Pray for our Orthodox brethren

boughtwithaprice said:

News has come that the government of Ukraine wants to ban the Orthodox Church over ties to Moscow. This is not only the Russian Orthodox but also the Ukrainian Orthodox because they are not sufficiently anti-Moscow

Ukraine Gov’t Looks to Ban Branch of Orthodox Church over Ties to Russia

Ukraine Gov't Looks to Ban Orthodox Church Branch over Ties to Russia

The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever its ties with Moscow and could be banned.

www.breitbart.com

Lord have mercy

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The Liturgist said:

Yes they’ve been threatening to do that for months now. Also the Latvians are planning on doing the same and are at risk of getting away with it due to less media coverage. There is the European Court of Human Rights but no doubt the countries will argue that they derogated from religious freedom due to wartime conditions, which is of course nonsensical particularly since the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church severed formal relations with the MP and also since both churches have an obligation to bless their fighting forces while praying for peace, and if the roles were reversed Patriarch Kirill would be being celebrated as a hero for his controversial statements.

None of what I have posted should be interpreted as favoring anything but an immediate cessation of hostilities and immediate efforts to reconcile the Russian and Ukrainian people and normalize relations.

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boughtwithaprice said:

News has come that the government of Ukraine wants to ban the Orthodox Church over ties to Moscow. This is not only the Russian Orthodox but also the Ukrainian Orthodox because they are not sufficiently anti-Moscow

Ukraine Gov’t Looks to Ban Branch of Orthodox Church over Ties to Russia

Ukraine Gov't Looks to Ban Orthodox Church Branch over Ties to Russia

The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever its ties with Moscow and could be banned.

www.breitbart.com

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Lord have mercy

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boughtwithaprice said:

Things that are overlooked, maybe.

The Russian Orthodox Church are not the ones invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and the secular government are.
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church are still Christian as is the Russian
Is this not a government, aka Zelensky, mandated schism? What business does a secular government have in dictating Church affairs?

To me, that is the bigger picture. I don’t care what the opinions are, a government has no right to suppress a Church

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BobRyan said:

from your link above..

"The action comes a year after the Ukrainian Parliament passed a law banning the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox Church due to its strong support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine."

note - the Moscow-based Russian Orthodox church blessed Putin's invasion of Ukraine at the start of the war.

"The law also authorized banning any organization tied to the Russian church. A government investigation into the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, with its centuries-old ties to Moscow, soon followed."

"The UOC denounced the full-blown Russian invasion from the start in 2022. It declared its independence from the Moscow church the same year and reiterated that stance in 2025.

"Even so, the government says the UOC has refused to take necessary steps, such as revising its governing documents, to complete that separation."

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RileyG said:

Lord have mercy!

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