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Charges Against Russian Orthodox Church Leader For "Justifying" Ukraine Invasion
Ukraine said Saturday it had filed criminal charges against Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, in absentia for "justifying" Russia's invasion.
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Ukraine Passes Bill To Ban Moscow-linked Orthodox Church In First Reading
Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that would ban the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), as Kyiv vows to cut ties with institutions it considers aligned with Russia.
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Russian Missile Strikes On Ukraine Destroys Historic Orthodox Church: Report
The Russian missile strikes that killed at least one and injured many have destroyed a famous Orthodox cathedral in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, reported CNN.
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Ukraine Orders Russian-Aligned Orthodox Church To Leave Kyiv Monastery
Ukrainian officials on Friday ordered a historically Russian-aligned wing of the Orthodox Church to leave a monastery complex in Kyiv where it is based, the latest move against a denomination regarded with deep suspicion by the government.
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Ukraine Sanctions 22 Associated With Russian Orthodox Church
"Sanctions have been imposed against 22 Russian citizens who, under the guise of spirituality, support terror and genocidal policy," President Zelensky said in his nightly address late on Monday.
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Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Joy And Anger For Rival Churches In Kyiv
Tears of joy streamed down worshippers' faces as Ukraine's main church celebrated a "return" to Kyiv's Cathedral of the Assumption on Orthodox Christmas day, shortly after taking control of it from a rival church with alleged ties to Russia.
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Ukraine Seizes Assets, Bans Travel For Clerics With Russian Ties
Ukraine's top security officials have ordered punitive measures against seven senior clerics, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, part of a crackdown on a branch of the Orthodox Church with longstanding ties to Moscow.
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Russian Artillery Hit Monastery In Eastern Ukraine: President Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian artillery hit an early 17th century Ukrainian Orthodox monastery in war-torn eastern Ukraine on Saturday, engulfing its main church in flames.
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Russia Moves On Key City Amid Ukraine Church Schism
Russian troops were approaching the strategic city of Severodonetsk on Friday in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the war triggered a historic schism in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's Moscow branch.
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Rival Orthodox Churches Wage Shadow War In Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion
As war rages across Ukraine, Mykhaylo Tereshchenko, the priest of Moscow branch of Ukraine's Orthodox Church is locked in his own spiritual battle that risks tearing his parish apart.
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EU Proposes Sanctioning Head Of Russian Orthodox Church
The European Commission has proposed sanctioning the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, in the latest wave of economic measures against Russia.
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In Sermon, Russian Church Leader Kirill Links Ukraine War With Gay Pride Parade
Kirill said in Sunday sermon that countries which do not accept western values are not considered part of the world.
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Man Who Jumped From 7th Floor Landed On A Baby. Tragedy Doesn't End There
The death of a baby crushed by a drunk man who committed suicide by jumping out of an eighth-floor apartment in Ukraine has exposed the religious divide in the Orthodox Christian country.
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Putin Holds Key to Ukraine Peace But Keeps World Guessing
President Vladimir Putin took a break from his official duties to slip into a Russian Orthodox Church this week and light a candle for fighters killed in eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine Church Leader Says Vladimir Putin 'Possessed by Satan'
The head of Ukraine's Orthodox Church yesterday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being possessed by Satan -- a comment certain to outrage tens of millions of faithful in both countries.
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Charges Against Russian Orthodox Church Leader For "Justifying" Ukraine Invasion
Ukraine said Saturday it had filed criminal charges against Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, in absentia for "justifying" Russia's invasion.
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Ukraine Passes Bill To Ban Moscow-linked Orthodox Church In First Reading
Ukrainian lawmakers on Thursday advanced legislation that would ban the Moscow-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), as Kyiv vows to cut ties with institutions it considers aligned with Russia.
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Russian Missile Strikes On Ukraine Destroys Historic Orthodox Church: Report
The Russian missile strikes that killed at least one and injured many have destroyed a famous Orthodox cathedral in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa, reported CNN.
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Ukraine Orders Russian-Aligned Orthodox Church To Leave Kyiv Monastery
Ukrainian officials on Friday ordered a historically Russian-aligned wing of the Orthodox Church to leave a monastery complex in Kyiv where it is based, the latest move against a denomination regarded with deep suspicion by the government.
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Ukraine Sanctions 22 Associated With Russian Orthodox Church
"Sanctions have been imposed against 22 Russian citizens who, under the guise of spirituality, support terror and genocidal policy," President Zelensky said in his nightly address late on Monday.
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Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict, Joy And Anger For Rival Churches In Kyiv
Tears of joy streamed down worshippers' faces as Ukraine's main church celebrated a "return" to Kyiv's Cathedral of the Assumption on Orthodox Christmas day, shortly after taking control of it from a rival church with alleged ties to Russia.
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Ukraine Seizes Assets, Bans Travel For Clerics With Russian Ties
Ukraine's top security officials have ordered punitive measures against seven senior clerics, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, part of a crackdown on a branch of the Orthodox Church with longstanding ties to Moscow.
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Russian Artillery Hit Monastery In Eastern Ukraine: President Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russian artillery hit an early 17th century Ukrainian Orthodox monastery in war-torn eastern Ukraine on Saturday, engulfing its main church in flames.
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Russia Moves On Key City Amid Ukraine Church Schism
Russian troops were approaching the strategic city of Severodonetsk on Friday in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, as the war triggered a historic schism in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's Moscow branch.
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Rival Orthodox Churches Wage Shadow War In Ukraine Amid Russian Invasion
As war rages across Ukraine, Mykhaylo Tereshchenko, the priest of Moscow branch of Ukraine's Orthodox Church is locked in his own spiritual battle that risks tearing his parish apart.
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EU Proposes Sanctioning Head Of Russian Orthodox Church
The European Commission has proposed sanctioning the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, in the latest wave of economic measures against Russia.
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In Sermon, Russian Church Leader Kirill Links Ukraine War With Gay Pride Parade
Kirill said in Sunday sermon that countries which do not accept western values are not considered part of the world.
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Man Who Jumped From 7th Floor Landed On A Baby. Tragedy Doesn't End There
The death of a baby crushed by a drunk man who committed suicide by jumping out of an eighth-floor apartment in Ukraine has exposed the religious divide in the Orthodox Christian country.
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Putin Holds Key to Ukraine Peace But Keeps World Guessing
President Vladimir Putin took a break from his official duties to slip into a Russian Orthodox Church this week and light a candle for fighters killed in eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine Church Leader Says Vladimir Putin 'Possessed by Satan'
The head of Ukraine's Orthodox Church yesterday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of being possessed by Satan -- a comment certain to outrage tens of millions of faithful in both countries.
