St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Dixonville welcomed its new pastor, the Rev. Fr. James Cairns and his wife, Pani Denise (Greene) Cairns, to the church family April 7. Fr. James was ...

Ukrainian government moves to ban Orthodox church branch it says failed to completely sever longstanding ties with pro-war Moscow. Action deepens religious battleground in war, coming year after ...

The measure, which awaits President Volodymyr Zelensky’s signature, would further a long, post-Soviet split between two of the world’s largest Orthodox communities. By Andrew E. Kramer Ukraine’s ...

Close observers of Eastern Orthodox Christianity were not surprised when the recent World Russian People's Council bluntly rejected "abortion propaganda" efforts to promote LGBTQ+ rights and this age ...

Ukraine is moving to outlaw Russia-linked church Kyiv accuses the UOC of spreading Russian propaganda The UOC has tried to distance itself from Moscow Clerics in Russia accuse Kyiv of religious ...

Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to allow a Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox church to be outlawed, contrary to online claims, opens new tab saying the country banned Christianity. Posts on Facebook ...

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, speaking Friday before a New York audience, defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine, and he denounced the Russian ...

A prayer service marking the third anniversary of the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine takes place Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Whitehall Township. Arch Bishop Daniel ...

(RNS) — The monastery’s fate has been in question since Russia’s invasion in February 2022 has brought a series of crackdowns on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has historical ties to Moscow.

The State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience has ordered the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate to eliminate legal violations related to its affiliation with ...