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18 June 2018, 13:44 | National religious question |
Memorial to four church ministers killed by the DNR militants unveiled in Slovyansk
In Slovyansk, Donetsk region, a memorial was opened to commemorate the four servants of the local Protestant church “Transfiguration of the Lord”, whom the Russian mercenaries had abducted, tortured and killed four years ago.
15 May 2018, 10:28 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Muslims continually arrested in occupied Crimea
In the Russian- occupied Crimea, the village of. Baidary (Orlyne, Sevastopol) the raids were conducted early in the morning on May 10, 2018. According to their results, several Crimean Muslim Tatars were arrested, reports “Religion in Ukraine” citing Islam.in.ua.
11 May 2018, 11:28 | International relations |
Russia named responsible for deterioration of religious freedom in annexed Crimea and occupied Donbas
The Russian-occupied separatist parastates of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LNR) and Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine remain heavily militarized war zones policed by parallel ministries of state security.
27 April 2018, 11:38 | International relations |
Russia restricts religious freedom in Crimea
Russian repressive laws have “significantly reduced religious freedom” in the annexed Crimea, in particular, Russia has refused to register the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate on the peninsula. This is stated in the annual report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which documented violations of freedom of religion in 28 countries of the world in 2017, Radio Liberty has reported.
3 April 2018, 14:04 | Land and property problems |
New development in the confrontation between UOC-KP and UOC (MP) in Ptycha village in Rivne region
On April 2, villagers entered the church on a court ruling to lift an attachment of the church property. Litigation on this case has continued four months. Religious communities of the Moscow and Kyiv Patriarchates pretend to own the temple.
6 March 2018, 14:48 | Church-state relations |
The Islamic cultural centre in Kyiv was searched
In the Islamic cultural center in Kyiv, the law enforcers conducted a search and allegedly seized prohibited literature. This was announced by mufti of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine said Ismagilov in Facebook.
14 February 2018, 14:04 | Freedom of Conscience |
MFA to cooperate with the churches in the matter of restoring religious freedom in the occupied territories
The Public Council under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for cooperation with religious organizations will promote the commemoration of the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933, release of Ukrainian political prisoners and support the development of military chaplaincy.
13 February 2018, 12:52 | Legislation |
Andriy Yurash: Ukraine has the world’s most liberal legislation on religion
According to the law, Ukrainian state has only minimal possibilities for analyzing what is happening during the registration of religious communities and, in fact, cannot influence their further actions. Although sometimes it only harms.
2 February 2018, 14:40 | International relations |
OSCE Mission Observers study the religious situation in Vinnytsia region
Representatives of the OSCE Mission today meet with clergymen of various denominations of Vinnytsia region, as well as with local authorities, to monitor the religious situation in the region, Religion in Ukraine has reported, citing the websites of the UOC-KP and the UOC-MP.
17 October 2017, 14:07 | Freedom of Conscience |
The so-called Expert Council in Luhansk decides the destiny of Jehovah’s Witnesses
The Expert Council for Religious Expertise will begin its work in Luhansk, a local newspaper reports citing the so-called Ministry of Culture, Sports and Youth in the so called Luhansk People Republic (part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian and pro-Russian militants), according to Hromadske Radio.
11 October 2017, 09:41 | Freedom of Conscience |
In Crimea Russian authorities raid homes of Crimea Tatars again
In the city of Bakhchisarai of the annexed Crimea, early in the morning on October 11, searches began in the houses of the Crimean Tatars. This is reported by coordinator of the public organization “Crimea SOS” Tamila Tasheva on her Facebook page, according to UNIAN.
6 October 2017, 10:09 | Freedom of Conscience |
Human rights violators in Donbas and Crimea to experience strong international pressure
Everyone involved in the violation of human rights in the annexed Crimea and the Donbass should understand that they will be under powerful international sanctions, Director of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleksiy Makeyev said in an interview with Radio Liberty.
13 September 2017, 10:43 | Freedom of Conscience |
One more Muslim detained in occupied Crimea
Russian security forces conducted a search on September 13 at Renat Paralamov's house in the Crimean village of Nizhnogorsk and detained him.
6 September 2017, 14:44 | Protests and conflicts
UOC-MP files complaint with OSCE on persecutions of believers in Kotyuzhyny
A meeting of representatives of the religious community of the UOC-MP in the village of Kotyuzhyny in Ternopil region led by their pastor with the representatives of the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine, took place on September 5 on the premises of the village council of Velyky Viknyny, Zbarazhsky district.
6 September 2017, 11:31 | Protests and conflicts | |
UOC-KP community in Kostyantynivka forced under the authority of the Moscow Patriarchate
5 September 2017, 10:15 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Church is planned to be turned into a communal grave
Archbishop Klyment of Simferopol and Crimea of the UOC-KP demands from the Crimean branch of the FSB of Russia to investigate into the actions of the security forces who blocked the temple of the Holy Equal-to-the Apostles Princess Olga and Prince Volodymyr in Simferopol on August 31, as well as to ensure the safety of the parishioners. Archbishop Klyment plans to file the relevant appeal with such requirements to the Kremlin-controlled Crimean government and the FSB of the annexed Crimea in the near future.
4 September 2017, 11:10 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
President Poroshenko calls to stop attacks on the Ukrainian Church in Crimea
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called unacceptable the attack on the Church of the Holy and Equal-to-the Apostles Prince Volodymyr and Olga of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchate in Simferopol in the occupied Crimea. The President’s press-service reports him as saying this during a meeting with the Heads of Churches and Heroes of Ukraine on September 2, 2017.
31 August 2017, 13:20 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Law enforcement in Crimea block the church of Kyiv Patriarchate
In Crimea, on the morning of August 31, Russian secret services blocked the church of St. Equal-to-the-Apostolic Princes Olga and Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate in Simferopol. Archbishop Klyment of Simferopol and Crimea of the UOC-KP reported it to Krym.Realii
16 August 2017, 11:24 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
The US Department of State report on the religious situation in Ukraine in 2016
The release of the 2016 International Religious Freedom Report details the status of religious freedom in 199 countries and territories, and provides insights as to significant and growing challenges.
24 July 2017, 14:44 | Church-state relations |
Notorious Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate wrote the open letter to President and Prime-Minister

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