Head of the Harbor will decide in August on a monastery's plan to build a house of worship in a residential area.

Ukraine and its monasteries are the birthplace of the Russian Orthodox Church; both nations trace their spiritual and national origins to the Kyiv-based kingdom that was converted from paganism to ...

Metropolitan Pavel, the abbot of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra monastery waits for the court decision in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 1, 2023. A Kyiv court ordered Metropolitan Pavel to be put under ...

Holy Resurrection New Athos Monastery, where Olshansky presides ... the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine because the Russian Orthodox Church was condoning the killing of Ukrainians.

Ukraine’s security agencies have raided several Orthodox Church monasteries in operations “to counter subversive activities by the Russian special services”, as Kyiv urged some people in ...

Image A shop at the Monastery of the Caves complex. In recent years, many have switched from the Russian-aligned church to the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The two are alike in liturgy ...

(Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church said on Tuesday that searches conducted by Ukrainian security services at an Orthodox monastery in the capital Kyiv were an "act of intimidation".

Ukraine's security service said Tuesday it carried out a raid at a historic Russian Orthodox Christian monastery in Kyiv in order to counter suspected "subversive activities by Russian special ...

The militant role of the Russian Orthodox Church has drawn condemnation ... outrage and led to regular counter-protests outside the monastery complex in Kyiv. Angry Ukrainians turn up on most ...

March 10 (Reuters) - Ukrainian officials on Friday ordered a historically Russian-aligned wing of the Orthodox Church to leave a monastery complex in Kyiv where it is based, the latest move ...

Nov 22 (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church said on Tuesday that searches conducted by Ukrainian security services at an Orthodox monastery in the capital Kyiv were an "act of intimidation".