Defense of the Faith

UOJ-USA Statement of Support for Orthodox Times

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14 June 2025 08:00
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Author: UOJ-America Editorial Staff
UOJ-USA Statement of Support for Orthodox Times

In Defense of Orthodox Journalism

Washington D.C — In response to reports that Constantinople's Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon had sent legal notices to Orthodox Times in an attempt to censure their reporting on the dire state of the Ukrainian Church, UOJ-America Editor-in-Chief, Ben Dixon, released a formal statement of support. In it, he states that Orthodox journalists should be free to "report faithfully and accurately on the life of the Church, free from coercion and baseless attacks by Church officials."

Read the full statement below.

Statement of Support for Efi Efthimiou & Orthodox Times
Statement of Support for Efi Efthimiou & Orthodox Times CREDIT: UOJ-USA

 

UOC Patriarchate of Constantinople Orthodox Journalism OCU UOJ Metropolitan of Emmanuel (Adamakis) of France Ukraine Schism Freedom of the Press
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