“No” from Metropolitan Onufriy on severing the UOC’s connection with Moscow
By Efi Efthimiou The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC – Moscow Patriarchate) has formally announced its refusal to comply with legislation ...
Sunday, August 16, 2026
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What sources from Phanar and Kyiv reveal to Orthodox Times about the situation in Ukraine
by Efi Efthimiou Particularly revealing about the current state of the Orthodox community in Ukraine is information that has come ...
Onufriy on the third anniversary of the 2022 Council: We possess all the marks of canonical independence from Moscow
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) celebrated the third anniversary of its Council with a Divine Liturgy officiated by Metropolitan Onufriy ...
Metropolitan Onufriy’s wishes to the New Archbishop of Albania – Hopes for “Further Friendly Relations”
Metropolitan Onufriy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also sent his congratulations to the new Archbishop Ioannis of Albania. ...
Metropolitan Onufriy and 20 Bishops of his Church have Russian passports – What Metropolitan replies
By Efi Efthimiou A big turmoil broke into the circles of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which belongs to the Moscow ...
Monasteries of the Russian Church in Ukraine ignore measures against coronavirus
At least four monasteries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), which have become contagion hotspots for they ignored measures ...
Two monks of the Kiev Monastery of the Caves died, 90 found positive in the new coronavirus
Two monks infected with the new coronavirus have died in Ukraine, while their monastery, located in the centre of Kiev, ...
Archbishop of Cyprus: I told Onufriy to ask autocephaly from Patriarch of Moscow
Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus made a pithy statement on the church issue of Ukraine, who celebrated at the Cathedral ...
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate retains its name
The Supreme Court of Ukraine dismissed the appeal filed by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, which claimed that the ...
f. Nikolay Balashov: We highly appreciate the initiative of the Patriarch of Jerusalem
The Patriarchate of Moscow welcomes the initiative of Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem to convene a meeting of Orthodox primates in ...
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