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Russian War against Ukraine - 2022

Articles and statements related to Ukraine by the Orthodox Peace Fellowship

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The Iconoclasm of War - Nicholas Sooy

The Iconoclasm of War - Nicholas Sooy

Metropolitan Evlogy and the Martyria of Amsterdam -Thirza Buijkx

A Prayer Campaign for Peace Between Russia and Ukraine -Nicholas Sooy

The Day the Icon Began to Bleed - Nicholas Sooy

The Day the Icon Began to Bleed

Moleben for Peace

Russian Orthodox and Eastern European Bishops Statements

Does it Matter What Bishops Say?
Yes, here's why - Nicholas Sooy

Does it Matter What Bishops Say? Yes, here's why - Nicholas Sooy

Past Articles

APPEAL FOR RECOGNITION OF THE 1946 LVIV ‘SYNOD’ AS A SHAM

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On March 10, 1946, at Lviv, the Orthodox Church of Russia, under pressure from the Soviet government, forcefully integrated the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and claimed jurisdiction over it ... MORE

COURAGE BETWEEN ROCKS AND GUNS: MONASTIC PEACE WITNESS ON KIEV'S EUROMAIDAN

The following interview with Hieromonk Melchizedeck (Gordenko) and monk Gabriel (Kairasov) appeared in Orthodoxy in Ukraine, a Ukrainian language website on January 30th.

by Lado Gegechkori

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STATEMENT OF CLERGY AND FAITHFUL ON THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE

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Ukraine Crisis: Truth the First Casualty guest editorial by Jim Forest

Pro-Russian separatist commander Igor Strelkov kisses an Orthodox icon after a news conference in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, July 10, 2014. During the interview, he said: “It is precisely Russia that we are here fighting for…. We are fighting for your right to self-determination of your language, your culture, your way of life, and your right to be free from being forced into those imposed on you by people for whom your land and your society are merely the objects of political machinations and various financial speculation.”
Pro-Russian separatist commander Igor Strelkov kisses an Orthodox icon after a news conference in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, July 10, 2014. During the interview, he said: “It is precisely Russia that we are here fighting for…. We are fighting for your right to self-determination of your language, your culture, your way of life, and your right to be free from being forced into those imposed on you by people for whom your land and your society are merely the objects of political machinations and various financial speculation.”

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