Ukrainian Church Crisis

Recent news

• Cypriot Archbishop commemorates schismatic Dumenko in Romania, where he’s not recognized
• Romanian Church intends to push ahead with “Romanian Orthodox Church in Ukraine”
• Orthodox hierarchs and clergy condemn violent seizure of UOC’s Cherkasy cathedral
• Servants of hell assaulted Metropolitan Theodosy in church seizure, say UOC hierarchs
• Metropolitan Theodosy diagnosed with burns and concussion after violent seizure of Cherkasy cathedral (+VIDEO)
• Violent seizure of Orthodox cathedral in Cherkasy leaves dozens injured (+VIDEO)
• Ukrainian court extends bishop’s detention for another 2 months
• More Ukrainian priests called up to the army
• Latest UN human rights report again highlights persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Ukrainian faithful defend Cherkasy cathedral from violent seizure
• Canonical priests targeted for military draft in Western Ukraine
• Ukrainian procession honors wonderworking icon despite attempts to block the route (+VIDEO)
• Ukraine: Last functioning Orthodox church in Irpin seized by schismatics
• Ukraine launches search of another Orthodox monastery
• “No one can forbid the Liturgy or the Sacraments”—Chancellor of canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Assembly of Canonical Bishops concerned about Ukrainian law targeting canonical Church
• True Christians of the last times will be known by their patience and love—Metropolitan Onuphry
• Constantinople-aligned Czech bishop dissents from Synod’s support for persecuted Ukrainian Church
• Ukraine takes another cathedral from the Orthodox Church
• Schismatics evicting priest with four young children
• Ukrainian hierarch: If we follow the canons, our Church will prevail
• Jerusalem Patriarchate condemns law on banning the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Schismatics use tear gas and fire extinguishers against Orthodox Christians in yet another church seizure
• Ukrainian abbot drafted into army
• UOC hierarch: Joining the schismatics or Constantinople or self-proclaiming autocephaly would be disastrous
• International conference in defense of persecuted Ukrainian Church held in Bulgaria
• Albanian Church calls for “abolition of absurd law” on the banning of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• 30,000 Ukrainian faithful process to Pochaev Lavra for feast of Dormition
• Banning the UOC: Patriarch Kirill appeals to religious and secular authorities, WCC and Pope condemn the law
• Zelensky signs bill on banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Patriarch of Antioch stands with persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Serbian Church stands with the persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Russian Synod responds to ban on UOC: Ukraine has surpassed even the Soviet Union
• Constantinople reps in Ukraine to discuss “Church unity” as Parliament green lights ban on Orthodox Church
• “No one can outlaw Christ”—UOC hierarch encourages flock as state prepares to ban Orthodox Church
• Bulgarian Patriarch informs U.S. ambassador about persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Ukraine adopts bill 8371 on banning the Orthodox Church
• Kiev Caves Lavra brotherhood issues statement on state taking another church away
• Another church taken and sealed at the persecuted Kiev Caves Lavra
• Ukrainian authorities will not register “Romanian Orthodox Church of Ukraine”
• UOC lawyer Amsterdam: Documents reveal Ukraine’s plan to ban UOC and force it to join Constantinople
• Thousands fill Pochaev Lavra for feast of Pochaev Icon of the Mother of God (+VIDEO)
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church celebrates Baptism of Rus’, feast of St. Vladimir the Great (+VIDEO)
• Kiev court orders representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to vacate the Eletsky Monastery in Chernigov
• Pro Bono attorney announces a television broadcast in the US featuring a segment about persecution of the UOC
• A rally of Orthodox faithful and clergy held in support of the persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• UOC lawyer condemns Ukraine’s treatment of bishops as prisoners of war
• First Liturgy in Ukrainian village church in 90+ years
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church celebrates Metropolitan Onuphry’s name’s day
• Convicted Ukrainian hierarch was released from Ukraine
• Another round of searches and investigations against Met. Theodosy, who refused to be exchanged as prisoner of war
• Court upholds 5-year sentence against elderly Ukrainian Orthodox hierarch
• Ukraine: Orthodox villagers defend monastery against schismatic plot
• 10-minute LGBT march held in Kiev
• Ukrainian Church lawyer warns of increased persecution following peace conference
• Ukrainian MP congratulates imprisoned employees of the Union of Orthodox Journalists with International Journalist Day
• Former Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) deputy head: There are no legal grounds for banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Odious Pochaev Lavra inspection postponed due to visit by OCA head, Metropolitan Tikhon
• Cyber-attacks on the Svyatogorsk Lavra
• Russian Synod forbids concelebration with Bulgarian hierarchs who concelebrated with schismatics
• “Let them sue St. Luke himself”—UOC hierarch being prosecuted for quoting St. Luke of Simferopol
• Kiev will check dozens of churches for “legality of use”
• Bulgarian priests and faithful denounce episcopal concelebration with Ukrainian schismatics
• Metropolitan of Montenegro in support of persecuted Ukrainian Metropolitan-Abbot of Svyatogorsk Lavra
• Orthodox faithful hold procession and prayers at site of demolished Tithes Church in Kiev (+VIDEO)
• Bulgarian hierarchs concelebrate with Ukrainian schismatics in Istanbul
• Under cover of night, Ukraine destroys Tithes Church, built on site of first Kievan cathedral
• Persecuted Ukrainian hierarchs are confessors of the Orthodox faith—Serbian hierarch’s open letter
• UOC’s Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye placed under nighttime house arrest
• UOC bishop-abbot faces years in prison for sermon mentioning roadblocks, monastic brotherhood responds
• Security Service detains Metropolitan-abbot of Ukrainian Church’s Svyatogorsk Lavra
• Persecuted Metropolitan Longin detained at checkpoint following another surgery
• Arson at Orthodox monastery in northwestern Ukraine
• Ukraine targets canonical Church rep after he informed international group about persecution of UOC
• Schismatics have seized 1,500 canonical churches in Ukraine—UOC Chancellor
• Following Parliamentary request, criminal case opened over beating of Orthodox Christians in central Ukraine
• Canonical Ukrainian Synod calls on Parliament not to pass law that would ban the Church
• Ukrainian museum raising funds to dismantle a church that it calls “garbage”
• Sites covering the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church blocked in Ukraine
• Supreme Court of Ukraine for first time declares forced transition from UOC to schismatic OCU to be legal
• Ukrainian Ministry calls for sanctions against retired Metropolitan of Crimea
• Young men beat Ukrainian priest, destroy his house where parish was worshiping (+VIDEO)
• 30th anniversary of persecuted abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra
• Ukrainian hierarch recovers from stroke, discharged from hospital
• UOC lawyer calls on Patriarch Bartholomew to do the right thing and defend the Church
• UN again sounds alarm on violence against Ukrainian Orthodox people and churches
• Court deprives UOC Cherkasy Diocese of land around cathedral
• Persecuted Ukrainian hierarch suffers a stroke
• Metropolitan Onuphry blesses special Lenten prayer rule for Ukrainian flock
• Ukrainian Security Service conducted more than 20 searches of Orthodox journalists, hierarchs respond
• Security Service raids offices of Orthodox journalists and lawyers
• Russian Synod establishes temporary authority over portions of UOC’s Zaporozhye Diocese
• Ukrainian Church calls on Romanian Church to reconsider opening its own structure in Ukraine
• Romanian Synod establishes “Romanian Orthodox Church of Ukraine,” Ukrainian hierarch responds
• Ukrainian authorities going after another hierarch of the canonical Ukrainian Church
• Another Ukrainian hierarch hospitalized under pressure of state persecution
• Persecuted Metropolitan Longin undergoes another heart surgery
• Hundreds of Orthodox faithful outside church overtaken by schismatics (+VIDEO)
• Kiev Caves Lavra responds to Ukraine’s propaganda report to the UN
• Kiev Lavra monk must wear ankle bracelet, surrender passport
• Armed men brutally beat Ukrainian Orthodox Christians and seize their church (+VIDEOS)
• It was U.S. policy to destroy the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, says Church’s lawyer
• Kiev City Council gives Lavra land plots to state authorities
• Police investigating beating of Metropolitan Longin of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Persecuted Metropolitan Longin attacked at home, has to undergo surgery
• Schismatics remove St. Alexander Nevsky from their liturgical calendar
• Ukrainian officials lie to UN, deny violence against Orthodox faithful despite video proof (+VIDEOS)
• Ukraine puts Patriarch Kirill on its wanted list, Russia responds in kind
• Moldovan hierarch visits monastery of Ukrainian hierarch whose health is deteriorating amidst persecution (+VIDEOS)
• ROCOR Synod issues statement on the Nativity Fast and fratricidal warfare
• Territorial defense and police seize Orthodox church in central Ukraine
• Fr. Cyril (Hovorun), supporter of schismatics, is subject to defrocking, ecclesiastical court rules
• Persecuted Metropolitan Longin again hospitalized with heart problems​
• Hundreds rally in support of persecuted Metropolitan Longin of UOC in Romania and Moldova
• Pochaev Lavra and Seminary are Ukraine’s latest target—female students forced out of their rooms (+VIDEO)
• Ukraine: 50+ Deputies call for international examination of bill to ban the UOC
• U.S. and UN commissions are monitoring persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Schismatics break priest’s jaw, throw nuns out into the streets in monastery seizure (+VIDEO)
• Czech-Slovak Synod stands with persecuted Ukrainian Church
• Armed men cordon off monastery after seizure by schismatics
• Ukraine closes Orthodox churches of Ancient Chernigov Preserve, leaves schismatic churches open
• Schismatics and Uniates attack pregnant woman, seize churches
• Armed security forces surround Ukrainian monastery that is home to hundreds of orphans (+VIDEO)
• Kiev Court upholds attempts to forcefully rename Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Ukrainian propaganda group blatantly lies to U.S. audiences, claims there is no persecution
• Dutch and German deputies oppose Ukraine’s accession to EU because of persecution of Orthodox Church
• Patriarch Kirill calls for prayers for those in UOC who strive to preserve Church unity
• Targeted UOC hierarch instructs his priests how to serve under persecution
• UOC lawyer pens warning letter to Ukrainian Parliament
• Ukraine evicts Ukrainian Church from cathedral in western Ternopil Province
• Truth about what’s happening to the Ukrainian Church is banned in the U.S., UOC lawyer tells Tucker Carlson (+VIDEO)
• Constantinople priest: The OCU is a spiritually deluded, frivolous church—Patriarch Bartholomew greatly erred
• Ukrainian gov’t behaves just like Lenin and Stalin—Metropolitan Mark of Berlin
• Ukrainian Church protests state discrimination
• “Whatever they do to us, we’ll still love everyone”—Metropolitan Onuphry on bill to ban the Church
• Abbot of Vatopedi (Mt. Athos) concelebrates with schismatic who personally led violent anti-Orthodox attack
• Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Nicholas of ROCOR send messages on looming ban of Ukrainian Church
• Ukrainian Parliament votes for bill to ban UOC in first reading, second reading still to come
• Metropolitan Onuphry suspends priest who served with schismatics and Constantinople bishop
• Ukraine: 350+ Orthodox parishes re-registered to schismatics so far this year
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church receiving pro bono defense from international law firm
• Persecuted UOC hierarch addresses UN Human Rights Council
• Violent schismatics break women’s ribs and legs, injure several others (+VIDEO)
• 14 hierarchs in court, 19 clerics deprived of citizenship—Ukrainian Security Service publishes stats on its persecution of UOC
• Ukrainian authorities block monastery and cathedrals in Chernigov, prevent Liturgy
• UOC hierarch sentenced to prison meets with UN Human Rights reps
• Met. Luke of Zaporozhye to Secretary of State Blinken about persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Kiev court orders police to investigate crimes of anti-Orthodox activists at Lavra
• Fr. Cyril (Hovorun), supporter of schismatics, suspended by Patriarch Kirill
• Ukraine’s Svyatogorsk Lavra given stavropegial status under Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev
• Ukrainian Synod: Love and bless your enemies, bear witness to the love of Christ!
• Kiev Caves Lavra chapel and holy spring desecrated with Nazi symbols
• Court upholds city council decision to cut all ties with Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Authorities cut off electricity to Western Ukrainian convent
• Kiev City Council considering demolition of 74 Orthodox churches
• Kiev Theological Schools kick off new year at new location after being expelled from Lavra (+VIDEO)
• “I will have the opportunity to defend the Church of Christ,” writes latest bishop targeted by Ukrainain government
• Ukraine brings charges against another bishop, two priests
• “If you imprison him, imprison us too!”—Ukrainian diocese intercedes for its persecuted hierarch
• Authorities now targeting nuns in Western Ukrainian convent
• Human rights investigation into state abuse at Kiev Caves Lavra begins
• Persecuted abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra discharged from hospital after heart attack
• Three Ukrainian lavras celebrate patronal feast of Dormition, thousands in procession despite efforts against them (+VIDEOS)
• Kiev Theological Schools forced to leave the Kiev Caves Lavra
• Case starts against Metropolitan Theodosy of Cherkasy, OCU “clerics” attend as fake “victims”
• Metropolitan Onuphry forbidden from entering Lower Lavra
• Procession to Pochaev Lavra begins despite police attempts to turn everyone away
• Lavra: Police break down doors to monks’ buildings, schismatics enter Metropolitan Onuphry’s residence (+VIDEOS)
• Persecuted abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra diagnosed with serious heart condition after surgery
• Persecuted abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra undergoes emergency heart surgery
• Kiev Caves Lavra: People locked in with no food, Communion through closed gates, vandalized icons (+VIDEO)
• Hierarch of Constantinople visits Zelensky, OCU, Lavra as state blocks pilgrims from entering monastery
• Criminal proceedings opened against Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye
• “They’re trying to shut us up”—Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye on police interrogation
• Court upholds Ukrainian Church’s eviction from Lower Lavra, UOC will appeal
• Ukrainian hierarch sentenced to 5 years in prison
• Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra released after months of house arrest and detention
• Metropolitan Onuphry leads feast of Pochaev Icon with thousands of hierarchs, clergy, faithful (+VIDEOS)
• Schismatics seize another church, throw priest with 7 children into the street
• UOC Chancellor explains why the Church isn’t switching to the New Calendar
• Ukrainian hierarch appeals to U.S. media on behalf of persecuted UOC
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church celebrates St. Vladimir and the Baptism of Rus’ (+VIDEOS)
• Schismatics give final approval to New Calendar—the move is condemned by other schismatics
• Three UOC dioceses have appealed to state on behalf of detained abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra
• Ukrainian Metropolitan, father of 100s of orphans, victim of state oppression, suffers severe stroke
• Patriarch of Serbia calls on world leaders to fight for release of Kiev Caves abbot
• Thousands fill Kiev Caves Lavra for feast day of founder St. Anthony (+VIDEO)
• Russian Bishops’ Conference addresses Ukraine, Constantinople, and other issues of Church life
• “You have left an indelible mark in our hearts”—Kiev Caves Lavra brotherhood to their persecuted abbot
• Ukraine blocks fundraising for Metropolitan Pavel’s $900,000 bail
• “All the accusations are utter lies”—abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra addresses the brotherhood from detention
• Ukraine: Rivne Diocese appeals to authorities about detention of abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra
• Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra moved from house arrest to pre-trial detention center
• “Orthodox Ukrainians are deeply touched by our Serbian brethren in Christ”—Met. Luke offers thanks for support of UOC
• Old Calendar Christmas no longer a public holiday in Ukraine
• Ukrainian Church launches site for broadcasts of services from Lavras and other monasteries, churches
• Zaporozhye city cuts off all relations with UOC, Metropolitan Luke calls on diocese to defend the Church
• Byzantine icons removed from Ukraine put on display at Louvre
• Medical cannabis is about as useful as medical alcohol—Ukrainian Council of Churches against legalization
• Schismatics destroy church doors, break parishioner’s arm during illegal seizure with police help
• Ukraine: Vandals set fire to wonderworking icon of Theotokos (+VIDEO)
• Authorities break into and seal residence of Metropolitan Onuphry and other buildings of Kiev Lavra (+VIDEOS)
• Ukrainian faithful again come to the defense of the Kiev Caves Lavra
• Belarusian Synod in defense of the Kiev Caves Lavra
• Court extends Lavra abbot’s house arrest again
• President Zelensky introduces bill to cancel celebration of Old Calendar Christmas, following Uniates and schismatics
• UNESCO denies reports that it has plans to evacuate Kiev Caves relics
• Ukraine didn’t forcefully evict Lavra monks thanks to UN, says new UN Human Rights report
• Kiev Caves Lavra celebrates 35th anniversary of revived monastic life
• Whatever happens, the Liturgy will be celebrated!—UOC hierarch prepares clergy for potential closure of all churches
• The Church is persecuted for warning against sin—UOC Chancellor on “Pride Month”
• Ukrainian сlergy and faithful defend church from schismatic seizure (+VIDEO)
• 100+ Serbian academics in defense of the persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Zaporozhye Diocese to city council: You don’t understand anything about the Church
• Court upholds Ukrainian Church’s eviction from the Upper Lavra
• Ukrainian primate is Met. Onuphry, but majority decision of Synod must be obeyed—Met. Nikiforos of Kykkos (Cyprus)
• Cyprus: New bishop of Paphos rejects commemoration of schismatic Epiphany of Kiev
• Demand that UOC leaves the Lavra is “illegal and groundless,” says Church’s Legal Department
• “Don’t condemn our father”—orphans plead for end to crusade against Metropolitan Longin (+VIDEO)
• UOC has three days to leave Kiev Caves Lavra, according to new state order
• Police caught on video using violence against priest and elderly women in church seizure (+VIDEO)
• Another bishop becomes target of Security Service of Ukraine
• Kiev Caves abbot gets another month of house arrest
• Schismatic hierarchs adopt New Calendar, want authorities to follow their lead and change state holidays
• Ukraine going after Metropolitan Longin, Hero of Ukraine, father of 100s of orphans (+VIDEO)
• Schismatics hold satanic “funeral” for UOC outside Kiev Caves Lavra (+VIDEO)
• Court case against another UOC hierarch—his diocesan website had links to Russian Church sites
• Ukrainian and Russian Church reps meet with WCC delegation
• Schismatics attack parishioners, seize churches in Kiev Province
• State throws rocks in the face of the Mother of God—UOC’s Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye
• Ukrainian religious council blatantly lies to WCC, says there is no religious persecution in Ukraine
• Church seized and renamed by schismatics last month now stands empty (+VIDEO)
• Ukrainian bishop found guilty of “inciting religious enmity” for having Orthodox books
• Court resumes case on forcibly renaming the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Bans on UOC and church seizures will eventually all be overturned in court, says Ukrainian Deputy
• Don’t repeat the mistakes of Lenin, Stalin and Khruschev, Pochaev abbot tells local official
• Authorities admit: in Transcarpathia and Kiev no UOC churches join schismatics
• Radicals try to attack His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry (+VIDEO)
• Local authorities find “violations” at Pochaev Lavra
• Ukrainian Church deprived of land under churches across the country
• State must provide Church with report supposedly showing misuse of Lavra, says Kiev court
• Jerusalem hierarch calls on WCC to end persecution of Ukrainian Church
• Ukraine restricts access to Kiev Caves Lavra
• Antiochian Synod highlights persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Arsonist destroys beautiful church in western Ukraine (+VIDEO)
• Lavra will be used for arts and crafts and military rehab center, says Minister of Culture
• Orthodox prayers continue to ring out in Kiev Caves Lavra (+VIDEO)
• Lavra: Faithful forced to commune through bars of locked gate (+VIDEOS)
• Ukraine: Attacks at churches on Holy Pascha
• UOC bishop appeals to Pat. Bartholomew: You personally share in the blame for what’s happening
• We pray for those who spit in our faces—Ukrainian hierarch shows the Christian way
• State Dept. rep: I haven’t heard about church attacks and seizures in Ukraine
• Metropolitan Onuphry: We must defend our churches, but without malice
• VIDEO: Ukrainian bishop physically assaulted
• Man painfully dies after attacking priest and cross during church seizure
• ROCOR clergy call on Congress to stand up for persecuted Ukrainian Church
• Churches backhoed and set ablaze in Ukraine (+VIDEO)
• “Don’t leave the Lavra, don’t become traitors”—abbot’s message from house arrest
• Violent church seizures continue throughout Ukraine, priest hospitalized (+VIDEO)
• VIDEOS: Little girl bravely defends her Orthodox faith at Kiev Caves Lavra
• VIDEO: What the Ukrainian Church needs the world to know
• Let anti-Church protestors remember they will stand before God, says Metropolitan Onuphry at Lavra prayer rally
• Bill to evict Church from Pochaev Lavra submitted by dozens of Parliamentary Deputies
• Head of Czech-Slovak Church condemns persecution of Ukrainian Church
• Lavra abbot given 2 months of house arrest for criticizing Constantinople and schismatics, supposedly supporting war (+VIDEO)
• Orthodox continue to defend Lavra in face of blasphemy, mockery, and violence (+VIDEOS)
• Polish, Georgian, Czech-Slovak hierarchs support UOC and Kiev Caves Lavra
• Macedonian Church rejects communion with Ukrainian schismatics
• Ukraine cancels 2013 decree on transfer of Lavra to use of Ukrainian Church
• Metropolitan and clergy of Montenegro in defense of Kiev Caves Lavra
• Ukrainian faithful preventing state commission from sealing up Lavra churches
• “You’re not a good shepherd”—Zaporozhye faithful address to Patriarch Bartholomew
• One Lavra monk joins schismatics to become abbot of their “Lavra”
• State commission leaves Lavra without entering any churches
• Orthodox faithful guarding Lavra, blocking state commission members from entering (+VIDEOS)
• Archbishop of Prague protests persecution of Ukrainian Church
• The persecution of the UOC is the persecution of the entire Church—hierarch of Jerusalem Patriarchate
• Schismatics use tear gas, hospitalize priest in seizure of last Orthodox church in Ivano-Frankivsk (+VIDEOS)
• Holy Synod of Greece must condemn persecution of Kiev Caves Lavra—Metropolitan Seraphim of Kythira
• Lust for power is tyrannizing Ukrainian Church—Metropolitan Jonah (+VIDEOS)
• Ukraine’s goal is the destruction of Orthodoxy—Patriarch of Serbian Church
• Next target: schismatics create their own “Pochaev Lavra”
• Serbian hierarch appeals to UN to protect UOC and Kiev Caves Lavra
• Head of OCA issues statement in defense of Kiev Caves Lavra
• Eviction day: Hundreds of faithful praying in Kiev Lavra from early morning (+VIDEOS)
• Ukrainian hierarch tells about his persecuted Church in English-language appeal (+VIDEO)
• Police block faithful from visiting Pochaev Lavra, kick women and children off their buses
• Thousands again fill Kiev Caves Lavra for open-air Liturgy on Sunday of St. John Climacus (+VIDEO)
• “We are near to you in spirit,” Patriarch of Antioch tells Metropolitan Onuphry and Ukrainian Church
• The attack on the UOC and Lavra is an attack on the whole Church—Bulgarian bishop and monastics
• Serbian hierarch calls on Australia to stand up for Kiev Lavra
• Metropolitan of Zaporozhye calls for total fast against persecution of UOC
• “Let the lamp of prayer continue to burn in the Lavra”—Antiochian Metropolitan of Germany
• Patriarch of Georgia appeals to Patriarch Bartholomew on behalf of persecuted Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• “Bow to me and you’ll have no problems,” Pat. Bartholomew tells Met. Onuphry, according to Lavra abbot
• New video shows how UOC completely restored the dilapidated Kiev Caves Lavra (+VIDEO)
• Raise your voices for persecuted Ukrainian Church, ROCOR diocese calls
• OCA monastery appeals: Let the Lavra monks remain (+VIDEO)
• Ukrainian Synod calls on people to protect Kiev Caves Lavra
• The state spits on the saints and invites physical and spiritual disaster—Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozhye
• Schismatic raiders tear off Orthodox man’s finger with a crowbar
• World Council of Churches is concerned for Kiev Caves Lavra
• Kiev Caves: State cuts off access to relics, dubbed “cultural values,” and three more churches
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s appeal to President Zelensky
• Thousands of faithful again fill the Kiev Caves Lavra on Sunday of the Cross (+VIDEO)
• Top Ukrainian hierarchs at the Office of the President to convey their position (+VIDEO)
• Ukrainian Church responds to latest provocation from schismatic Epiphany Dumenko
• Bulgarian, Serbian, ROCOR hierarchs in defense of UOC and Kiev Caves Lavra
• Lavra monks can join OCU, Constantinople, or get out and go to Russia—state official
• Metropolis of Piraeus: Synod of Crete and Ukrainian autocephaly are forerunners to false union
• Biggest problem for Orthodoxy today is erroneous ecclesiology of Patriarchate of Constantinople—Ukrainian Holy Synod
• 25 churches seized in Ternopil Diocese but not a single priest went into schism
• Philaret Denisenko to pay archpastoral visit to America in June
• Ukrainian Diocese wins appeal case against schismatics
• Schismatics and Uniates build joint church-dentist waiting room in Donetsk
• Deacon and parishioners in Ovruch Diocese repent of schism, return to Ukrainian Church
• Those without canonical ordinations don’t have the Holy Spirit, they lead us to schisms and heresies—hierarch of Alexandria
• Bishop previously deprived of citizenship returns to Ukraine
• None of the 300 clerics of Rivne Diocese departed into schism—Bishop Pimen
• There is no one to serve, no one to go to the services: churches seized by schismatics in Volyn sit empty
• We recognize only Metropolitan Onuphry—abbot of Athonite Hilandar Monastery
• Metropolitan Onuphry: I want to see a Ukraine where love for Christ comes first
• I expected more concrete decisions on Ukraine from the Amman gathering—Metropolitan Onuphry
• Amman gathering: Pat. Kirill pinpoints 6 serious problems facing Church today, Romanian metropolitan calls for preparatory conference to set agenda for future pan-Orthodox council
• Priest who repented of schism just months before his repose is laid to rest in Ukraine
• Bulgarian Synod never discussed issue of sending a delegation to fraternal gathering in Jordan—Met. Gabriel of Lovech
• Greek Metropolitan of Corfu: Patriarch Bartholomew is upset that I support the canonical Ukrainian Church
• Fraternal gathering underway with participation of Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and delegations of 6 Churches
• Antiochian Church not sending any representatives to fraternal gathering in Jordan
• Bulgarian Church not sending any representatives to fraternal gathering in Jordan
• Bishop who left OCU to rejoin Philaret Denisenko accuses Epiphany Dumenko of deception
• Gorlovka Diocese of Ukrainian Church wins court case against schismatics
• Ukrainian schismatics promote unification of Orthodoxy and the papacy—Greek Metropolis of Piraeus
• Patriarch Ilia of Georgia will not attend fraternal gathering in Jordan
• Ukrainian priest repents and returns to Orthodox Church from schism
• Jerusalem delegation visits Patriarch Bartholomew, who again refuses to meet with his brother bishops in Jordan
• There are no plans to transfer the Kiev Caves and Pochaev Lavras, says Ukrainian Minister of Culture
• Ukrainian village faithful have greater thirst for God after losing church to schismatics, canonical rector says
• Romanian, Serbian, Polish Churches to attend Jerusalem’s gathering in Jordan
• Patriarch of Jerusalem reportedly invites primates a second time to gathering in Jordan
• Metropolitan of Kythira: Anniversary of OCU celebrated against background of persecution against canonical Church
• Case on forced renaming of Ukrainian Church opens in Constitutional Court
• Archbishop of Albania will not attend Jerusalem’s proposed gathering on Church unity
• Archimandrite from Athonite Philotheou Monastery leaves Liturgy, refusing to serve with schismatic OCU bishop
• Ukrainian villagers celebrate 1-year anniversary of round-the-clock prayer vigils in defense of their church
• The holiness of Metropolitan Onuphry’s faith attracts millions to him—Ukrainian Abbess Seraphima
• Not a single monastery or monastic has transferred to the schismatics—Ukrainian Abbess Seraphima
• Two Ukrainian parishes win court claims over being illegally re-registered to schismatic OCU
• Bishop leaves Epiphany’s OCU, returns to Philaret’s KP
• Schismatic Synod retires “Patriarch” Philaret, forbids him to ordain, continues to consider him member of their group
• U.S.—leading anti-Orthodox center—is planning to openly sponsor the schismatic OCU, canonical Ukrainian clergy say
• Schismatic Dumenko laments lawsuits protecting parishes from being “transferred” to OCU
• Secretary Pompeo and Ukrainian schismatics agree on bilateral cooperation
• Only a hierarch who has forgotten the Gospel could proclaim his primacy to the world—Met. Luke of Zaporozhye
• Metropolitan of Poland did not reject Patriarch of Jerusalem’s invitation, says Metropolitan’s assistant
• Philaret: I can return to UOC if it receives autocephaly; UOC: you can return to UOC if you repent
• Unrepentant Ukrainian schismatics not recognized as members of the Church—Serbian hierarch
• Archbishop of Kenya responds to priests who raised concerns about Patriarch’s recognition of Ukrainian schismatics
• Court orders Migration Service to return citizenship to Ukrainian bishop who was deported under Poroshenko
• Greek Church’s 2020 diptychs include Epiphany Dumenko and schismatic church
• Patriarch Bartholomew ordains priest for Church of Cyprus at Liturgy with schismatic Ukrainian bishop
• Georgian faithful publish appeal in support of persecuted Ukrainian and Montenegrin brothers
• Ukrainian monastery vandalized for third time in a year
• Patriarch of Jerusalem’s letter of invitation to discuss Ukrainian crisis published online
• Schismatic activists hospitalize clergy, laity in Ukrainian village (+ VIDEO)
• Archbishop of Cyprus ignores Patriarch of Jerusalem’s invitation to council to solve Ukrainian crisis
• Constantinople parish in Florida moves to ROCOR

• Russian Synod officially supports Patriarch of Jerusalem’s call for pan-Orthodox council on Ukrainian crisis
• Ukrainian delegation received by Georgian hierarchs during pilgrimage
• Patriarch of Jerusalem was pressured to recognize OCU but did not give in, says Archbishop of Cyprus
• Schismatics to be received by Baptism in Tulchin Diocese of canonical Ukrainian Church
• Fr. George Metallinos: Patriarch Bartholomew hastened to fulfill wish of great world power
• 9% of Ukrainians name reception of tomos of autocephaly as event of the year
• Metropolitan Onuphry: Fear not! We are in the Church created by Christ
• Diptychs of Greek Church for 2020 printed without mention of Epiphany Dumenko
• LGBT activist attends Ukrainian schismatics’ Bishops’ Council
• Pan-Orthodox council in Jordan proposed for February
• Czech-Slovak Church supports Jerusalem’s initiative for pan-Orthodox council on Ukraine
• Ukrainian Metropolitan Luke of Zaporozyhe addresses Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus
• Cypriot hierarchs respond to Archbishop’s accusations about Ukrainian crisis
• Supreme Court halts forced renaming of canonical Ukrainian Church
• African priests issue open letter about Patriarch’s recognition of OCU
• Archbishop of Cyprus condemns Russian Church’s reaction to Churches that recognize OCU
• Greek hierarch proposes giving autocephaly to Metropolitan Onuphry
• Ukrainian Church opens parish in Canada under spiritual care of Kiev Caves Lavra
• Elder Ephraim opposed recognition of Ukrainian schismatics, Metropolitan of Morphou says
• Metropolitan Onuphry: No matter what people say, live by the Law of God
• Ukrainian schismatics amend liturgical practices to match Constantinople
• Greek Synod: decision to recognize OCU made without haste, based on canons, not under outside pressure
• Ukrainian nationalist website that threatened Metropolitan Onuphry and other hierarchs reportedly shutting down
• Bulgarian Patriarch expresses support for canonical Ukrainian primate Metropolitan Onuphry
• Ukrainian Church grows by 250 parishes despite persecutions, church seizures by schismatics
• Constantinople acted in Ukraine under pressure from U.S. and Greek lobby, Serbian hierarch says
• Ukrainian Synod: Breaking communion with those who recognize schismatics is protection of Eucharist, not abuse
• Archbishop of Albania: Conciliarity is principle of Orthodox unity
• OCU’s Dumenko to visit, serve with Patriarch of Alexandria in new year
• Churches endanger own autocephaly by not simply accepting decisions of Constantinople, schismatic primate says
• Constantinople hierarchs reportedly pressuring Patriarch of Jerusalem, blocking Russians from serving at Holy Sepulchre
• Liquidation of Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church completed
• Bishop who concelebrated with schismatics in Istanbul does not represent stance of Cypriot Church, metropolises say
• Metropolitan of Morphou: Cypriot Church sees Metropolitan Onuphry as only canonical hierarch in Kiev
• “We pray and labor that the forces of evil would not destroy the unity of the Orthodox Churches”—Patriarch Kirill
• Representatives of Constantinople, Alexandria, Cyprus, Ukrainian schismatics, and Vatican gather in Constantinople for feast of St. Andrew
• Metropolitan Onuphry: If we keep commandments we will be rich in God
• Ukrainian schism is a political act, work of the devil—Romanian, Bulgarian hierarchs tell Ukrainian pilgrims
• Four Greek metropolitans call on primates to convene pan-Orthodox council about Ukraine
• Metropolitan of Nigeria (2016): Metropolitan Onuphry is the only canonical head in Ukraine (+ VIDEO)
• Constantinople, Alexandria, Greece threaten schism in Church, Cypriot Metropolitan tells internat’l monastic conference
• Ukrainian community recovering after priest departed into schism
• Patriarch of Alexandria extols schismatic primate’s “sacrificial heart”
• Jerusalem Bishop: humble yourselves and accept Patriarch of Jerusalem’s invitation to council
• Romanian Met. of Iași to persecuted Ukrainian pilgrims: I recognize only the Church under Met. Onuphry
• Ukrainian community building new church to replace church seized by schismatic-nationalists
• Schismatic head planning to concelebrate with Greek primate in Athens
• “A worrying silence prevails in most of the Orthodox Churches”—Abp. of Albania calls for urgent pan-Orthodox council
• Patriarch of Jerusalem’s full speech with invitation to primates available online (+ VIDEO)
• Archbishop of Greece rejects Patriarch of Jerusalem‘s invitation, refuses to attend any Synod not called by Constantinople
• Russian Synod meeting postponed till December
• Disobedient Czech-Slovak bishop gives relics of St. Wenceslaus to Ukrainian schismatics
• Joe Biden, other Democrats pressuring Patriarch of Jerusalem to recognize schismatics, says source in Patriarchate
• Patriarch of Jerusalem invites primates to Jordan to discuss Church unity
• Constantinople-installed bishop in Czech-Slovak Church ignores his primate’s warnings, serves with Ukrainian schismatics
• Patriarch of Alexandria recognized schismatics “out of respect for the Ecumenical Patriarchate”
• Polish hierarch concelebrates with Ukrainian hierarch to show support for canonical Church
• Ukrainian schismatics ask to serve New Calendar Nativity to separate from “agressor Russia”
• Patriarch of Alexandria broke promise that he wouldn’t commemorate Epiphany Dumenko in Cyprus
• Greek Metropolitan: I will reject anyone who rejects the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine”
• Patriarch of Alexandria not commemorated at Alexandrian representation church in Moscow
• Altercation erupts in Patras church over visit of schismatics
• Thousands gather at Lavra to celebrate St. Job of Pochaev
• Greek hierarchs receive open letters from clergy, laity concerning recognition of Ukrainian schismatics
• Patriarch Theodoros ignores request of Metropolitan of Limassol, commemorates schismatics in Liturgy (+ VIDEO)
• Patriarch of Alexandria: Decision to commemorate OCU will lead to solution, not a schism
• Schismatic pilgrims find warm welcome on Evia after being rejected on Aegina
• Schismatic hierarchs reportedly not allowed to serve Liturgies during pilgrimage to Greece
• Cypriot hierarchs ask Patriarch Theodoros not to commemorate Epiphany Dumenko in their churches
• Greek Archbishop commemorated schismatic primate for first time on Sunday
• Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria commemorates schismatic Epiphany Dumenko (+ VIDEO)
• Ukrainian crisis was major factor in Western European Archdiocese reuniting with Russian Church
• Pochaev City Council allocates land to Lavra, nationalists vow to prevent its transfer
• Upcoming pilgrimage of Ukrainian schismatics to Greece reportedly causes unrest in Greek Church
• Athonite Elder Gabriel, disciple of St. Paisios, rebukes Patriarch Bartholomew as an enemy of God
• Greek hierarchs calling on all primates to convene pan-Orthodox council, even without Patriarch Bartholomew
• Ukrainian Apostate bishops Shostasky and Drabinko leading pilgrimage to holy sites of Greece
• Polish Church: Allowing schismatics in the Church violates Orthodox Eucharistic unity
• Ancient revered icon and relics stolen, altar desecrated at Ukrainian village church
• “A knife in the back”— Ukrainian Church responds to Greek Archbishop’s recognition of schismatics
• Archbishop of Greece officially recognizes Ukrainian schismatics
• Two provocations of OCU “priest” fall through in Luka-Meleshkovskaya
• Clergy of canonical Ukrainian Church serve with Patriarch Ilia of Georgia
• Athonite Grigoriou Monastery sends study of Ukrainian crisis to Greek hierarchs
• UOC hierarch: transfers to schismatics stopped after gov’t change because they were artificial
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Epiphany Dumenko, not with Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev
• Moscow and Constantinople hierarchs meet at Antiochian headquarters in America
• Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to have closed-door meeting with Epiphany Dumenko of the OCU
• “Everyone wants to have a dialogue except the Ecumenical Patriarch”—Metropolitan of Corfu
• Constantinople group gives human rights award to Epiphany as his church continues to persecute Ukrainian faithful
• Serbian hierarch: Constantinople responsible for the schism, Greek Church could make it worse
• Greek Church’s stance towards Ukrainian schismatics remains unclear
• Archbishop of Greece, Patriarch Bartholomew commemorate schismatic primate Epiphany (+ VIDEO)
• Greek priest says he personally witnessed righteous struggle of Ukrainians to remain in the Church
• Russian Holy Synod: We will stop commemorating Greek primate if he begins to commemorate or recognize schismatics
• Schismatic Speaker says Catholic priest was in altar “in the spirit of love,” photos removed from website
• Informal talks reportedly underway between Russian and Greek Churches to find solution to crises
• Greek hierarchs calling on Abp. Ieronymos not to concelebrate with Pat. Bartholomew on Saturday
• Greek Church issues statement, offers little clarity
• Metropolitan of Piraeus on Ukrainians’ ecumenism with Catholics: “These people lack the fear of God”
• Greek commission chairman: “We should never engage in conflict with the Ecumenical Patriarchate on the Ukrainian issue”
• Russian Holy Synod to meet on Thursday
• Metropolitans Seraphim of Piraeus and Kythira say no vote happened, no recognition of OCU
• “We all know that Constantinople always voluntarily and unselfishly provides autocephaly”: main theses of Greek Synod’s commissions on Ukraine
• Ukrainian schismatics continue to concelebrate with Uniates and Roman Catholics
• Patriarch Bartholomew, Poroshenko, and Epiphany thank Greek Church for recognizing OCU
• Holy Synod of Russian Church will evaluate Greek Church’s decision on Ukraine at fall session
• Greek Church publishes report on decision on Ukraine—believes autocephaly of OCU will strengthen relations btwn Russian and Ukrainian Churches
• Greek Church recognizes Ukrainian schismatics
• Bulgarian Metropolitan: We mustn’t take sides and let Moscow-Constantinople tensions create tensions within other Local Churches
• Court dismisses Ukrainian official who illegally transferred canonical parishes to schismatics
• Greek hierarchs have reportedly postponed discussion of Ukrainian issue again
• Arsonists attack Ukrainian monastery on feast of Nativity of Mother of God, help needed
• Greek hierarch: We are the same race as Constantinople, we must side with the Patriarchate
• Met. Hilarion addresses Alexandrian bishop who concelebrated with schismatics, other hierarchs rebuke Met. Hilarion
• Met. Seraphim of Kythira defends priests censured by bishop after expressing support for Met. Onuphry of Kiev
• Met. Emmanuel of Gaul offers schismatics encouragement while they remain unrecognized
• Ukrainian Schismatics pressuring Romanian-speaking faithful to join them
• Greek clerics who concelebrated with, gave letter of support to Met. Onuphry are censured by Greek bishop
• Greek Metropolitan Seraphim of Kythira: Constantinople’s actions divide Ukraine, Greek Synod, Mt. Athos, entire Church
• Court returns citizenship to Ukrainian bishop who was suddenly deported under Poroshenko
• Met. Ambrose of Kalavryta: “Decision of the Ecumenical Patriarch is leading to a schism”
• Ukrainian Church thanks Met. Sawa of Poland for unwavering support
• Top 4 points of the Greek Commissions on recognizing Ukrainian schismatics
• Philaret effectively admits to election tampering, claims Epiphany became primate thanks to him
• Greek bishop calls for Russian Church to restrain itself for sake of unity
• Schismatic OCU claims Patriarchate of Alexandria now de-facto recognizes them
• Pat. Bartholomew discusses ecumenical relations in Vatican with Ukrainian Uniate leader
• OCU head Epiphany calls for Orthodox to work with Uniates on “national interests”
• Ukrainian Orthodox Church thanks Greek clergy and lay people for support
• Ukrainian Priest, woman, brutally beaten by OCU schismatics during church seizure
• Hierarch of Alexandrian Church tricked into “serving” with Ukrainian schismatic
• Previously assaulted Ukrainian bishop tells Athonite monks about persecution in Ukraine
• President Zelensky promises to help persecuted Ukrainian parishioners
• President Zelesnky meets persecuted Ukrainian Christians gathered outside airport (+ VIDEO)
• Ukrainian authorities in Chernivtsi to forcefully transfer three churches to schismatics
• Pat. Bartholomew doesn’t want primates to meet and discuss Ukrainian issue—Abp. of Cyprus
• Kiev court blocks liquidation of Philaret Denisenko’s Kiev Patriarchate
• “I recognize only one Church in Ukraine, headed by Met. Onuphry,” Pat. of Jerusalem tells Met. of Belarus
• Greek Metropolitan Nektarios of Corfu: We recognize only the canonical Ukrainian Church (+ VIDEO)
• Schismatic activists kick Ukrainian bishop out of church in his native village
• Schismatics proclaim “Death to the Muscovites” as canonical Ukrainians prayerfully process to Pochaev Lavra
• Greek Church doesn’t want to be responsible for a schism in Orthodoxy—Ukrainian Church speaker
• Greek Church recognizes Phanar’s right to grant autocephalies, stops short of recognizing OCU
• Constantinople to give “Metropolitan” Epiphany Dumenko, persecutor of Ukrainian Church, human rights award
• Priest who departed into schism repents, returns to Ukrainian Church
• Philaret brings lawsuit against former sidekick Evstraty Zorya, former protégé Epiphany Dumenko closes his bank accounts
• Makary Maletich explains how Ukrainian schismatics can deal a bigger blow to Russian Church
• Metropolitan Onuphry expresses support for persecuted faithful of Montenegro, Serbian and Ukrainian hierarchs concelebrate on Transfiguration
• Despite ongoing church seizures, Ukrainian Church has grown by 184 parishes, 30 monasteries under Met. Onuphry
• Representatives of Constantinople’s Ukrainian church concelebrate with Belarusian schismatics, present at conference on Belarusian autocephaly
• Ukrainian Catholic activist demands that canonical parishes be reregistered to schismatic church
• Greek Church strongly considering recognizing Ukrainian schismatics under influence of Met. Hierotheos (Vlachos)
• Unrest in schismatic church could lead to ouster of “Metropolitan” Epiphany
• Zelensky refused to sign “ecological” document amended by Constantinople to include continuation of Poroshenko’s policy of state interference in Church affairs
• Ukrainian schismatics evicting priest with cancer from his home of 27 years
• Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church officially ceases to exist
• After what Constantinople did in Ukraine, anything can be expected from them—Serbian hierarch Jovan
• Schismatic “priests” break into church, beat the faithful of canonical Church (+ VIDEOS)
• Petition to cancel transfer of St. Andrew’s Church to Constantinople published on Ukrainian president’s site
• Ukrainian radicals beat priest, women in attempted church seizure
• Epiphany Dumenko re-registers 2 of Philaret’s monasteries to his OCU
• Greek hierarchs concelebrate with Ukrainian schismatics in Thessaloniki
• Ukrainian President to meet with Patriarch Bartholomew—at behest of U.S. State Dept., Ukrainian political analyst believes
• Greek bishop who released archimandrite to Ukrainian schismatics develops theological program for schismatic seminarians
• Kiev Patriarchate now officially liquidated following OCU Synod decision, says Ukrainian Ministry of Culture
• Greek bishop served with Ukrainian schismatics “in academic capacity,” not representing Greek Church, diocese clarifies
• Canonical Church’s procession twice as large as schismatics’—Ukrainian police
• 300,000+ Believers participate in All-Ukrainian Cross Procession (+ VIDEO)
• Ukrainian schismatics to create Romanian Vicariate without a single Romanian parish
• Epiphany claims Church of Greece “de-facto recognized” Ukrainian schismatics
• Metropolitan Onuphry: Spiritual chaos in Ukraine helps us be perfected
• Kiev court rejects Ministry of Culture’s appeal to forcibly rename Ukrainian Church
• Ukrainian Church hopes President Zelensky’s anti-raider law will help protect parishes
• No parishes have joined Ukrainian schismatic church in past 2.5 months
• Bulgarian Patriarch holds meeting on Ukrainian question with Cypriot hierarch and expert on combating sects
• 3 Greek priests leave Constantinople for ROCOR
• Metropolitan Onuphry: Ukrainian tomos is a tomos of slavery, not autocephaly
• 3 Cypriot metropolitans issue joint communiqué on Ukraine to refute fake news
• Ukrainian schismatics apologize to Serbian bishop for serving with Montenegrin schismatic
• Ukrainian crisis not on Greek Bishops’ Council October agenda as previously expected
• Xeropotamou Monastery on Mt. Athos forbids visits of Ukrainian schismatics
• Schismatic priest and parish return to canonical Ukrainian Church
• Thousands participate in Ukrainian Orthodox cross procession in Bukovina
• Church in Donbass struck by military shelling
• False Patriarch Philaret awards fighters of pro-Nazi militia C14
• Collusion: Epiphany discusses the issues of OCU recognition at the US Embassy
• Schismatic civil war continues: two Odessa communities abandon OCU for the Kiev Patriarchate
• Sacred Community of Mount Athos protests actions and visit of schismatic Ukrainian “Metropolitan”
• Schismatic civil war continues: two Odessa communities abandon OCU for the Kiev Patriarchate
• Pat. Bartholomew demands $28 million dollars a month from Ukrainian schismatics — sources allege
• Makary Maletich: Patriarch Bartholomew decided to grant autocephaly because he had U.S. support
• Ukrainian schismatic delegation not received at 2 Greek Athonite monasteries
• Church of Cyprus to appeal to European Court of Human Rights on behalf of Ukrainian Church
• Hierarchs from throughout Orthodox world gather in Kiev to honor Met. Onuphry and canonical Ukrainian Church
• Philaret declares KP Synod will increase to 12+ bishops as OCU deprives him of his diocese
• Schismatics at war: Philaret consecrates 2 bishops, Epiphany suspends them; OCU seizes church from KP
• Bulgarian Metropolitan forbids members of Constantinople’s Ukrainian schismatic church from communing in his diocese
• Court opens proceedings on illegal registration of schismatics with same name as canonical Ukrainian Church
• Results of Philaret’s council: unification council and tomos rejected, KP is restored, 2 new bishops elected, claims jurisdiction over monastery where Epiphany Dumenko serves
• 85 churches seized, 222 illegally re-registered in Ukraine since Constantinople’s unification council
• Philaret’s Kiev Patriarchate Local Council underway with support of 3 other bishops, OCU hosting rival forum
• Ukrainian parishes appealing to President Zelensky to protect their religious rights (+ VIDEOS)
• Philaret starts speaking the truth: OCU is non-canonical, not a true unification, Epiphany may not even be a priest
• Alexandrian hierarchs call for conciliar solution to Ukrainian crisis
• OCU: We shared Communion with Montenegrin schismatic even though we’re not in communion with them
• Patriarch Bartholomew demanding answers from Athonite monasteries that reject Ukrainian schismatics
• Cypriot archimandrite: I experienced special grace serving with the suffering Ukrainians
• Constantinople hierarchs concelebrate with cleric from schismatic Montenegrin church
• Vinnitsa Diocese of Ukrainian Church calls clergy who went into schism to repent and return
• Bulgarian Holy Synod distances itself from Met. Daniil’s letter to Greek hierarchs, Met. Daniil responds
• Two men beaten as they defend Ukrainian priest from violent eviction
• Kiev Patriarchate to hold council June 20 to reject “unification council” and OCU tomos
• Ukrainian priest repents of supporting schismatic church
• Philaret announces public forum in support of Kiev Patriarchate, intends to hold KP Local Council
• Archbishop of Greece meets Ukrainian schismatic primate in Istanbul
• Respect for boundaries of Local Churches and dialogue is way out of current crisis—Antiochian and Serbian Patriarchs
• Constantinople threatens Church conciliarity and unity, Bulgarian metropolitan writes to Greek metropolitans
• Many Greek bishops will reject Ukrainian schismatics even if Greek Church officially accepts them—UOC speaker
• Archimandrite of Cypriot Church visits seized churches in Ukraine
• Greek Church’s Synodal commissions on Ukraine propose recognizing Ukrainian schismatics, Greek media reports
• Abbots of Mt. Athos ask Ukrainian pilgrims to bring official statement of belonging to canonical Church
• Chernivtsi looks to deprive faithful of canonical Church of parental rights for taking children to church
• Kiev Patriarchate does not and has never existed, says Patriarch Bartholomew
• Bishop of Greek Church receives new Greek bishop of Ukrainian schismatic church
• Any Local Church can call a pan-Orthodox council, says Bishop Qais of Erzurum
• Patriarch Bartholomew continues proclaiming victory in Ukraine even as war erupts within his pet project
• Church must contact international human rights organizations if persecution in Ukraine continues, says Bishop Qais of Erzurum
• Philaret begins seizing churches and monasteries, suspending clergy on behalf of “Kiev Patriarchate”
• Ukrainian media resurrects fake news about Bulgarian Church recognizing Ukrainian schismatics
• Community of seized Ukrainian church records video appeal to President Vladimir Zelensky (+ VIDEO)
• Ukrainian schismatic synod allows “clergy” to run for political office, against Church canons
• Greek archimandrite consecrated as bishop for Ukrainian schismatics
• Ukrainian site publishes list of priests of captured churches for church and home commemoration
• UPDATED: Greek Metropolitan reportedly released Archimandrite Epiphanius to OCU
• Philaret refuses to sign pledge of loyalty to OCU, would have refused tomos of autocephaly if he had known its contents
• Ukrainian faithful in Chernivtsi process against churches being forced into schism (+ VIDEO)
• Archons of Ecumenical Patriarchate publishing new book to combat supposed fake news about Ukrainian autocephaly
• Archimandrite Epiphanius (Dimitrou) to become first Greek “bishop” of Ukrainian schismatic church
• Makary Maletich: We won’t dissolve the UAOC until Philaret dissolves the KP
• Constantinople hierarch pays a visit to unruly Philaret Denisenko
• Defector bishop Drabinko sues His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry
• Archbishop of Cyprus: Any unilateral decision on Ukraine would harm the Church
• Archbishop of Cyprus visits primates of Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece to discuss Ukrainian problem
• Faithful in Rivne Province celebrate patronal feast in tent after church seized by schismatics
• Philaret’s “Kiev Patriarchate” still exists—Ukrainian Ministry of Justice
• Ukraine is biggest problem facing Orthodox Church today—Serbian Council of Bishops
• Ukrainian Parliament rejects Poroshenko’s bill on blocking military chaplaincy work of canonical Church
• Representatives of 3 Local Churches concelebrate feast of St. Theodosius of Kiev Caves with canonical Ukrainian Church (+ VIDEO)
• Faithful of Ukrainian Vinnitsa Diocese celebrate Liturgy at walls of cathedral seized by schismatics (+ VIDEO)
• Defector bishop Drabinko: Had I known about everything, I might not have gone to the “unification council”
• Philaret: Bishops of schismatic church don’t want to revive “Kiev Patriarchate” because of Moscow influence
• Philaret: Our problems will be solved if Epiphany submits to me
• Archbishop of Cyprus to visit primates of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria to discuss Ukraine
• Ukrainian schismatic activists seize canonical priest’s house in Volyn (+ VIDEO)
• Threat of schism consuming Ukrainian schismatic church, Philaret wants to renew the “Kiev Patriarchate”
• Schismatic primate: Local Churches just haven’t had enough time to recognize us yet
• Greek Metropolitan Seraphim of Kythira warns of dangers of Ukrainian situation for entire Church
• Poroshenko requiring schismatic church to pray for his re-election, Parliament Deputy Chairman says
• European Court of Human Rights opens proceedings in case of canonical Ukrainian parish
• Met. Kallistos (Ware) gives interview on Ukrainian television, reiterates his disagreement with Pat. Bartholomew
• Drunken activists and schismatic priest attack Ukrainian priest, scream at him to return to Romania
• Constantinople delegation discusses Ukrainian issue with primate of Greek Church
• Only 7% of clergy followed their hierarch Simeon Shostatsky into schism in Vinnitsa
• Schismatics open parish in Slovenia, violating tomos from Constantinople, and concelebrate with Catholics
• Metropolitan Onuphry: Schismatics received tomos of slavery, not freedom
• Court dismisses claim on Poroshenko’s interference in Church affairs
• Ukrainian Church publishes interactive map of church seizures (+ MAP)
• Ukrainian Church brings case against Ministry of Culture over renaming requirement
• Ukrainian schismatics continue liberalizing trend: “Bishop” says they will serve funerals for Catholics
• Philaret continues to defy Constantinople—schismatics won’t make foreign parishes comply with tomos
• 447 of 449 priests in disputed Bukovina area remain faithful to canonical Ukrainian Church
• Patriarch Bartholomew, Epiphany Dumenko planning trip to Athos after Pascha
• Patriarch Bartholomew makes false historical arguments in letter to Albanian Church
• Metropolitan Onuphry calls on Poroshenko to change Ukraine’s course to one of peace, unity
• Ukrainian issue not discussed at all at latest Greek Holy Synod meeting
• Synod of Central Asia writes letter of support to Metropolitan Onuphry
• “You won’t get to Heaven from stolen churches”—abbot of Svyatogorsk Lavra in Ukraine (+ VIDEO)
• Security Service of Ukraine opens case against priest who has saved 30 parishes from schism
• Philaret Denisenko: It’s normal that the state pressures parishes to convert
• Ukraine ignores UN’s request for information on violations of rights of canonical faithful
• Thousands participate in processions throughout Ukraine on Sunday of Orthodoxy (+ VIDEOS)
• Schismatic-nationalists assault canonical bishop, lock clergy and faithful in church (+VIDEO)
• Ukrainian state deputy attacks, beats nun while seizing canonical church (+ VIDEO)
• Schismatics threaten priest, try to kick him out of his house
• Ukrainian Security Service opens case against writer for criticizing tomos of autocephaly
• UN reports that autocephaly process has increased tensions and violence against canonical Church in Ukraine
• Schismatics have no priests to serve in churches they’re seizing
• Patriarch Bartholomew pledged to establish contacts between Ukrainian schismatics and autocephalous Churches
• Poroshenko promised Constantinople property in exchange for tomos of autocephaly
• Ukrainian schismatics preparing delegation to send to Romanian Church—Epiphany Dumenko
• Metropolitan Onuphry calls on faithful to read Psalms, say Jesus Prayer for peace in Ukraine
• Greek Synod appoints two commissions to study Ukrainian issue
• Albanian Church doesn't recognize Ukrainian schismatics, calls for pan-Orthodox council
• Greek Church still discussing Ukrainian issue
• Several Athonite monasteries reject politically, ethnically-motivated statement of 4 Greek monasteries
• Schismatic parishes abroad violating tomos of autocephaly, refusing to transfer to Constantinople
• ROCOR parish appeals to human rights organizations to investigate persecution of Ukrainian Church
• Schismatic priest beats, shoves women while seizing parish of canonical Church (+ VIDEOS)
• Ukrainian schismatics say they won’t accept Catholic communities that want to transfer
• Parish in schismatic primate’s childhood village declares loyalty to canonical Church
• Ukrainian schismatics willing to create Romanian vicariate but not to accept re-ordination to facilitate recognition by other Churches
• Each Athonite monastery will decide for itself whether to accept Ukrainian schismatics, 4 Greek monasteries condemn Russian Church’s stance
• Pat. Bartholomew refuses pan-Orthodox council about Ukraine because of failure of Crete council
• Metropolitan Athanasius of Limassol did not sign Cypriot Synodal statement on Ukraine
• Schismatic church keeps no official data on number of parishes that transfer, BBC Ukraine finds
• Romanian-speaking parishes in Ukraine confirm loyalty to canonical Church and primate
• Ukrainian hierarch calls prodigal defector bishop to return to Father’s house in the Church
• Fr. John Whiteford presents at international theological conference on Ukrainian crisis in Moscow
• Archbishop Michael of Prague bans his clergy from serving with Ukrainian schismatics
• Russian Holy Synod issues statement on lawlessness and violence in Ukraine
• Abbot of Pochaev Lavra: Our monasteries will not join the schismatics
• Ukrainian Ministry of Culture gives permission for Uniates to serve in ancient Orthodox church, Philaret Denisenko worries the Kremlin will stage provocations
• Schismatics injure two matushkas while seizing church in Volyn (+ VIDEOS)
• Logic of renaming the Ukrainian Church means Ukraine should be called a U.S. state—Met. Luke of Zaporozhye
• UOC hierarch: In the USSR they accused me of working for America, now of working for the Kremlin
• Serbian Patriarch sends letter of support to Metropolitan Onuphry
• Ukrainian Ministry of Culture sets Holy Friday as last day for Church to rename itself
• Macedonian schismatics expecting autocephaly from Constantinople
• Romanian Holy Synod reiterates call for Moscow-Constantinople dialogues to resolve Ukrainian issue
• Schismatics seize more than 20 churches in Volyn Diocese alone, says Bishop Nathaniel
• Canonical Ukrainian Church delegation meets with Patriarch Ilia of Georgia (+ VIDEO)
• Poroshenko attends Constantinople-Uniate concelebration in New Jersey
• Only 36 parishes have voluntary left the canonical Church—Bp. Viktor of Baryshevka
• Ukrainian Church addresses internat’l organizations about human rights violations in Ukraine (+ VIDEO)
• Kiev Diocese declares loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church and primate
• Cypriot Holy Synod: new Ukrainian structure has not achieved unity, has illegitimate hierarchs and clergy
• Ukrainian Ministry of Culture threatens to ban Ukrainian Church if it doesn’t rename itself
• Donetsk Diocese declares its loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church and primate
• Ukrainian metropolitan detained by police
• Vandals burn and desecrate Ukrainian church with Nazi symbols on feast of the Meeting of the Lord
• Ukrainian parish defending its rights to its church in European Court of Human Rights
• Two more dioceses declare fidelity to canonical Ukrainian Church and primate
• Schismatics’ report on Mt. Athos visit: Served Liturgy at two monasteries, communed at a third
• Ukraine cancels citizenship, deports bishop as he returns from speaking to US Congress about persecution in Ukraine
• Constantinople’s goal is to impose its authority over the entire Church—Met. Daniil of Bulgarian Church
• Schismatics dismantle doors to church where community voted to remain loyal to Orthodoxy (+ VIDEO)
• Sacred Community of Mt. Athos discusses Ukrainian schismatics, makes no decision
• Newly-published audio from Met. Vladimir of Kiev shows canonical Church knew of Pat. Bartholomew’s ambitions more than a decade ago
• Two churches in Zaporozhye vandalized with Nazi symbols
• Khust Diocese declares support for canonical Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Church set ablaze in southern Ukraine
• Ukrainian police open criminal case against Kiev Caves Lavra
• Dochariou, Zographou Monasteries on Mt. Athos close gates to Ukrainian schismatics, Simenopetra allows them only to venerate relics
• Seven monks leave Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos after visit of Ukrainian schismatic delegation
• St. Panteleimon’s Monastery on Mt. Athos closes its gates to schismatic bishop
• Controversy surrounds first Synod meeting of Ukrainian nationalist church
• Schismatic bishop serves Liturgy at Pantocrator Monastery on Mt. Athos
• Epiphany Dumenko is impostor, says Met. Rostislav of Czech-Slovak Church
• Cypriot Holy Synod discussed Ukraine, to continue later this month
• Nationalists seize churches by beating up priests, threatening kidnappings—Epiphany Dumenko blames Moscow
• Ukrainian metropolitan to Abbot Alexios of Xenophontos: “Whoever serves with schismatics also becomes a schismatic”
• Poroshenko’s interference in Church matters is aimed at “division, enmity, hatred”—President Yanukovych
• Ukrainian Security Service interrogating Rivne priests again
• The Church will remain united with Metropolitan Onuphry, says Bulgarian hierarch
• First session of schismatic Synod appoints the suddenly-recovered Philaret Denisenko as bishop of Kiev
• Court sides with Ukrainian Church against defector bishop, allows canonical bishop to register as ruling hierarch
• Despite abbot’s absence, hieromonk of Vatopedi attended schismatic enthronement with abbot of Xenophontos and monk of Koutloumousiou
• Ukrainian crisis in the diaspora: Serbian Church, ROCOR to celebrate Sunday of Orthodoxy separate from Greek Metropolis in Chicago
• “It is time for us to raise our voices”—Patriarch John of Antioch calls on brother primates to resolve Ukraine issue
• Schismatics and police beat canonical priest in Ternopil (+ VIDEO)
• Georgian metropolitan: Ukrainian autocephaly can come only in canonical way, by request of fullness of Church
• Schismatic Epiphany’s enthronement: No Local Churches except Constantinople, no Philaret, few parishioners, one Athonite abbot
• Abbot Ephraim speaks with UOC hierarchs on phone, leaves Ukraine for further treatment
• Schismatic head Epiphany Dumenko visits Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi in hospital
• Abbot of Ephraim of Vatopedi, arriving in Kiev on ultimatum, suffers heart attack
• Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia calls on primates to hold pan-Orthodox meeting on Ukraine
• Patriarch of Jerusalem awards Vadim Novinsky, Ukrainian politician who defends canonical Church, with Golden Cross
• Patriarch Bartholomew will not attend enthronement of “Metropolitan” Epiphany Dumenko
• Schismatic church enters state registry with same legal name as canonical Church
• Georgian Synod won’t decide on Ukraine until spring despite visit from Constantinople delegation
• Abbots of Vatopedi, Xenophontos Athonite Monasteries to attend enthronement of Ukrainian schismatic with Pat. Bartholomew
• Patriarch of Jerusalem meets with UOC delegation for second time in a week after not meeting with Poroshenko
• Certain Athonite monasteries will close gates to Epiphany Dumenko; two abbots to reportedly join EP’s delegation to Epiphany’s enthronement
• Georgian Church calls for preservation of unity in regard to Ukraine; Patriarch Ilia to meet with Constantinople delegation today
• “It’s like a bomb was thrown into our house”—Patriarch Irinej on Ukraine
• We continue to call the Patriarchate of Constantinople to dialogue—Patriarch John of Antioch
• Clergy of Brovary, Tatarbunary Regions confirm loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church
• Greek Church under pressure from political, economic, diplomatic fields to recognize Ukrainian schismatics
• Poroshenko signs second anti-Church bill into law
• Hierarchs of Czech and Slovak Church support canonical Ukrainian Church, says retired Abp. of Prague
• Mt. Athos rejects Constantinople’s request to send delegation to enthronement of Ukrainian schismatic primate
• OCA rejects recognition of Ukrainian schismatic church, continues to support, recognize only Met. Onuphry
• Patriarch Bartholomew, Poroshenko, the West meddling in Ukrainian Church, says Orthodox Palestine Society
• Philaret Denisenko reveals his childhood asceticism to applauding crowd, says angel took up abode in him (+ VIDEO)
• Ukrainian children tearfully entreat schismatics not to take their church (+ VIDEO)
• Another Italian parish switches from Constantinople to ROCOR
• Kiev schema-archimandrite appeals to Georgian Church not to recognize Ukrainian schismatics
• Czech hierarch: What is happening in Ukraine is unbelievable
• Primates, representatives of Local Churches gathering for Pat. Kirill’s 10th anniversary will discuss Ukraine
• Mt. Athos divided over Ukraine issue, source says
• Ukrainian schismatic head expecting recognition from Greek Church
• Bishop of Czech and Slovak Church concelebrates with hierarchs of canonical Ukrainian Church in Kiev Caves (+ VIDEO)
• Dozens of church seizures occur in first weeks of new Ukrainian structure, Met. Hilarion says
• Philaret Denisenko reveals how Ukrainian laws can be used to seize Kiev, Pochaev Lavras
• Metropolis of Piraeus calls on Greek Holy Synod not to recognize Ukrainian schismatics
• “The unity of the Orthodox Church is based not on the sole, Papist principle, but on conciliarity”—Georgian hierarch
• There is no new church, tomos was given to “Kiev Patriarchate,” Philaret Denisenko declares
• Patriarch of Jerusalem meets with pilgrims from canonical Ukrainian Church day after Poroshenko’s delegation claims he is seriously ill in the hospital
• Georgian Church rebukes the pressure against it to recognize Ukrainian nationalist church
• Ukrainian parishes that switch are moving to the “Kiev Patriarchate,” not the new “church”
• Nationalists break into church, attack priest preparing to celebrate Baptism in Ukrainian village
• Patriarch of Jerusalem had agreed to meet with Poroshenko only if no schismatics were present
• Met. Onuphry: A church governed by man is but a political party, we are governed by Christ
• Patriarch of Jerusalem canceled meeting with Poroshenko, source reports
• Ukrainian schismatics continue to defy Constantinople: Philaret orders to be commemorated before primate, disputes church’s name stipulated by Constantinople
• We cannot take the words of Constantinople’s Ukrainian Exarch seriously, what is happening in Ukraine is a great sorrow and tragedy—Polish hierarch
• Patriarch of Jerusalem did not concelebrate with Ukrainian schismatics (+ VIDEO)
• Theophany services disrupted by terrorist bomb attack at Ukrainian cathedral
• “We are believers in Christ and lovers of Kievan Rus’-Ukraine!” Ukrainian faithful write to Poroshenko
• “We already know how to pray to God”—Ukrainian faithful standing strong in face of increasing church seizures (+ VIDEO)
• “We categorically reject” what is happening in Orthodox world, Pat. John of Antioch tells Russian delegation
• Head of Ukrainian nationalist church to be enthroned February 3
• Ukrainian gov’t adopts second anti-Church bill, further enabling seizure of churches
• There are attempts to separate Antiochian Patriarchate into Syrian and Lebanese Churches, Assad says
• Archbishops of Greece and Albania meet to discuss Ukrainian issue
• Poroshenko praises apostate bishops who chose “Ukrainian faith”
• Met. Kallistos (Ware): Crete was far from pan-Orthodox; Constantinople gave autocephaly to schismatics
• Apostate bishop blesses cathedral outside his jurisdiction to switch to nationalist church with blessing of Patriarch Bartholomew
• Ukrainian church-state architectural monument vandalized in Sumy Diocese
• Kiev wants to take Caves Lavra away from Ukrainian Church, monastery abbot says
• Patriarchate of Constantinople publishes full text of Ukrainian tomos
• “We do not support either Constantinople or Russia, but adhere to the canons”—Serbian hierarchs speaking out (+ VIDEO)
• Persecution, church seizures, and vandalism ramp up in Pat. Bartholomew’s post-tomos Ukraine
• Constantinople appoints head of stavropegial institutions in Ukraine
• Internal strife in “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” continues as former UAOC head accuses Philaret Denisenko of disobedience to Constantinople
• Poroshenko parrots Old Calendarist talking points, calls for ROC to show its tomos “signed by Stalin”
• Constantinople Exarch says head of Belarusian Church doesn't want autocephaly because he's afraid of spiritual growth of his flock
• Recognition of Ukrainian schismatics will begin with Greek, Romanian Churches in 1.5 months, Constantinople Exarch believes
• 95% of Ukrainian television audience says tomos is political tool

• 4 dioceses declare loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Jerusalem Patriarchate under heavy pressure to concelebrate with Ukrainian schismatics on Theophany
• U.S. State Department addresses “momentous occasion” of Ukraine receiving autocephaly from Constantinople
• Ukrainian terrorists admit that attempts to force people into schismatic church have failed
• Ukrainian schismatics and Uniates hope to create single patriarchate in communion with both Rome and Constantinople, says Uniate head
• Georgian Metropolitan: We can’t serve with anathematized and self-proclaimed bishops
• Patriarch Bartholomew acted without any regard for any Church leader—Fr. Theodore Zisis
• Full text of Pat. John’s response to Pat. Bartholomew’s request to recognize “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” published
• Abp. Chrysostomos of Cyprus will not commemorate head of Ukrainian schismatics
• Greek Synod declines to recognize Ukrainian schismatics, refers issue to broader Bishops’ Council
• “It is unreasonable to stop a schism at the price of the unity of the Orthodox world”—Pat. John of Antioch
• Patriarch Bartholomew formally grants tomos of autocephaly to Ukrainian schismatic church
• Poroshenko will go down in history next to St. Vladimir the Great—Ukrainian schismatic primate
• Tomos signing ceremony in Constantinople ends with shout of “Glory to Ukraine!”
• New Ukrainian church continues to operate as two separate groups
• Kamenka Diocese reaffirms loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Ukrainian customs confiscates Patriarch Kirill’s Nativity epistle
• Chauvinists, politicians, Uniates, and Constantinople spread schism in Ukraine, says Serbian Church (+ VIDEO)
• Polish Church rejects Pat. Bartholomew’s request to recognize new Ukrainian church
• Schismatics staging fake parish votes to force transitions to schismatic Ukrainian church
• Nizhyn Diocese reaffirms loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Poroshenko secretly orders that UOC’s leases with Kiev Caves, Pochaev Lavras be terminated, according to state sources
• Pat. Bartholomew: We pray that the Churches would have more respect for Constantinople
• Thousands gather at persecuted Pochaev Lavra to celebrate great local saint
• Constantinople’s new Ukrainian church doesn’t commemorate Moscow due to secular politics
• Zhytomyr Diocese reaffirms loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Apostate bishop brings claim against Ukrainian Church to defend his “honor”
• 5 dioceses declare loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Montenegro expelling 50+ clerics and monastics of Serbian Church as president aims for autocephaly
• Georgian Church will voice its opinion on Ukraine in January
• Pat. Kirill fears bloody conflicts after law demanding that Ukrainian Church change its name
• Ukrainian Vinnitsa Diocese reports about threats from local authorities
• Church desecrated, robbed in Odessa Province
• Uman Diocese expresses unanimous support for canonical Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Gay pride organization offers congratulations on creation of Ukrainian nationalist church
• Ukrainian state planning to take 8 monasteries from canonical Church to give to Constantinople—Ukrainian media
• Ukrainian Dioceses reaffirming fidelity to canonical Church and Met. Onuphry
• Met. Onuphry: The Lord gives us to drink the cup of sorrow, and we humbly drink it
• We have to soften on LGBT to not be like Russian Church—head of new Ukrainian church
• Met. Seraphim of Kythira: Creation of new Ukrainian church undermines unity of Orthodox Church
• Greek hierarch alters text of Divine Liturgy to commemorate Ukrainian nationalist church (+ VIDEO)
• Poroshenko 2.0: Montenegrin president intends to seek autocephaly for Montenegrin church
• Greek Metropolitan: What is happening in Ukraine is regrettable, threatens to cause further schism
• Vinnitsa authorities demanding pressure against canonical priests, provocations against their parishes
• Russian Church ready to dialogue with Constantinople but not to reject truth
• Poroshenko signs anti-Church bill into law—pretext to church seizures
• Constantinople forced through unification of groups that cannot work together—Cyril Hovorun
• “Only the Synod of Bishops can change the Church’s name”—UOC lawyer
• Primate of new Ukrainian church expresses thanks for U.S.’s role in phone call with Sec. of State Pompeo
• Patriarch Kirill calls on all to pray for peace for Ukrainian Orthodox Church
• Vinnitsa Cathedral taken by schismatics with Pat. Bartholomew’s blessing
• His Holiness Patriarch Kirill sends letters to Primates of Local Orthodox Churches concerning “unification” pseudo-council held in Kiev
• If new Ukrainian church changes its statutes, Constantinople will change its tomos—Cyril Hovorun
• Fight breaks out after Ukrainian Parliament votes to force Ukrainian Church to change its name as pretext to church seizures
• Head of Ukraine’s new nationalist church intends to eventually switch to New Calendar
• 1,000+ Ukrainian faithful gather in prayer outside Parliament to protest anti-Church bills
• New bishop consecrated to replace metropolitan who joined Ukrainian schismatics (+ VIDEO)
• Russian Parliament considering measures to grant Russian citizenship to persecuted Ukrainians
• 45 priests who followed bishop into schism have already returned to Ukrainian Church
• Philaret forced leading candidate to step down for weaker Epiphany to win primacy, says he will still rule the Ukrainian Church
• Ukrainian bishop replacing defector is joyfully greeted by new flock (+ VIDEOS)
• Constantinople’s actions on eve of “council” invalidate claim that three branches of Ukrainian Orthodoxy were united
• U.S. Dept. of State congratulates Ukraine with creation of new church
• Met. Sawa of Poland expresses support for Met. Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine
• Ukrainian Deputy says “hunting” priests of canonical Church is pleasing to God
• Ukrainian Church officially dismisses two metropolitans who joined new schismatic church
• Displeasure in Constantinople as new Ukrainian primate skips commemoration of Pat. Kirill at Liturgy (+ VIDEO)
• U.S. Embassy congratulates Ukrainians with creation of new church
• Clergy, parishioners leave Vinnitsa cathedral as Met. Simeon announces he has joined new nationalist church
• “Kiev Patriarchate” outmaneuvers Constantinople at “unification council”
• Bulgarian Metropolitan: Ukrainian “unification council” is non-canonical
• Two metropolitans leave Ukrainian Church to join new nationalist church created by Constantinople
• “Unification Council” chooses KP hierarch as primate for new church
• Autocephaly possible thanks to foreign diplomats, was impeded by “Kiev Patriarchate” lies, Constantinople-Ukrainian leader says
• Patriarch Bartholomew has reportedly arrived in Kiev for “unification council”
• Schismatics seize Ukrainian church as Pat. Bartholomew’s “council” gets underway
• Security Service takes Ukrainian bishop to Kiev to force him to participate in “unification council”
• Ukrainian Church responds to yet another violation of its canonical rights by Constantinople
• Tomos of autocephaly to be presented January 6, says Constantinople bishop
• Ukrainian faithful brave cold, snow to pray for non-interference of state in Church affairs outside parliament (+ VIDEO)
• Security Service of Ukraine accuses abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra of planning provocations against “unification council”
• Constantinople-Ukrainian hierarch awards former CIA head for supporting push for Ukrainian national church
• Bishops of UOC continue to return Constantinople’s invitations to “unification council”
• 47 Ukrainian Deputies ask court to declare Parliament’s appeal for autocephaly unconstitutional
• Met. Kallistos (Ware): “I am not at all happy about the position taken by Patriarch Bartholomew” (+ VIDEO)
• Belarusian Orthodox Church condemns Constantinople’s anti-canonical actions in Ukraine
• Fight breaks out in church after Ukrainian parish moves from one Constantinople jurisdiction to the other (+ VIDEOS)
• Ovruch Diocese expresses full support for canonical status of Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Ukrainian Church in 2018: 7 new monasteries, dozens of new churches, 89 new monastics, 100+ new clergy
• Ukrainian priests, laity supporting priests accused of treason are added to gov’t database of enemies of Ukraine
• I’m afraid “unification council” will end in a quarrel—Constantinople-Ukrainian hierarch
• Ukrainian Church set ablaze—police more interested in which patriarchate it belongs to
• Philaret: If we don’t like the conditions of the “unification council,” we simply won’t vote (+ VIDEO)
• Pat. Bartholomew’s letter only increases Met. Onuphry’s stature in Orthodox world
• Ukrainian metropolitan denied entry to Kiev-controlled territory to celebrate feast of Mother of God
• State searches of churches, priests’ homes are “unpleasant, incomprehensible, painful for the faithful”—Met. of Zhytomyr
• Abbot of Pochaev Lavra appeals to Poroshenko to protect monastery from the state
• Constantinople internally divided on process for electing primate of new Ukrainian church
• Another Constantinople priest in America switches to ROCOR
• Bartholomew to Met. Onuphry: You are uncanonical metropolitan
• Ukraine accuses Orthodox priests of treason
• Pressure on Pochaev Lavra continues as state reps inspect artifacts based on Soviet-era registration
• Interrogation of priests begins in Ukraine: accused of inciting religious hatred
• New Ukrainian church will be autocephalous in name only: Greek media publishes first page of statutes written by Constantinople
• Poroshenko announces date of “unification council”
• Ukraine likely to transfer Pochaev Lavra to new “United Church,” says lawyer for Lavra Museum
• Ukrainian counterintelligence agency summoning priests en masse for interrogation
• Ukrainian authorities feeding Pat. Bartholomew false information, Orthodox assembly President concludes after meeting with him
• Berdyansk Diocese expresses full support for canonical status of Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Ukrainian Security Service begins investigating abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra for “inciting sectarian hatred”
• Ukrainian hierarch offers Poroshenko service book after he claims UOC prays for Putin, Russian military
• Abbot of Kiev Caves explains situation with inventory of sacred objects
• Ukrainian “unification council” reportedly to be held in December
• 20+ Ukrainian Deputies call for investigation into pressure on Ukrainian Church
• Ministry of Culture begins taking inventory at Kiev Caves Lavra
• Ukraine will use martial law against opponents of autocephaly, Parliament Deputies say
• Restorer of “Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church” jailed for fraud, forgery, and child molestation
• Buildings of Pochaev Lavra taken from monastery, returned to museum via abolishment of 2003 agreement
• Announcement on granting of autocephaly, date of “unification council” expected tomorrow, says Poroshenko advisor
• Rivne Diocesan building vandalized following Ukrainian-Russian naval incident
• Synod of Constantinople meeting today, expected to announce date of “unification council”
• Head of Moldovan Church writes to Poroshenko about persecutions against Pochaev Lavra
• Nikolaev Diocese expresses full support for canonical status of Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Pochaev monks will continue to use territories despite Ministry of Justice’s decision, Church’s legal head says
• Serbian hierarch: “For 300 years there was one Church, and now suddenly everything has changed”
• Archbishop of Prague arrives in Odessa to express prayerful support for canonical Ukrainian Church
• Synod of Patriarchate of Alexandria to discuss Ukraine at session beginning today
• Albanian Church publishes full text of letters to Pat. Kirill, opposes Russian Church’s break in communion with Constantinople
• Ukraine will lose independence under Constantinople’s autocephaly—Met. Luke of Zaporozhye
• After Ukraine receives autocephaly, Ukrainian Church will be blocked from military chaplaincy—State Deputy
• Nizhyn Diocese expresses full support for canonical status of Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Abp. Anastasios of Albania: Constantinople’s actions in Ukraine threaten to rupture Orthodox unity
• 16 expelled from Stockholm parish for stand against Constantinople
• Russian Church site opens section on “Historical unity of the Russian Orthodox Church”
• Poroshenko is “modern persecutor of the Church”—Met. Luke of Zaporozhye, bishops being pressured to join Constantinople’s church
• Pochaev Lavra responds to media lies, attempts to seize its buildings
• Autocephalists picketing throughout Ukraine, confuse word “tomos” with name “Thomas”
• Clergy of Bar Deanery of Vinnytsia Diocese support decision of Ukrainian bishops, against the stance of their hierarch
• Ukrainian union council delayed again
• Ukrainian Security Service summoning canonical hierarchs for “conversation”
• Diocese of Nova Kakhovka declares support for canonical Ukrainian Church
• Ukrainian autocephalists attack residence of Metropolitan of Krivoy Rog
• Dioceses of Izium and Crimea join those supporting canonical status and primate of Ukrainian Church
• Polish Church publishes official statement: forbids clergy from communion with Constantinople’s Ukrainian schismatics
• Constantinople hierarch arrives in Kiev to prepare for unification council
• Clergy of Vinnytsia support canonical status of Ukrainian Church, against the stance of their hierarch
• Church of Poland reportedly rejects Constantinople’s rehabilitation of schismatics
• Any plans excluding Philaret are doomed to failure, says “Kiev Patriarchate” speaker
• Poroshenko missed chance to establish relations with the Church—Ukrainian hierarchs
• “The Church of Constantinople is the incarnation of the free love of Christ”—Pat. Bartholomew
• Athonite monasteries liturgically praying for Met. Onuphry and his Ukrainian flock
• Poroshenko’s administration refuses to publish agreement with Pat. Bartholomew, in defiance of Ukrainian law
• Poroshenko didn’t show for meeting with bishops of canonical Church
• “We prayerfully support the Ukrainian Church headed by Met. Onuphry”—Met. Rastislav of Czech Lands and Slovakia
• Two more dioceses unanimously support canonical status of Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Ukrainian villagers asking for help to build church after losing theirs to schismatics (+ VIDEO)
• Serbian Church rejects Constantinople’s rehabilitation of Ukrainian schismatics
• Zhytomyr Diocese unanimously supports Metropolitan Onuphry as canonical head of Ukrainian Church
• Three Ukrainian churches vandalized, accused of being Russian gov’t agents
• Philaret and Makary withdraw candidacy to lead new Ukrainian church, likely to be headed by Abp. Job (Getcha)—UAOC source
• Poroshenko to meet with bishops of canonical Church on Tuesday
• Still no progress towards Ukrainian unification council—UAOC “bishop”
• Two more dioceses support canonical status of Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Finnish Church denies Poroshenko’s claim that it supports Ukrainian autocephaly
• Pat. Bartholomew awards “Kiev Patriarchate” priest who calls for murder and legalization of drugs, prostitution; canonically received another who actively promotes Hitler
• Rector of Moscow Theological Academy barred from Ukraine as Poroshenko declares all Ukrainian Church reps should leave Ukraine
• Alexandrian Diocese expresses support for canonical Ukrainian Church and Metropolitan Onuphry
• Bulgarian Synod to discuss legality of Constantinople’s actions in December
• 97% of faithful of Zaporozhye Diocese support Ukrainian Church’s current canonical status
• Serbian Church confused about why Constantinople gives so much attention to Ukrainian state and schismatics but ignores canonical Church
• Bulgarian Synod has begun to examine Constantinople’s decisions in Ukraine
• Arson thwarted at Ukrainian church at children’s rehabilitation center
• “The Moscow Patriarchate no longer exists in Ukraine today”—Abp. Job (Getcha)
• Not only can we give, but we can also take away autocephaly—Abp. Job (Getcha)
• Another 6 dioceses support canonical status of Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Parish in Italy moves from Constantinople to ROCOR
• Patrons of Ukrainian project demanding quick action from Constantinople—Met. Hilarion
• Severodonetsk Diocese supports present status of Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• “All the forces of hell are against us, but we are with God and we have nothing to fear”—abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra
• Constantinople doesn’t need consent of Local Churches to remove anathemas—Constantinople hierarch
• Patriarch of Alexandria: Philaret is led by personal ambitions intertwined with politics
• Plans to forcibly change name of Ukrainian Orthodox Church lay groundwork for stealing churches—UOC speaker
• Dioceses of Sumy Province express support for Ukrainian Church’s canonical status and primate
• Met. Onuphry: Man’s main task is to rule not the world but his own heart
• Jerusalem Patriarchate looking to dialogue between Local Churches to solve Ukraine issue
• Poltava Diocese unanimously supports canonical status of Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Bulgarian Holy Synod to meet on Ukrainian issue soon
• Romanian Holy Synod calls for Moscow and Constantinople to resolve Ukrainian issue together, highlights pan-Orthodox cooperation
• Ukrainian dioceses expressing support for canonical Church and Met. Onuphry
• Patriarch Bartholomew’s 1997 acceptance of anathematization of Philaret Denisenko
• Ukrainian church in Lvov vandalized
• “We love our politicians, but we cannot follow them”—Met. Onuphry
• Ukrainian faithful protect their church from attacks of schismatic priests in Kiev
• Metropolitan Onuphry to Patriarch Bartholomew: “Physician, heal thyself!”
• Russian Church has no choice but to obey us—Pat. Bartholomew
• Met. Seraphim of Piraeus: Constantinople has no right to hear appeals from and grant autocephaly to Ukraine
• Abp. Anastasios of Albania (2015): Philaret’s actions have nothing to do with Christ
• “I have doubts” about unification process—Makary of Ukrainian Autocephalous Church
• U.S. Secretary of State backs bid for Ukrainian autocephaly
• “Kiev Patriarchate” declares Kiev Caves and Pochaev Lavras to be under Philaret
• Serbian-Antiochian joint statement calls for pan-Orthodox resolution to Ukrainian crisis
• Constantinople follows double standard in Ukraine and Macedonia—Ukrainian Church rep
• Constantinople Exarchs compare Poroshenko to St. Vladimir the Great, and Constantinople to Christ
• Ukrainian schismatic leaders disagreeing over how to unite
• Jerusalem bishop calls for Orthodox primates to intervene in Russia-Constantinople dispute
• President Dodon proposes holding pan-Orthodox Council in Moldova
• Constantinople recognized all clergy of KP and UAOC as canonical—Patriarchal Exarch
• Greek metropolitan calls for extraordinary session of Holy Synod to address Ukrainian crisis
• Temptation has befallen Patriarch Bartholomew—Patriarch Irinej of Serbia (+ VIDEO)
• Holy Synod resolution: Moscow Patriarchate ceases Eucharistic communion for clergy and laity with the Constantinople Patriarchate
• Patriarch of Alexandria could visit Moscow, Constantinople as mediator
• Russian Holy Synod meeting in Minsk today, response to Constantinople expected
• Constantinople’s decision is against the canons—Bulgarian Met. Gabriel of Lovech
• Poroshenko gives thanks for victory over “Moscow demons”
• “Constantinople’s Synod shocked the entire Orthodox world”—Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s chancellor
• Ukrainian Church won’t participate in council for unification of non-canonical churches
• Primate of Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia expresses position on events in Ukraine
• Union of Orthodox Journalists website hacked
• Patriarchate of Constantinople has committed unprecedented anti-canonical act—Russian Church
• Confirmed: Ecumenical Patriarchate removes anathemas, enters into communion with schismatics (+VIDEO)
• Patriarch Irinej of Serbia: autocephaly requires consent of all Churches
• Constantinople removes Philaret’s anathema, Greek media reports
• Constantinople not creating autocephalous church but its own podvoriye in Ukraine, sociologist says
• Question of Ukrainian tomos postponed until “right time”
• Ukrainian monastery and church legally challenging state’s right to appeal for autocephaly
• Ukrainian authorities have compiled list of churches to seize from canonical Church
• Constantinople to hear report of Kiev exarchs today, schismatic church rep says
• Members of Bulgarian Synod call for pan-Orthodox Council about Ukraine
• Synod of Constantinople did not discuss Ukraine at first day of meeting
• Patriarchal exarchs to Kiev to speak at Holy Synod session begun today in Constantinople
• Constantinople rejects pan-Orthodox discussion about Ukrainian autocephaly, schismatic Church representative says  
• Archbishop Jovan of Ohrid: Church needs new council to deal with problem of schismatics (+ VIDEOS)  
• Georgian Church refutes false information coming from Ukrainian Parliamentary Chairman  
• Archbishop of Cyprus opposes political interference in Ukrainian Church affairs  
• Antiochian Holy Synod rebukes Constantinople's unilateral actions, stresses need for pan-Orthodox synaxis  
• Bulgarian Church creates commission to study Ukrainian question  
• Greek Church concerned about Ukraine issue but declines to discuss it at Synod session  
• Speaker of Ukrainian parliament invites Patriarch Bartholomew to Ukraine  
• Head of Polish Church calls for Pat. Bartholomew to convene inter-Orthodox synaxis about Ukraine  
• Bulgarian Church: Interference in Church life is negative for both Church and state  
• Patriarch Kirill writes to primates of all Local Churches about Ukrainian situation  
• “The Church does not bow to politicians”—Patriarch of Alexandria  
• Kiev court to consider suit about president’s interference in Church affairs  
• Estonian Orthodox Church condemns Constantinople’s interference in Ukraine
• reek Orthodox Archdiocese of America supports Constantinople’s actions in Ukraine  
• Russian Church waiting on initiative of Local Churches to convene pan-Orthodox council on Ukraine  
• Constantinople hierarch fuels nationalistic enmity, claims Philaret was not chosen as Russian patriarch because of Ukrainian origin  
• Masked men attack bus full of Ukrainian Orthodox faithful  
• Ukrainian faithful prayerfully protest at building where Constantinople exarchs live in Kiev (+ VIDEO)  
• Georgian Church: Ukrainian issue requires involvement of both Moscow and Constantinple  
• Pat. Kirill proposed holding meeting to discuss history of Kiev’s relationship to Russian Church, Pat. Bartholomew refused  
• “There’s a new Church schism at our door”: Ecumenical Patriarch should unite, not divide Orthodoxy—Met. Ambrose  
• Abbot of Pochaev Lavra warns of possible seizure attempt against monastery  
• Ukrainian radicals vandalize church, physically attack Orthodox priest, faithful  
• Patriarch of Alexandria pledges to speak to Orthodox leaders to save canonical Church in Ukraine (+ VIDEOS)  
• Church of Cyprus prepared to become mediator in settlement of Ukrainian Church issue  
• Patriarch of Alexandria visits Ukraine in show of solidarity with canonical Church (+ VIDEO)  
• Met. Onuphry becomes a target: labeled enemy of Ukraine, told to leave, receives death threats  
• Ukrainian Synod calls on parliament to give up anti-Orthodox bills, not to divide Ukrainian faithful  
• “Kiev Patriarchate” bishop: We are not bishops unless Constantinople lifts anathema against Philaret  
• Ukrainian Holy Synod calls on Constantinople to stop interfering in its internal affairs  
• ROCOR expresses support for Russian Holy Synod’s response to Constantinople; appoints bishop for Western Europe  
• Number of tomos supporters in Ukrainian Church is only decreasing  
• Church sees Ukrainian state’s inventory of Church property as preparation for seizures  
• Serbian Bp. Irinej of Bačka against Constantinople’s interference in other Churches  
• Abbot of Kiev Caves Lavra added to list of enemies of Ukraine on gov’t-backed website  
• Patriarch Bartholomew promises to soon grant autocephaly in Ukraine  
• Alexandrian and Polish primates call for peace in Ukraine over autocephaly issue  
• Athonite abbot: Church in Ukraine needs to maintain unity with Russian Church  
• Joe Biden meets with fake Ukrainian patriarch, expresses his support for creation of autocephalous Ukrainian church  
• Governmental and nationalistic provocations against Kiev Caves and Pochaev Lavras underway  
• Ukrainian media reporting false info on canonical bishops supporting autocephaly  
• Push for Ukrainian autocephaly is a political attack—Met. Hilarion of ROCOR  
• Orthodox Encyclopedia Center publishing historical documents on return of Kiev Metropolis to Russian Church  
• We are on an “extraordinary mission” Constantinople exarchs tell Poroshenko  
• Constantinople exarchs in Ukraine could be planning to reconsecrate schismatic bishops—Met. Hilarion (Alfeyev)  
• Met. Seraphim of Piraeus: Ukraine is playing a geopolitical game between Russia and NATO  
• Belarusian schismatics emboldened by Constantinople’s actions in Ukraine, hope for autocephaly too  
• Greek metropolitan calls on Constantinople to repent and cease communication with Ukrainian schismatics  
• Russian Church suspends commemoration of Pat. Bartholomew and concelebration with Constantinople hierarchs, Eucharistic communion not broken  
• Ukrainian Church will not meet with exarchs who came without its blessing—Met. Onuphry  
• Constantinople has no right to send exarchs to Ukraine—Met. Onuphry  
• Ukrainian schismatics must repent and return before talk of autocephaly—Polish Orthodox Church  
• Russian Holy Synod to meet in extraordinary session today  
• Ukrainian gov’t posts petition to take Kiev Caves Lavra away from Ukrainian Church  
• Refusal of visa to Russian bishop is scandalous—Russian Church representative  
• Belarusian Orthodox Church condemns Constantinople’s anti-canonical incursion into Ukraine  
• U.S. openly supports Ukrainian schismatics’ fight for autocephaly  
• Ukrainian Church calls for council of Orthodox primates  
• Constantinople sees no threat of schism due to Ukrainian autocephaly  
• Constantinople rejecting dialogue with Russian Church  
• “Tentacles of globalization” are trying to destroy Orthodoxy in Ukraine—Pat. Theophilos of Jerusalem  
• Greece refuses visa to bishop of St. Petersburg  
• Support for Met. Onuphry and canonical Ukrainian Church expressed in Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia  
• Russian Church Abroad releases statement on Constantinople’s appointment of exarchs to Kiev  
• Metropolitan Hilarion: Patriarch Bartholomew will bear personal responsibility before the Judgement of God and the judgement of history  
• Russian Orthodox Church Holy Synod Statement as of September 8, 2018  
• Ecumenical Patriarch sends legates to Kiev, begins process of autocephaly  
• Ukrainian Church spokesman: Granting of autonomy to schismatics will be received “very negatively” by Ukrainians  
• The meeting between the primates of the Constantinople and the Russian Churches is taking place  
• Ukraine is canonical territory of Russian Church, not Constantinople, says Jerusalem Patriarchate  
• Pat. Bartholomew and Porohsenko chat on creation of Local Ukrainian Church  
• Poroshenko determined to put an end to “non-canonical,” “unnatural” connection between Ukrainian and Russian Churches
• “If a man is in captivity to sin, no tomos will help him”—Met. Onuphry of Kiev
• Orthodox Christians barred from entering their own church at Odessa Military Academy (+Video)
• “Patriarch” Philaret: God allows war in Donbass so “Kiev Patriarchate” can grow
• Constantinople delegation snubs Ukrainian Church’s celebrations, instead meets with Poroshenko, says autocephaly is the goal
• Fraternal Orthodox Churches express support for canonical Ukrainian Church during Moscow celebrations
• Schismatics skew numbers of weekend’s celebrations in continuing bid for autocephaly
• Bomb threats and smoke bombs used against canonical Ukrainian Churches, radicals say they have “no place in Ukraine”

• Bishop of Greek Church receives new Greek bishop of Ukrainian schismatic church
• Any Local Church can call a pan-Orthodox council, says Bishop Qais of Erzurum
• Patriarch Bartholomew continues proclaiming victory in Ukraine even as war erupts within his pet project
• Church must contact international human rights organizations if persecution in Ukraine continues, says Bishop Qais of Erzurum
• Philaret begins seizing churches and monasteries, suspending clergy on behalf of “Kiev Patriarchate”
• Ukrainian media resurrects fake news about Bulgarian Church recognizing Ukrainian schismatics
• Community of seized Ukrainian church records video appeal to President Vladimir Zelensky (+ VIDEO)
• Ukrainian schismatic synod allows “clergy” to run for political office, against Church canons
• Greek archimandrite consecrated as bishop for Ukrainian schismatics
• Ukrainian site publishes list of priests of captured churches for church and home commemoration
• UPDATED: Greek Metropolitan reportedly released Archimandrite Epiphanius to OCU
• Philaret refuses to sign pledge of loyalty to OCU, would have refused tomos of autocephaly if he had known its contents
• Ukrainian faithful in Chernivtsi process against churches being forced into schism (+ VIDEO)
• Archons of Ecumenical Patriarchate publishing new book to combat supposed fake news about Ukrainian autocephaly
• Archimandrite Epiphanius (Dimitrou) to become first Greek “bishop” of Ukrainian schismatic church
• Makary Maletich: We won’t dissolve the UAOC until Philaret dissolves the KP
• Constantinople hierarch pays a visit to unruly Philaret Denisenko
• Defector bishop Drabinko sues His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry
• Archbishop of Cyprus: Any unilateral decision on Ukraine would harm the Church
• Archbishop of Cyprus visits primates of Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece to discuss Ukrainian problem
• Faithful in Rivne Province celebrate patronal feast in tent after church seized by schismatics
• Philaret’s “Kiev Patriarchate” still exists—Ukrainian Ministry of Justice
• Ukraine is biggest problem facing Orthodox Church today—Serbian Council of Bishops
• Ukrainian Parliament rejects Poroshenko’s bill on blocking military chaplaincy work of canonical Church
• Representatives of 3 Local Churches concelebrate feast of St. Theodosius of Kiev Caves with canonical Ukrainian Church (+ VIDEO)
• Faithful of Ukrainian Vinnitsa Diocese celebrate Liturgy at walls of cathedral seized by schismatics (+ VIDEO)
• Defector bishop Drabinko: Had I known about everything, I might not have gone to the “unification council”
• Philaret: Bishops of schismatic church don’t want to revive “Kiev Patriarchate” because of Moscow influence
• Philaret: Our problems will be solved if Epiphany submits to me
• Archbishop of Cyprus to visit primates of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria to discuss Ukraine
• Ukrainian schismatic activists seize canonical priest’s house in Volyn (+ VIDEO)
• Threat of schism consuming Ukrainian schismatic church, Philaret wants to renew the “Kiev Patriarchate”
• Schismatic primate: Local Churches just haven’t had enough time to recognize us yet
• Greek Metropolitan Seraphim of Kythira warns of dangers of Ukrainian situation for entire Church
• Poroshenko requiring schismatic church to pray for his re-election, Parliament Deputy Chairman says
• European Court of Human Rights opens proceedings in case of canonical Ukrainian parish
• Met. Kallistos (Ware) gives interview on Ukrainian television, reiterates his disagreement with Pat. Bartholomew
• Drunken activists and schismatic priest attack Ukrainian priest, scream at him to return to Romania
• Constantinople delegation discusses Ukrainian issue with primate of Greek Church
• Only 7% of clergy followed their hierarch Simeon Shostatsky into schism in Vinnitsa
• Schismatics open parish in Slovenia, violating tomos from Constantinople, and concelebrate with Catholics
• Metropolitan Onuphry: Schismatics received tomos of slavery, not freedom
• Court dismisses claim on Poroshenko’s interference in Church affairs
• Ukrainian Church publishes interactive map of church seizures (+ MAP)
• Ukrainian Church brings case against Ministry of Culture over renaming requirement
• Ukrainian schismatics continue liberalizing trend: “Bishop” says they will serve funerals for Catholics
• Philaret continues to defy Constantinople—schismatics won’t make foreign parishes comply with tomos
• 447 of 449 priests in disputed Bukovina area remain faithful to canonical Ukrainian Church
• Patriarch Bartholomew, Epiphany Dumenko planning trip to Athos after Pascha
• Patriarch Bartholomew makes false historical arguments in letter to Albanian Church
• Metropolitan Onuphry calls on Poroshenko to change Ukraine’s course to one of peace, unity
• Ukrainian issue not discussed at all at latest Greek Holy Synod meeting
• Synod of Central Asia writes letter of support to Metropolitan Onuphry
• “You won’t get to Heaven from stolen churches”—abbot of Svyatogorsk Lavra in Ukraine (+ VIDEO)
• Security Service of Ukraine opens case against priest who has saved 30 parishes from schism
• Philaret Denisenko: It’s normal that the state pressures parishes to convert
• Ukraine ignores UN’s request for information on violations of rights of canonical faithful
• Thousands participate in processions throughout Ukraine on Sunday of Orthodoxy (+ VIDEOS)
• Schismatic-nationalists assault canonical bishop, lock clergy and faithful in church (+VIDEO)
• Ukrainian state deputy attacks, beats nun while seizing canonical church (+ VIDEO)
• Schismatics threaten priest, try to kick him out of his house
• Ukrainian Security Service opens case against writer for criticizing tomos of autocephaly
• UN reports that autocephaly process has increased tensions and violence against canonical Church in Ukraine
• Schismatics have no priests to serve in churches they’re seizing
• Patriarch Bartholomew pledged to establish contacts between Ukrainian schismatics and autocephalous Churches
• Poroshenko promised Constantinople property in exchange for tomos of autocephaly
• Ukrainian schismatics preparing delegation to send to Romanian Church—Epiphany Dumenko
• Metropolitan Onuphry calls on faithful to read Psalms, say Jesus Prayer for peace in Ukraine
• Greek Synod appoints two commissions to study Ukrainian issue
• Albanian Church doesn't recognize Ukrainian schismatics, calls for pan-Orthodox council
• Greek Church still discussing Ukrainian issue
• Several Athonite monasteries reject politically, ethnically-motivated statement of 4 Greek monasteries
• Schismatic parishes abroad violating tomos of autocephaly, refusing to transfer to Constantinople
• ROCOR parish appeals to human rights organizations to investigate persecution of Ukrainian Church
• Schismatic priest beats, shoves women while seizing parish of canonical Church (+ VIDEOS)
• Ukrainian schismatics say they won’t accept Catholic communities that want to transfer
• Parish in schismatic primate’s childhood village declares loyalty to canonical Church
• Ukrainian schismatics willing to create Romanian vicariate but not to accept re-ordination to facilitate recognition by other Churches
• Each Athonite monastery will decide for itself whether to accept Ukrainian schismatics, 4 Greek monasteries condemn Russian Church’s stance
• Pat. Bartholomew refuses pan-Orthodox council about Ukraine because of failure of Crete council
• Metropolitan Athanasius of Limassol did not sign Cypriot Synodal statement on Ukraine
• Schismatic church keeps no official data on number of parishes that transfer, BBC Ukraine finds
• Romanian-speaking parishes in Ukraine confirm loyalty to canonical Church and primate
• Ukrainian hierarch calls prodigal defector bishop to return to Father’s house in the Church
• Fr. John Whiteford presents at international theological conference on Ukrainian crisis in Moscow
• Archbishop Michael of Prague bans his clergy from serving with Ukrainian schismatics
• Russian Holy Synod issues statement on lawlessness and violence in Ukraine
• Abbot of Pochaev Lavra: Our monasteries will not join the schismatics
• Ukrainian Ministry of Culture gives permission for Uniates to serve in ancient Orthodox church, Philaret Denisenko worries the Kremlin will stage provocations
• Schismatics injure two matushkas while seizing church in Volyn (+ VIDEOS)
• Logic of renaming the Ukrainian Church means Ukraine should be called a U.S. state—Met. Luke of Zaporozhye
• UOC hierarch: In the USSR they accused me of working for America, now of working for the Kremlin
• Serbian Patriarch sends letter of support to Metropolitan Onuphry
• Ukrainian Ministry of Culture sets Holy Friday as last day for Church to rename itself
• Macedonian schismatics expecting autocephaly from Constantinople
• Romanian Holy Synod reiterates call for Moscow-Constantinople dialogues to resolve Ukrainian issue
• Schismatics seize more than 20 churches in Volyn Diocese alone, says Bishop Nathaniel
• Canonical Ukrainian Church delegation meets with Patriarch Ilia of Georgia (+ VIDEO)
• Poroshenko attends Constantinople-Uniate concelebration in New Jersey
• Only 36 parishes have voluntary left the canonical Church—Bp. Viktor of Baryshevka
• Ukrainian Church addresses internat’l organizations about human rights violations in Ukraine (+ VIDEO)
• Kiev Diocese declares loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church and primate
• Cypriot Holy Synod: new Ukrainian structure has not achieved unity, has illegitimate hierarchs and clergy
• Ukrainian Ministry of Culture threatens to ban Ukrainian Church if it doesn’t rename itself
• Donetsk Diocese declares its loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church and primate
• Ukrainian metropolitan detained by police
• Vandals burn and desecrate Ukrainian church with Nazi symbols on feast of the Meeting of the Lord
• Ukrainian parish defending its rights to its church in European Court of Human Rights
• Two more dioceses declare fidelity to canonical Ukrainian Church and primate
• Schismatics’ report on Mt. Athos visit: Served Liturgy at two monasteries, communed at a third
• Ukraine cancels citizenship, deports bishop as he returns from speaking to US Congress about persecution in Ukraine
• Constantinople’s goal is to impose its authority over the entire Church—Met. Daniil of Bulgarian Church
• Schismatics dismantle doors to church where community voted to remain loyal to Orthodoxy (+ VIDEO)
• Sacred Community of Mt. Athos discusses Ukrainian schismatics, makes no decision
• Newly-published audio from Met. Vladimir of Kiev shows canonical Church knew of Pat. Bartholomew’s ambitions more than a decade ago
• Two churches in Zaporozhye vandalized with Nazi symbols
• Khust Diocese declares support for canonical Ukrainian Church and Met. Onuphry
• Church set ablaze in southern Ukraine
• Ukrainian police open criminal case against Kiev Caves Lavra
• Dochariou, Zographou Monasteries on Mt. Athos close gates to Ukrainian schismatics, Simenopetra allows them only to venerate relics
• Seven monks leave Vatopedi Monastery on Mt. Athos after visit of Ukrainian schismatic delegation
• St. Panteleimon’s Monastery on Mt. Athos closes its gates to schismatic bishop
• Controversy surrounds first Synod meeting of Ukrainian nationalist church
• Schismatic bishop serves Liturgy at Pantocrator Monastery on Mt. Athos
• Epiphany Dumenko is impostor, says Met. Rostislav of Czech-Slovak Church
• Cypriot Holy Synod discussed Ukraine, to continue later this month
• Nationalists seize churches by beating up priests, threatening kidnappings—Epiphany Dumenko blames Moscow
• Ukrainian metropolitan to Abbot Alexios of Xenophontos: “Whoever serves with schismatics also becomes a schismatic”
• Poroshenko’s interference in Church matters is aimed at “division, enmity, hatred”—President Yanukovych
• Ukrainian Security Service interrogating Rivne priests again
• The Church will remain united with Metropolitan Onuphry, says Bulgarian hierarch
• First session of schismatic Synod appoints the suddenly-recovered Philaret Denisenko as bishop of Kiev
• Court sides with Ukrainian Church against defector bishop, allows canonical bishop to register as ruling hierarch
• Despite abbot’s absence, hieromonk of Vatopedi attended schismatic enthronement with abbot of Xenophontos and monk of Koutloumousiou
• Ukrainian crisis in the diaspora: Serbian Church, ROCOR to celebrate Sunday of Orthodoxy separate from Greek Metropolis in Chicago
• “It is time for us to raise our voices”—Patriarch John of Antioch calls on brother primates to resolve Ukraine issue
• Schismatics and police beat canonical priest in Ternopil (+ VIDEO)
• Georgian metropolitan: Ukrainian autocephaly can come only in canonical way, by request of fullness of Church
• Schismatic Epiphany’s enthronement: No Local Churches except Constantinople, no Philaret, few parishioners, one Athonite abbot
• Abbot Ephraim speaks with UOC hierarchs on phone, leaves Ukraine for further treatment
• Schismatic head Epiphany Dumenko visits Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi in hospital
• Abbot of Ephraim of Vatopedi, arriving in Kiev on ultimatum, suffers heart attack
• Church of Czech Lands and Slovakia calls on primates to hold pan-Orthodox meeting on Ukraine
• Patriarch of Jerusalem awards Vadim Novinsky, Ukrainian politician who defends canonical Church, with Golden Cross
• Patriarch Bartholomew will not attend enthronement of “Metropolitan” Epiphany Dumenko
• Schismatic church enters state registry with same legal name as canonical Church
• Georgian Synod won’t decide on Ukraine until spring despite visit from Constantinople delegation
• Abbots of Vatopedi, Xenophontos Athonite Monasteries to attend enthronement of Ukrainian schismatic with Pat. Bartholomew
• Patriarch of Jerusalem meets with UOC delegation for second time in a week after not meeting with Poroshenko
• Certain Athonite monasteries will close gates to Epiphany Dumenko; two abbots to reportedly join EP’s delegation to Epiphany’s enthronement
• Georgian Church calls for preservation of unity in regard to Ukraine; Patriarch Ilia to meet with Constantinople delegation today
• “It’s like a bomb was thrown into our house”—Patriarch Irinej on Ukraine
• We continue to call the Patriarchate of Constantinople to dialogue—Patriarch John of Antioch
• Clergy of Brovary, Tatarbunary Regions confirm loyalty to canonical Ukrainian Church
• Greek Church under pressure from political, economic, diplomatic fields to recognize Ukrainian schismatics
• Poroshenko signs second anti-Church bill into law
• Hierarchs of Czech and Slovak Church support canonical Ukrainian Church, says retired Abp. of Prague
• Mt. Athos rejects Constantinople’s request to send delegation to enthronement of Ukrainian schismatic primate
• OCA rejects recognition of Ukrainian schismatic church, continues to support, recognize only Met. Onuphry
• Patriarch Bartholomew, Poroshenko, the West meddling in Ukrainian Church, says Orthodox Palestine Society
• Philaret Denisenko reveals his childhood asceticism to applauding crowd, says angel took up abode in him (+ VIDEO)
• Ukrainian children tearfully entreat schismatics not to take their church (+ VIDEO)
• Another Italian parish switches from Constantinople to ROCOR
• Kiev schema-archimandrite appeals to Georgian Church not to recognize Ukrainian schismatics
• Czech hierarch: What is happening in Ukraine is unbelievable
• Primates, representatives of Local Churches gathering for Pat. Kirill’s 10th anniversary will discuss Ukraine
• Mt. Athos divided over Ukraine issue, source says
• Ukrainian schismatic head expecting recognition from Greek Church
• Bishop of Czech and Slovak Church concelebrates with hierarchs of canonical Ukrainian Church in Kiev Caves (+ VIDEO)
• Dozens of church seizures occur in first weeks of new Ukrainian structure, Met. Hilarion says
• Philaret Denisenko reveals how Ukrainian laws can be used to seize Kiev, Pochaev Lavras
• Metropolis of Piraeus calls on Greek Holy Synod not to recognize Ukrainian schismatics
• “The unity of the Orthodox Church is based not on the sole, Papist principle, but on conciliarity”—Georgian hierarch
• There is no new church, tomos was given to “Kiev Patriarchate,” Philaret Denisenko declares
• Patriarch of Jerusalem meets with pilgrims from canonical Ukrainian Church day after Poroshenko’s delegation claims he is seriously ill in the hospital
• Georgian Church rebukes the pressure against it to recognize Ukrainian nationalist church
• Ukrainian parishes that switch are moving to the “Kiev Patriarchate,” not the new “church”
• Nationalists break into church, attack priest preparing to celebrate Baptism in Ukrainian village
• Patriarch of Jerusalem had agreed to meet with Poroshenko only if no schismatics were present
• Met. Onuphry: A church governed by man is but a political party, we are governed by Christ
• Patriarch of Jerusalem canceled meeting with Poroshenko, source reports
• Ukrainian schismatics continue to defy Constantinople: Philaret orders to be commemorated before primate, disputes church’s name stipulated by Constantinople
• We cannot take the words of Constantinople’s Ukrainian Exarch seriously, what is happening in Ukraine is a great sorrow and tragedy—Polish hierarch
• Patriarch of Jerusalem did not concelebrate with Ukrainian schismatics (+ VIDEO)
• Theophany services disrupted by terrorist bomb attack at Ukrainian cathedral
• “We are believers in Christ and lovers of Kievan Rus’-Ukraine!” Ukrainian faithful write to Poroshenko
• “We already know how to pray to God”—Ukrainian faithful standing strong in face of increasing church seizures (+ VIDEO)
• “We categorically reject” what is happening in Orthodox world, Pat. John of Antioch tells Russian delegation
• Head of Ukrainian nationalist church to be enthroned February 3
• Ukrainian gov’t adopts second anti-Church bill, further enabling seizure of churches
• There are attempts to separate Antiochian Patriarchate into Syrian and Lebanese Churches, Assad says
• Archbishops of Greece and Albania meet to discuss Ukrainian issue
• Poroshenko praises apostate bishops who chose “Ukrainian faith”
• Met. Kallistos (Ware): Crete was far from pan-Orthodox; Constantinople gave autocephaly to schismatics
• Apostate bishop blesses cathedral outside his jurisdiction to switch to nationalist church with blessing of Patriarch Bartholomew
• Ukrainian church-state architectural monument vandalized in Sumy Diocese
• Kiev wants to take Caves Lavra away from Ukrainian Church, monastery abbot says
• Patriarchate of Constantinople publishes full text of Ukrainian tomos
• “We do not support either Constantinople or Russia, but adhere to the canons”—Serbian hierarchs speaking out (+ VIDEO)
• Persecution, church seizures, and vandalism ramp up in Pat. Bartholomew’s post-tomos Ukraine
• Constantinople appoints head of stavropegial institutions in Ukraine
• Internal strife in “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” continues as former UAOC head accuses Philaret Denisenko of disobedience to Constantinople
• Poroshenko parrots Old Calendarist talking points, calls for ROC to show its tomos “signed by Stalin”
• Constantinople Exarch says head of Belarusian Church doesn't want autocephaly because he's afraid of spiritual growth of his flock
• Recognition of Ukrainian schismatics will begin with Greek, Romanian Churches in 1.5 months, Constantinople Exarch believes
• 95% of Ukrainian television audience says tomos is political tool