Source link Those who come to the country must comply with its laws and respect its customs, Patriarch Kirill has said Russians have the right to demand that migrants respect the country’s culture and traditions, as well as acquiring knowledge of the Russian language, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has said. […]
Source link The SBU has targeted Orthodox journalists reporting on the country’s church crackdown Several employees of the Union of Orthodox Journalists (UOJ) have been subjected to raids by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), the group said on Tuesday. The UOJ has reported on the ongoing persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) by […]
Source link Greek lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex weddings in the country, despite staunch opposition by the Orthodox Church of Greece and almost half of the population. The bill was approved on Thursday by a majority of 176 lawmakers in the 300-seat Greek parliament, as 76 rejected it and 46 were not present for […]
Source link Lawyers reportedly warn that the attempt to outlaw a “historic institution” will harm Ukraine’s EU bid Kiev’s attempts to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) could have “dire consequences” for the nation’s hopes of joining the EU, The Telegraph newspaper quoted lawyers as saying on Saturday.The Ukrainian parliament is expected to vote later […]
Source link Russia must take urgent action to ensure the “proliferation” of its people, Patriarch Kirill believes Russia must take “extraordinary and effective measures” to fix its demographic situation, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, has said. Speaking during an annual Eparchial meeting in Moscow earlier this week, the Patriarch […]
Source link Federal judges have sided with the Bavarian government in its litigation against an atheist group The authorities in Bavaria have the right to demand that Christian crosses be placed in all government buildings, the German Federal Administrative Court – one of the nation’s five federal supreme courts – ruled on Tuesday. The decision […]
Source link Banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church might violate human rights, the intergovernmental organization has said Kiev’s push to outlaw the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) would violate freedom of religion, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Tuesday. Turk spoke at the meeting of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, […]
Source link A spokesman for the Russian church branded the move “lawless” and an “attempt to intimidate parishioners” Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been put on a criminal wanted list by Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. The document identified the Patriarch by his secular name and described him as “an individual hiding […]
Source link There can be no “passive stance” when it comes to confronting the danger, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said The entire planet is threatened by the “evil” that Moscow is currently fighting, Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, said on Tuesday. The Russian world is a significant […]
Source link Legislation outlawing the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) over alleged Russia links should apparently be passed in early 2024 A bill that would ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) might be passed already in early 2024, the speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, has said. Authorities in Kiev have long accused the UOC of having […]
Source link A priest’s jaw was reportedly broken in the latest attack on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church A group of men wearing khakis broke into a Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) monastery on Monday in what the diocese described as the latest raid on its property. Police and Ukrainian nationalists reportedly assisted in the violent seizure. […]