Church and State

Schoolchildren in the Netherlands. Photo: Orthodox Times Netherlands Authorizes Teaching of Orthodox Faith in Public Schools Ihor Mosiychuk. Photo: Open sources Former Ukrainian MP Claims Zelenskyy Personally Ordered Arrest of Met. Arseny His Beatitude Met. Onuphry. Photo: UOJ SBU Accuses Met. Onuphry of Opposing 'Canonical Independence' Abp. Elpidophoros has been granted citizenship in the U.S. Photo: Orthodox Observer/Dimitrios Panagos Abp. Elpidophoros Granted American Citizenship Met. Arseny among refugees at the Sviatohirsk Lavra. Photo: Lavra Press Service Met. Arseny to Exchange Proposal: My People Are in Ukraine President Vladimir Putin and Pat. Kirill. Photo: Izvestia Pat. Kirill Receives Presidential Award for 'Contributing to the Unity of the Russian Nation' Met. Arseny in the hospital. Photo: Sviatohirsk Lavra Authorities to Ukrainian Doctor: If You Admit Met. Arseny, You're Fired Met. Arseny being transported in an ambulance. Photo: Sviatohirsk Lavra Press Service BREAKING: Met. Arseny Hospitalized After Falling Ill During Court Hearing Met. Arseny at the court session. Photo: Press Service of the Sviatohirsk Lavra Hierarchs of UOC Appeal to Zelenskyy in Defense of Met. Arseny Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Reuters BREAKING: Zelenskyy Imposes Sanctions on Journalists of UOJ-Ukraine and First Cossack Met. Arseny. Photo: Press Service of the Sviatohirsk Lavra Met. Arseny in Ukrainian Court: 'I Am Defending the Good That Still Exists in Ukraine' Faithful of the UOC outside the courthouse. Photo: Telegram channel “Fortress Lavra.” Court Postpones Hearing on State’s Bid to Ban Kyiv Metropolis of UOC Once Again Metropolitan Arseny. Photo: svlavra.church.ua Met. Arseny Released from Jail, Immediately Detained Again by Ukrainian Security Service Crowns for an Orthodox wedding. Photo: Orthodoxia News Agency In Greece, Religious Weddings Have Decreased by More than Half in 30 Years Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: primeminister.am Armenian PM Says Government May Reclaim Churches Amid Rift With Catholicos