by admin_HRWF | Sep 12, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Controversy about the bill on property transfer of Kyiv-Pechersk & Pochaiv Lavras By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (12.09.2022) – On 8 September 2022, a draft resolution proposing the transfer of the Pochaiv Dormition Lavra...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 28, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Independence Day celebrated by religious leaders in St Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv HRWF (29.08.2022) – On Ukraine’s Independence Day celebrated on 24 August, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena took part in the solemn event “Prayer for...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 22, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Gap widening between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church HRWF (22.08.2022) – The Ukrainian authorities have allowed Metropolitan Onufry, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church/ Moscow Patriarchate, to meet Russian prisoners of war. He gave...
by admin_HRWF | Aug 16, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief
Clergy say Russian occupiers target them with threats and violence Priests say they face assaults if they refuse Russian demands to collaborate and influence the local population Wall Street Journal (16.08.2022) – https://on.wsj.com/3A1jpru – The Russian...
by admin_HRWF | Jul 15, 2022 | Freedom of Religion and Belief, Russia
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) and the war The UOC in communion with the Moscow Patriarchate is also a victim of Russia’s aggression of Ukraine Bishop Victor of Baryshivka of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) condemns Russia’s war on Ukraine Union of Orthodox...
