Historical Background As early as in 1936, the Presidium of the City Council of Kiev (under the USSR rule) decided to demolish the Church of the Tithes. Only in 2005, after Ukraine declared its independence, near the foundation of the … Continue reading Religion-based violations against the religious community of the Tithes Monestary of the Nativity of the Most Holy Theotokos (Ukrainian Orthodox Church)

A case which illustrates the attitude of the government to the religious denomination of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church is that representatives of the elective state body – Ternopil Regional Council – who are supposed to act ethically and within the … Continue reading «Hate speech» and forfeiture-aimed legal actions in resolutions of the state authorities The Holy Dormition Pochaiv Lavra

Metropolitan of Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol Ephrem sent an open letter addressed for the head of Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration V.M. Reznichenko regarding the situation in the village of Chumaky of Pyatykhatky district, Dnipropetrovsk region (Kryvyi Rih eparchy). The chairman … Continue reading Chumaky village, Pyatykhaty district, Dnipropetrovsk region

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Uhryniv village, Volyn region was built in the 19th century by the confession of the Russian Orthodox Church. The parish of Uhryniv village as a legal successor of the Russian … Continue reading Uhryniv village, Horohiv district, Volyn region

The head of the UOC community of Verbychne village, Turiysk district, the rector of the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God Archpriest Vladimir Greben was publicly accused of ordering to paint over the emblem of … Continue reading Verbychne village, Turiysk district, Volyn region

Badyvka village, Ostroh district, Rivne region Belogorodka village, Dubno district, Rivne region Dmytrivka village, Hoshcha district, Rivne region Duliby village, Hoshcha district, Rivne region Povcha village, Hoshcha district, Rivne region Rachyn village, Dubno district, Rivne region Sudobychi village, Dubno district, … Continue reading Rivne region

According to Halyna Hulchuk, resident of vlg.Badyvka: “On 26 November 2015 at nearly 7 a.m. the Kyiv Patriarchate representatives together with the “Right Sector” and “Netishin Selfdefense” members came to the church. When I approached the church I saw the … Continue reading Badyvka village, Ostroh district, Rivne region

From the account of senior priest Vitaliy V. Chayka: «Everything began when I decided to prepare all the church and land documents. On having learnt that, the head of the village council started to tell the villagers that I wanted … Continue reading Belogorodka village, Dubno district, Rivne region

On 07.06.2015, during the church service, the religious community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in vlg.Dmytrivka was assaulted by the Kyiv Patriarchate members, radically minded persons from the “Right Sector”, law enforcement authorities of Hoshcha District Department of the MIA … Continue reading Dmytrivka village, Hoshcha district, Rivne region

In June 2015 the head of the local selfgovernment in village Duliby, Lesia O.Myronchuk, took illegal possession of the official documents of the UOC religious community of vlg. Duliby to further lobby a transfer of the UOC church to the … Continue reading Duliby village, Hoshcha district, Rivne region

Dubno Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, From Vitaliy G.Buha, Residence address: 1 Nekrasov St., Dubno, Dubno district, Rivne region tel: +380 99 284 0441; STATEMENT of a criminal offence At 19:00, June 24, 2015, to buy a bottle of … Continue reading Povcha village, Hoshcha district, Rivne region

According to the story of the senior priest, Father Andrei Decker: «On 31.08.2014, the Kyiv Patriarchate, with the support of the head of Rachyn village council held a “referendum” on the transition of the UOC religious community of vlg. Rachyn … Continue reading Rachyn village, Dubno district, Rivne region

According to the story of the priest Alexander Kardash: «In the spring of 2014, representatives of the Kyiv Patriarchate, headed by the local forester, a secretary of the local village council, tried to hold a «referendum» on the transition of … Continue reading Sudobychi village, Dubno district, Rivne region

At the end of May 2015, the head of the village council of Riasnyky village, Rivne village initiated a meeting of the village, and with the help of radically-minded people tried to seize the church, motivating their actions with an … Continue reading Riasnyky village, Hoshcha district, Rivne region

An application fragment of Acheiropaeic image church beneficiary in Hodosy village to the prosecutor of Rivne oblast «…On September 20th 2014 I was told there would be a meeting of villagers at 16.00 with the agenda as follows: transfer of … Continue reading Hodosy village, Rivne district, Rivne region

Below is a text of the written application of the head of religious community of St. Paraskeva parish of Rivne bishopric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Chudnytsa village to law enforcement authorities on the subject of the church service … Continue reading Chudnytsia village, Hoshcha district, Rivne region

Explanatory memorandum by members of the religious community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church: “On 12.02.2015 in the local House of Culture there was a meeting of villagers where they considered a motion that the land plot occupied by the building … Continue reading Mylcha village, Dubno district, Rivne region

The parish of St. Archistratigus Michael from Butyn village, Zbarazh district, Ternopil region has existed since 1991 (when Ukraine was proclaimed independent) and appears as a sole legal successor to the rights and liabilities of the parish mentioned. There have … Continue reading Butyn village, Zbarazh district, Ternopil region

The parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Archistratigus Michael sanctuary in Novostav village was created on 24.09.1991. The building for public worship was erected in 1865 and has always been owned by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. By the … Continue reading Novostav village, Shumy district, Ternopil region

A congregation “Parish of St. Archistratigus Michael” from Bashuky village, Kremenets district, Ternopil bishopric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has owned and continually used the church as a historical legal successor of the developers of this structure since 1946.  Starting … Continue reading Bashuky village, Kremenets district, Ternopil region

In this small in amount of residents locality there used to be an old church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Village community by their own efforts managed to build a new sanctuary. Ioann Pyvovarchuk, beneficiary of the parish, supervised the … Continue reading Musorivtsi village, Zbarazh district, Ternopil region

In June-September 2015 there is an exacerbation of socio-political situation in Ternopil region on religious grounds. In particular, certain individuals are spreading calls for the seizure of religious buildings which belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The information resource of … Continue reading Mass bashing of civilians – the UOC followers in Katerynivka village, Ternopil region – “Latent war”: timeline

On April 28, 2015 the site of the Religious Information Service of Ukraine, the office of which is located at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, spread a pseudo-sensation that supposedly 54 parish of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of only … Continue reading Ternopil region

  PRESS RELEASE  on the seizure and re-arrest of the church building located in the village of Ptycha, Dubno district, Rivne region, Ukraine. Our human rights organization has repeatedly drawn the attention of the OSCE and the UN Human Rights … Continue reading Ptycha Village Case