Letter #117, 2023, Thurs, July 27: Hilarion insidethevatican.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from insidethevatican.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In a significant decision touted as being in direct opposition to Russia and which brings it a step closer sharing a unified calendar with Roman Catholics, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has decided to move Christmas to Dec. 25.
Ukraine Issues Decree Banning Russia-Affiliated Churches insidethevatican.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from insidethevatican.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Synod of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine calls on the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to recognize the ideology of the so-called "Russian world" as heretical, and the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a schismatic with further deprivation of his right to occupy the patriarchal throne.