KIEV, December 15. /TASS/. Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has declared establishment of a new church in the country – the Autocephalous Orthodox Church. “I congratulate everyone on setting up the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church which has been just created at St. Sophia’s,” he said addressing the crowd in Sofiyskaya Square after the end of the…

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has arrived at Kyiv’s St. Sophia Square, where thousands of people gathered waiting for the decisions of the unification council of the Ukrainian Orthodox churches. Poroshenko spoke with people near the St. Sophia Cathedral, a UNIAN Information Agency correspondent has reported. “We’re standing and praying for the Ukrainian church to be…

MOSCOW, December 15 – The Ukrainian church will not be able to make independent decisions if granted autocephaly as it will be closely controlled by the Constantinople Patriarchate, Spokesman for Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia Rev. Alexander Volkov told Russia’s NTV channel on Saturday. “The noose is tightening and now the schismatics will…

In total, 192 delegates will take part in the unification council. A unification council will be held at Kyiv’s St. Sophia Cathedral on December 15, during which it is planned to announce the creation of a new, unified, independent Orthodox Church in Ukraine, approve its charter, and elect its leader in two rounds. The Ukrainian…

The unification council will be attended by such honored guests as Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy. Some 192 delegates will take part in the unification council of the Orthodox churches in Kyiv on December 15: they will announce the creation of a new, unified, independent Orthodox…

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union issued a public statement, congratulating the UN for this remarkable achievement. The signatories emphasise the religious environment in which this declaration was baked and the…

The Church of the Dormition was built on the banks of the Don more than a century ago, but as did many Russian churches, it fell into ruin after the godless authorities took power in 1917. But now, thanks to the active construction work that has been started at the church, the bells once again…

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent messages to the Primates of the Local Orthodox Churches; Pope Francis; Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head of the Anglican Communion; Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches; Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General; Mr. Thomas Greminger, Secretary General…

Kiev, December 13 – The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) has condemned a liturgy performed by a Constantinople representative at the St. Andrew’s Church in Kiev. “Any religious service or any other activity by any archbishop on the canonical grounds of another diocese without the local bishop’s permission is prohibited by a number of canonical rules,”…