Friday, 4 April , 2025

Orthodoxy

As attacks on Christians become more frequent, a crisis looms for...

Church leaders point to inhospitable political atmosphere as they lock compounds at night; government ministries insist they are actively combating ill-treatment By Lazar Berman 30...

Zelensky backs expulsion of Christian monks

March 14, 2023 Ukraine’s leader believes seizing the historic Kiev Pechersk Lavra will strengthen “spiritual independence” Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has endorsed the order to expel...

The State of Ukrainian Democracy Is Not Strong

One year after Russia’s invasion, Ukraine is backsliding away from democratic freedoms and liberal pluralism. By Branko Marcetic Feb 25, 2023 Few Ukrainians have spent as many...

Social, Media and Religious Factors affecting Ukrainian conflict 

By Dmitriy Kovalevich Published on NCW, Dec 30, 2022 The year 2022 that became a turning point in the history of Ukraine is coming to an...

Zelensky Looks To Ban Christian Denomination With Ties to Moscow

The Ukrainian President called for the Russian Orthodox Church to be outlawed after Kiev’s intelligence agency conducted several raids on Orthodox cathedrals by Kyle...

Trizub, the national revolution fantasised by Ukrainian nationalists

Jun 19, 2022 Among the many ultranationalist organisations with a whiff of the sulphur, there is now Trizub, referring to the Ukrainian nationalist symbol of...

New vandalism in Hagia Sophia: “Souvenirs” from walls, hoping for a...

May 25, 202 New vandalism in Hagia Sophia: Turkish women scratch the interior walls of the cradle of Orthodoxy and take small pieces and even...

Occupied Cyprus: How Turkey has destroyed Christian cultural heritage

By Uzay Bulut* May 26, 2022 While Russia's invasion of Ukraine is ongoing, an EU member nation remains occupied, ethnically cleansed and colonized by a NATO...

Ukraine: a nation divided, a Church on the cross

by Vassilis Xidias (*) The martyred Ukrainian Orthodox Church remains the only pillar of unity for the parted soul and harts of Ukrainian nation. There are...

Pope says NATO may have caused Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Francis says transatlantic military alliance was ‘barking’ at Russia’s door By Hannah Roberts May 3, 2022 Pope Francis said that NATO “barking” at Russia’s...