Ukraine religious leaders call for return of POWS, criticize ‘referendums’
Religious leaders in Ukraine called for safe return of prisoners of war, civilian hostages and all those who were forcibly taken to Russia.
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by bcadmin | Sep 27, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Catholic Church, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |
Religious leaders in Ukraine called for safe return of prisoners of war, civilian hostages and all those who were forcibly taken to Russia.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 30, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Ukraine | 0 |
In a bright and sunny shelter for people displaced by the war, Anna Bilous did her part to preserve Ukrainian culture by teaching residents the art of “pysanky,” literally “writing” Easter eggs.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 25, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, lead, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Russian soldiers used the house of worship for storing ammunition, residents said, and Ukrainian forces shelled the building to make the Russians leave. There was no Orthodox Easter service here Sunday in this small village in northern Ukraine.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 25, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Easter, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Russian Orthodox Church, Ukraine Crisis, United Arab Emirates | 0 |
Hundreds of Russians and Ukrainians alike crowded into the only Russian Orthodox Church on the Arabian Peninsula on Sunday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 12, 2022 | Church in Europe, lead, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill, Pope Francis, Russian Orthodox Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Many within Orthodoxy are calling for Russian Patriarch Kirill to be tried by Church authorities for supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 11, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
It’s almost Easter in Ukraine, where a trio of churches on the far edges of the capital considered faith, hope and charity on Sunday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 1, 2022 | Associated Press, Bishop Borys Gudziak, Church in Europe, lead, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |
The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be “crushed” if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 28, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Patriarch Bartholomew, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople pledged solidarity with Ukrainians forced to flee their country and thanked neighboring Poland for showing “generosity, charity and hospitality” since the start of the Russian invasion.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 22, 2022 | Ambassador Sam Brownback, Associated Press, Church in Europe, lead, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis | 0 |
While Russia has sought to justify its assault on Ukraine with complaints about NATO’s eastward expansion, it has also claimed that foreign actors have encroached on its religious turf in Ukraine.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 21, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Europe, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |
Across Europe, Ukrainians gathered for church services on Sunday to pray for peace in their war-torn country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 10, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | 0 |
Amid ongoing Russian attacks on Ukraine, Catholic and other faith leaders and parishioners across the United States have been gathering to pray for peace.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 9, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Europe, News, Orthodox Church in Ukraine, osce, Ukraine, Ukraine Crisis, war crimes | 0 |
The head of the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine challenged the international community to “take action so that Russia immediately stops the barbaric ruination of Ukrainian cities, villages and their population.”
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