Moscow Patriarch Kirill, Ukrainian Orthodox leaders issue calls for peace
Vatican City RNS Addressing the faithful on Thursday, prelates associated with a Moscow-linked subset of Orthodox Christianity issued statements lamenting the suffering caused by the ongoing attack against Ukraine by Russian forces and calling for peace. Speaking to members of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church who answer to the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev called […]
Constantinople Patriarch visits Ukraine for independence anniversary
Kyiv, Ukraine AP The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople has arrived on a visit to Ukraine to attend festivities marking the 30th anniversary of its declaration of independence. On Saturday, Patriarch Batholomew I and the leader of the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius I, together conducted a lithurgy in Kyiv’s St Michael’s Cathedral. Ecumenical […]
Cyprus Orthodox Church backs Ukrainian Church’s independence
Nicosia, Cyprus AP The Cypriot Orthodox Church’s top decision-making body on Wednesday backed the Archbishop’s move to effectively recognise the new Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s independence, overturning an earlier position of neutrality on the thorny issue. Of the Holy Synod’s 17 bishops, 10 voted not to contest last month’s decision by Archbishop Chrysostomos II to extend […]