in December The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople said the Holy Council of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine had been scheduled for December 2018. 13 315 167 Previously in trend: Creation of local church Unidentified persons commit arson attack on Kyiv-based St. Andrew's Church. PHOTOS St. Andrew's Church in Kyiv came under failed arson attack in the early hours of Thursday, Nov. 15. 35 855 278 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Kyiv Patriarchate says arrangements for church unification assembly still underway, date not yet confirmed Media reports that the date for holding a unification assembly of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine has allegedly been chosen are just rumors. 10 030 165 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Poroshenko met with Moscow Patriarchate bishops supporting autocephaly for Ukrainian Orthodox Church Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday held a meeting with hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate supporting the creation of a new autocephalous church in Ukraine. 21 153 115 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
"There's nothing for you here, go back home to Russia," Poroshenko on Russian church, army presence in Ukraine President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko says the authorities in Ukraine clearly share the principle of non-interference of the state in church activities which especially applies to Russia, the interference of which has always been taking place in recent years. 48 171 485 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
"We’re going to ask Verkhovna Rada to rename Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate," - Filaret The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) is going to appeal to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to rename the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) into the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine. 12 623 139 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Moscow should recognize that Ukrainian people have right to church independence, - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I says the Russian Orthodox Church should accept the independence of the Ukrainian Church. 13 671 83 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Putin says those trying to "break humanitarian ties" of Russian Orthodox Church to face "grave consequences" Russian President Vladimir Putin sees the duty of Russia in "making every effort to preserve spiritual and historical unity." 33 815 164 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Filaret: Kremlin seeks for reason to 'protect' Orthodox believers in Ukraine Russian authorities are looking for a new reason to launch another "protection campaign" this time of Orthodox believers in Ukraine. 5 845 25 Previously in trend: Russian aggression against Ukraine Creation of local church It's up to Ecumenical Patriarch to decide when church unification council should be held, - Filaret Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) Filaret says he can not name the date of the convocation of the Unification Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox churches for it depends on the Ecumenical Patriarch. 3 092 20 Previously in trend: Creation of local church "Why everyone has right to autocephaly while 45-50 million Ukrainians does not?" Patriarch Bartholomew Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew says the issue of granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will be resolved in the best interests of the Ukrainian people. 28 102 216 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
"Giving assessments of Ukraine’s internal issues is none of Russian muftis’ business," Ismagilov to Russia’s chief mufti Statement by Chief Mufti of Russia, Talgat Tajuddin, that he opposes granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is unacceptable. 21 316 119 Previously in trend: Creation of local church Ecumenical Patriarch so far wants Ukrainian church to be headed by metropolitan rather than patriarch, - Filaret Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) Filaret voiced criteria that will be taken into account when electing the head of an independent Orthodox Church that will be created in Ukraine. 28 931 182 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
"No one will stop Ukrainian people and neither we will ask someone’s permission," - Poroshenko on looming autocephaly Autocephaly is a part of the public pro-European and pro-Ukrainian policy, which has been consistently implemented in the last 4 years. 12 541 274 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Lavras belong to state, their handover to pass off without violence, Kyiv Patriarchate spokesperson says Archbishop Yevstratii (Zoria), the press secretary of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP), says the Ukrainian Orthodox monasteries, namely the Kyiv-Pechersk, Pochaiv and Sviatohirsk lavras, should belong to the Ukrainian church. 19 237 84 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
"One step closer to obtaining tomos," - Poroshenko on St. Andrew’s Church transfer to Ecumenical Patriarchate President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko welcomed the parliament’s decision to transfer St. Andrew's Church to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. 12 025 227 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Russian clerics sever ties with Constantinople over 'encroachment' on Russian Orthodox Church's canonical territory The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church, which gathered in Minsk, Belarus, on Oct. 15, decided to break the eucharistic communication with the Ecumenical Patriarchate. 57 426 381 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
"Russia to protect interests of Orthodox faithful," - Kremlin vows to intervene in Ukraine’s local church creation The Russian Federation will certainly protect the interests of the Orthodox faithful in the same manner as Russia protects the interests of Russians and Russian speakers globally. 52 237 231 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Kyiv Patriarchate urges Ukraine's church heads to get ready for special unification council Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) Filaret has urged the hierarchs of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to prepare for a special unification council to approve the decision on church unity. 27 551 140 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
US supports Ukraine's will to have united local church, Envoy Volker says Kurt Volker, the U.S. state department's special envoy on Ukraine says the American government completely supports Ukraine's aspirations to have its own united local church. 5 151 91 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Constantinople makes benchmark decision to grant autocephaly to Ukraine's Church. VIDEO Ecumenical Patriarchate has decided to proceed to the granting of Autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine. 72 217 360 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Ecumenical Patriarchate restores Ukraine’s Patriarch Filaret, Archbishop Makarii to canonical status The schismatic Patriarch of Kyiv, Filaret, and the schismatic Archbishop of Ukraine, Makarii, are as of today considered canonical hierarchs of the Orthodox Church. 49 889 245 Previously in trend: Creation of local church "It will be all right. With God's help," - Ecumenical Patriarchate exarchs on granting autocephaly to Ukraine. PHOTOS Archbishop Daniel of Pamphilon from the United States and Bishop Ilarion of Edmonton from Canada - the exarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate - have arrived for a meeting of the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which kicked off in Istanbul yesterday, Oct. 9. 17 115 90 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
Parubii invites Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to visit Ukraine: "This would be milestone event" Speaking with the Exarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Chairman of the Ukrainian parliament, Andrii Parubii asked them to invite the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to visit Ukraine. 7 649 95 Previously in trend: Creation of local church 
