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The persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians is the religious persecution which has been faced by the clergy and the adherents of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Eastern Orthodox Christians have been persecuted during various periods in the history of Christianity when they lived under the rule of non-Orthodox Christian political structures.
Ukrainian hierarchies abroad also reacted with indignation to the action of the Polish government, Archbishop Ioann Teodorovych, the metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA, "condemned the destruction of churches, the forcible conversion of Orthodox parishioners to Roman Catholicism, and the Vatican's illegal sale to Poland of ...
The same Razumkov Center survey breaks down the 64.9 percent identifying as Christian Orthodox as 13.2 percent belonging to the newly-formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine, 7.7 percent Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP); 10.6 percent Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) (UOC-MP), 30.3 percent “just an Orthodox ...
In particular, 63% believe that Ukrainian Orthodox Church should be completely banned in Ukraine. Metropolitan Clement, spokesperson of the UOC criticized the bill in a statement on Facebook ...
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which counted 6% of the respondents as followers, has for years faced accusations that it is a tool of Moscow's influence in Ukraine and that some of its ...
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law envisaging a ban on the activities of a Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox church, paving the way for a historic rupture with an ...
The Russian Orthodox Church notes that the draft law "is essentially aimed at banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church." [56] After the final adoption of the draft law on August 20, 2024, Metropolitan Kliment declared "the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will continue to live as a true church. Maybe the Ukrainian Orthodox Church forbids the Moscow ...
KYIV (Reuters) -The Ukrainian parliament gave initial approval on Thursday to a law that would ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church after Kyiv accused it of collaborating with Russia following last ...