The first significant celebration at the church since Ukraine ordered the resident monks to evacuate last month over the supposed links to Russia.
Worshippers filled the Refectory Church of Anthony and Theodosius, in Kyiv, to mark the Orthodox Church’s Palm Sunday, the first significant celebration at the church since Ukraine ordered the resident monks to evacuate last month over the supposedSince the start of the war last year, the Ukrainian government has cracked down on its Orthodox Church over the close association with its Russian counterpart, whose leader Patriarch Kirill has supported Moscow’sDespite the tension between the...
While many in the West are celebrating Easter, the Orthodox Church celebrates the holiday up to four weeks after other branches of Christianity. Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, center, conducts the Palm Sunday service.AP/Adam Pemble The Ukrainian government has cracked down on its Orthodox Church over the alleged close association with its Russian counterpart.Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the pro-Kyiv Orthodox Church of Ukraine, helped lead Sunday’s ceremony as many worshippers appeared to welcome the government’s orderers for the church to cut ties with Russia.
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