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A Russian missile landed near a children s summer camp at a Ukrainian church, the blast waves causing the walls and windows ...

In 2019, Ukraine's Orthodox Church was granted independence from the Russian Orthodox Church by the ecumenical patriarch in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey). It caused an uproar in Moscow.

Zomchak said even though the church comes from the people of Ukraine, it’s Orthodox Christian. Alice Dobransky, 92, of Youngstown, is among the oldest members of the congregation.

Critics say Kyiv is attacking religious freedom in its efforts to break the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s ties with Moscow. Ukraine says it’s acting in self-defense.

A day earlier, on Ukraine’s Independence Day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed into law a long-debated bill outlawing churches affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church ...

Pope Francis on Ukraine’s Russian Orthodox Church ban: ‘Churches are not to be touched!’ Pope Francis greets the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square on Aug. 25, 2024. | Credit: Vatican Media ...

The church “is used by Russia to justify and support aggression against Ukraine and Putin’s insane policies in general,” the state agency claimed. Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the ...

Ukraine’s parliament moved forward on Tuesday with long-standing plans to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). A lopsided 265 votes to 29 were cast in favor of a bill that will shut down ...

"The church in Ukraine will be free from Moscow's influence," commented Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky's chief of staff, just a few days before the bill was adopted.

Kyiv says the church, called the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), has been spreading pro-Moscow propaganda and housing spies. Some 265 lawmakers passed a bill banning the Russian Orthodox Church ...