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State Agency Files Lawsuit to Ban Moscow-Backed Church in Ukraine
- Ukraine's State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience has filed a lawsuit to terminate the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate , according to Interfax-Ukraine on September 2.
- The UOC-MP declared its severance from the Russian Orthodox Church, a claim criticized for lacking legal merit, according to the agency's head, Viktor Yelenskyi.
- Yelenskyi emphasized that the lawsuit does not force parishes to join other churches, asserting their right to remain independent.
- The lawsuit follows a law passed last August banning religious institutions linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, noted by the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience.
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State agency files lawsuit to ban Moscow-backed church in Ukraine
The move does not mean the abolition of individual parishes, which can become independent or join another church, said Viktor Yelenskyi, head of Ukraine's State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience.
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State Service on Ethnic Policy files lawsuit to terminate activities of UOC (MP) affiliated with ROC
The State Service of Ukraine on Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience filed a lawsuit to terminate the activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), which is recognized as affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC).
The Ukrainian State Department for Minority Affairs and Freedom of Conscience (DESS) has filed a lawsuit in court seeking to terminate the activities of the Kyiv Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UPC), which is affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church and its Moscow Patriarchate. The DPA agency reported this on Tuesday, citing a report by Interfax-Ukraine. The DESS filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Administrative Court last Fri…
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