Clampdown on UOC KP in Crimea: how Kiev Patriarchate is thwarted to make money

In the middle of July a lot of Ukrainian outlets released outright publications that the authorities in the Crimea literally throw the Kiev Patriarchate out of its premises which place an active Cathedral at 17a Sevastopolskaya Street in Simferopol. Yet is it actually so as it is highlighted by the Ukrainian media?

Now we are approaching the most interesting point – how EXACTLY the Kiev Patriarchate used these premises.

The New McCarthyism

Today, a delegation of Orthodox clergy will meet with the White House to plead on behalf of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). Yet mainstream media outlets like The Hill and politicians like Rep. Joe Wilson are dismissing the effort as a Kremlin psyop. This is offensive to the UOC, and to Orthodox Christians here in the United States.

Zelensky-Style Sanctions: The 'Mindich Case' vs. the 'UOJ Case'

Ten years of sanctions for journalists who criticize the authorities, and three years for corrupt officials who steal millions. A story about whom and how people are punished in modern Ukraine.

Will the Phanar Abandon the OCU?

The Orthodox Times ' plea for a “temporary Exarchate” in Ukraine under Constantinople admits the 2019 Tomos birthed division, not unity. Amid OCU defections, state seizures, and Phanar whispers of a puppet church, the proposal is a white flag for a failed intervention. Of course, it also vindicates Met. Onuphry’s steadfast flock.

The Papacy Is Not a 'Development'—It's a Contradiction

The Holy Canons assert the absolute authority of each bishop within his own diocese. The Ecumenical Councils, while acknowledging the Pope's symbolic primacy, also explicitly checked his attempts to exercise superior authority over the Church, or to place himself above his fellow bishops. And the Church Fathers fleshed out this ecclesiology, affirming the rights of bishops and synods while checking papal ambitions.

Meet the New Rome, Same as the Old Rome

J.D. Vance’s comparison of the Ecumenical Patriarch to the Pope highlights growing tensions within Orthodoxy, as critics accuse Patriarch Bartholomew of pursuing "Greek papism" and aligning with U.S. geopolitical interests, risking the erosion of his primacy of love and the unity of the Orthodox Church.

The Trial of Met. Tychikos: When the Church ‘Washes Her Hands’

A look at the clear parallels between Pilate’s trial and the trial of Met. Tychikos.