By Thomas Peter and Aleksandar Vasovic ZAPORIZHZHIA (Reuters) -About 25 miles (40 km) from a slowly advancing Russian ...

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

Ukrainian religious organizations will soon be forbidden to work together with the Russian Orthodox Church. The ban mainly affects the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. Up ...

Ukrainian Army chaplain Vasyl celebrates a Sunday Mass at a Ukrainian Orthodox church in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, May 29, 2022. The 100th day of war between Ukraine and Russia was marked a few ...

The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said Russia has used the Russian Orthodox Church “as a tool of militarization.” Tuesday, July 22, 2025 A service of EWTN News ...

Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to allow a Russia-linked branch of the Orthodox church to be outlawed, contrary to online claims, opens new tab saying the country banned Christianity. Posts on ...

Meanwhile, hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have been imprisoned, he noted. "I raised this topic many times hoping to draw attention to this problem abroad.

Another X user wrote: "Ukraine has officially banned the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.This only makes it officially legal what's already been happening. The law will be enforced within 30 days, any ...

Rev. David Oravec clearly remembers that the email from Sweden arrived at 4:43 a.m. The pastor of St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in Annapolis had risen early to play racquetball and was intrigu… ...