According to preliminary information, Fr. Galaction is now at a military unit in Chortkiv, Ternopil Province. Communication with him has been lost.
The criminal case was triggered by a sermon that Met. Anthony delivered on May 22, 2022, at the Holy Protection Cathedral in Khmelnytskyi. In a video recording that appeared on social media, he called on parishioners not to stand aside if “people far from the Church” came to seize churches.
The legal proceedings are part of ongoing disputes over the status and operations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Another incident of vandalism targeting a Russian Orthodox church in Europe has occurred, this time at the Holy Exaltation of the Cross Cathedral in Geneva, Switzerland. An intruder broke into the cathedral in the night of May 14-15 and shattered a historic stained glass window dating back approximately 160 years.
Officer John Bartholomew, 38, a 10-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, was killed April 25 in a shooting at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital.
Fr. Nikita noted the absence of any prior warnings or official notifications from the Preserve. “Taking advantage of empty premises, they break the locks, seize the church, and effectively bar the Monastery from access to the holy site. Only afterward do they send letters to the Monastery claiming that the monks voluntarily removed their belongings,” he said.
Ukrainian authorities continue to wage war on Ukrainian citizens who belong to the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
Dejan Baljosevic
H.K. saw me: our eyes met. I saw sinister hatred in his glare and realized that I could expect nothing good.
TCC employees began forcibly pulling Met. Vladimir from the car without first checking any documents. When Fr. Alexander attempted to protect the Metropolitan, recruitment officers used pepper spray against him, forced him to his knees, and beat him in the chest area.
Law enforcement authorities quickly apprehended the attacker at the scene. The assailant is believed to suffer from mental illness.
A Ukrainian court has ruled against an Orthodox monastery, ordering that it surrender its buildings to the state.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church has won a significant legal victory after an appeals court ruled that a 2023 state examination declaring the UOC remains part of the Moscow Patriarchate was conducted with substantial procedural violations.
The cathedral, built in 1866, is a protected cultural monument of the Republic of Croatia and the center of the local Serbian Orthodox diocese.
Stanislav Olviysky
The mass mobilization of clergy from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is taking place on a broad scale. Meanwhile, their “colleagues” from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine have not been touched by this “busification.”
The military posted a photo on social media of the replacement crucifix, which appeared smaller but more ornate than the original statue.
A Ukrainian court has extended the round-the-clock house arrest of Metropolitan Arseny of Svyatogorsk for two more months.
The warning was submitted by Justice for All International, a Geneva-based organization, as part of the Universal Periodic Review process, in which governments and civil society organizations submit reports on the human rights situation in a given country for consideration by the UN Human Rights Council.
Relief efforts are ongoing, as many people who are unable to work have been left without shelter or means of subsistence after their homes and all their possessions were destroyed by fire.
The Russian Home for the Elderly, located on the grounds adjacent to the cathedral, also suffered significant damage, including a partially collapsed roof. Elderly residents continue to live at the facility as dependents.
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem has announced that celebrations for Holy Week and Pascha will go ahead this year, limited to religious rites only, without processions or festive gatherings.
