A common theme in journalist Flavius Mihăies’s investigation into the religious situation in Ukraine was the role of the media and social networks in fostering antagonism toward the UOC. This is discussed in an article on The American Conservative’s website.
Journalist to American publication: Ukrainian media antagonize the UOC
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The US has a long history of interfering in the Orthodox Church
Sites covering the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church blocked in Ukraine
A number of major sites covering the activities and the plight of the persecuted canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, including an official UOC resource, have been blocked in Ukraine.
The blocked sites include the UOC’s Information-Education Department (news.church.ua), the Union of Orthodox Journalists (spzh.media), Orthodox Life (pravlife.org), and Raskolam.net. This was reported by both the Union of Orthodox Journalists and Raskolam.net.
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Last month, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) raided the homes and offices and arrested several members of the Union of Orthodox Journalists, who now face life in prison for a number of charges related to their reporting on the persecution of the UOC.
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Ukrainian government hires lobbyists in the U.S. to support the law on banning the UOC – mass media
Oleksandr Aliksiychuk stated that MPs plan to vote on the bill to ban the UOC in February 2024.
MP from “Servant of the People” Oleksandr Aliksiychuk stated that the second reading of the bill to ban the UOC will be voted on in February 2024, dedicating it to the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. He said this in an interview with the public organization “Holka”.
MP: We will vote to ban the UOC by the anniversary of the invasion
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US lawyer sends “White Book” on draft law against UOC to the Verkhovna Rada
The US has a long history of interfering in the Orthodox Church
On June 18, 2023, in the OCU monastery on the Cossack graves, Serhiy Dumenko “consecrated” a new icon, which they called “With weapons in the hands and God in the heart,” the 104th brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for which the image was painted, reports on its Facebook page.
Dumenko “consecrates” the icon with Bandera and Shukhevych
Pressure on the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a passionate supporter of during his 2019 election campaign, began almost immediately after the outbreak of full-scale war in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Zelensky ruins spiritual basics of the Ukrainian society leading it to degradation
H/T: Union of Orthodox Journalists
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Hierarch: Authorities pretend not to hear about UOC’s patriotic stance
‘Prayer is our only weapon’: Monks at Kyiv monastery resist planned eviction
Government officials ignore numerous pieces of evidence that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has no ties with the Moscow Patriarchate and occupies an unambiguous patriotic position, said the rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary, Archbishop Silvester of Bilohorodka, in an interview with foreign media.
On December 28, President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine signed a decree depriving 13 hierarchs of their Ukrainian citizenship.
Ukrainian hierarch taking Pres. Zelensky to court for canceling citizenship of 13 bishops
MP: Russian-affiliated confessions to be banned by end of winter
According to Venislavsky, “international acts in the field of human rights, which ensure the freedom of belief and religion, allow restricting this right in the interests of, in particular, public order”.
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The network published another appeal to the President of Ukraine with a demand to stop ruthless repression against the UOC.
UOC parishioner to Zelenskyy: Why are you destroying our state from inside?
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Arestovych about repressions against UOC: Do we want to be idiots?
As previously reported by the UOJ, Arestovych had the impression that the laws to ban the UOC are being promoted by the intelligence of the Russian Federation.
Names of bishops whom Zelenskyy deprived of citizenship are known
As previously reported by the UOJ, Zelenskyy stripped 13 clergymen of the UOC of citizenship.
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