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The dueling US foreign policy approaches to Ukraine pose a risk for Kyiv (Steven Pifer, Brookings)
Head of new Ukrainian church receives German diplomat (Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News (Stetson University))
The court in Ukraine returns citizenship to the deported rector of the Desyatinny Monastery (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian court freezes "Kiev Patriarchate" liquidation (Interfax-Religion)
Turbulent priests: Taking sides in the Orthodox Church’s battles over Russia and Ukraine (The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
U.S.A. sides with new Ukrainian church (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Church split isn't matter for Russian, Ukrainian presidents - Russian Orthodox Church (Interfax-Religion)
Kiev court finds involuntary renaming of canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church to be unlawful (Interfax-Religion)
Speaker of Ukrainian legislature challenges court action (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Metropolitan Onufry calls on Poroshenko to put end to takeovers of UOC churches (Interfax-Religion)
FSB suppresses operation of Jehovah's Witnesses group in Yalta (Interfax-Religion)
Metropolitan Onufry believes Ukrainian Orthodox Church will overcome the schism (Interfax-Religion)
Opponents of new Ukrainian church rebuffed in court (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Public schools of Ukraine will study history of new church (Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church Synod calls on Ukrainian govt to cease persecution of canonical Сhurch's followers (Interfax-Religion)
Cornerstone Forum: Considering the Religious Dimensions of the Conflict in Ukraine (Andrew Bennett, Rt. Rev. Mitred Protopresbyter Andriy Chirovsky, Charles North, Religious Freedom Institue)
Misunderstandings hinder parishes joining new Ukrainian church (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Court can stop religious organization's activity if it refuses renaming - Ukraine's Culture Ministry (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko vows there would be no 'state church' in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian president attends installation of church leader (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Exact name of new Ukrainian church legally specified (Institute of Religious Liberty, Russia Religion News)
Russian leader assails Ukraine Orthodox church reform (Associated Press)
Russian president calls attention to Ukrainian church situation (TASS, Russia Religion News)
Putin: Ukraine profiteering, politicking on religious matters (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian officials dispute who decides disposition of church property (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian government identifies Russian churches within its borders (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
American diplomat courts Ukrainian churches (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian authorities' interference with religious life unacceptable - Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia (Interfax-Religion)
New church of Ukraine in contact with SBU, but doesn't coordinate actions – Filaret (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko hopes for growth of new Ukrainian church (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Group of Ukrainian parliamentarians challenges constitutionality of law obliging Ukrainian Orthodox Church to change its name (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian president calls out Moscow churches (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian leaders celebrate church's independence (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukraine OKs property law that could affect 12,000 churches (Associated Press)
Putin describes establishment of new church in Ukraine as 'dangerous politicking' (Interfax-Religion)
No entry: Ukrainian crowd blocks priests from church (video) (Ray Furlong, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Poroshenko holds forth on independence of Ukrainian church (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian parliament to view new bill on changing churches (Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
Poroshenko guarantees protection to those who remain faithful to Moscow Patriarchate (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko decorates 2 metropolitans who joined new church from UOC with Order of Prince Yaroslav Mudry (Interfax-Religion)
Georgian president doesn't hurry to congratulate Ukraine on granting autocephaly (Interfax-Religion)
More spilled ink, as global Byzantine puzzle games continue with the Orthodox in Ukraine (Terry Mattingly, Get Religion)
Orthodox schism: Ukrainian Christians celebrate their first Christmas under an independent church (The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Creation of independent church in Ukraine geopolitical disaster for Russia - Poroshenko (Interfax-Religion)
Creation of new church in Ukraine ‘political put-up job’ - Russian Patriarch (Sputnik News)
Ukrainian Orthodox Christians formally split from Russian Patriachate at Istanbul ceremony (Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church officially gains independence from Russian Church (Francesca Paris, National Public Radio)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church breaks away from Russian influence (Ayse Wieting and Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press)
Delegation of Ukrainian politicians attends church ceremony in Istanbul (Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian politicians still resisting changes in churches (Olga Tsvilii, Russia Religion News)
Legal chaos follows developments of Ukrainian church situation (Council of Orthodox Journalists, Russia Religion News)
As Ukraine and Russia battle over Orthodoxy, schism looms (Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)
Split of Ukrainian Orthodox church from Moscow looms (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Law on renaming UOC takes effect (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine’s leader orders Orthodox Church to change its name (Associated Press)
Change of Ukrainian Orthodox Church's name fraught with 'bloody conflicts' - Patriarch Kirill (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian parliamentary opposition to go to Constitutional Court, Prosecutor General's Office over church renaming bill (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian parliament defies Moscow church on its name (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Russian president comments on Ukrainian church situation (Credo Press, Russia Religion News)
Orthodox believers rally to protest Ukraine parliament vote (Associated Press)
Poroshenko advises radicals against seizing Moscow Patriarchate's churches (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko Bloc suggests creating working group to draft church bills (Interfax-Religion)
The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine (Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ukraine’s autocephaly: In the vortex of global change (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine) (Jerry Pankhurst, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Divided by common faith: From the battlefield to the altar (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine) (Catherine Wanner, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Whose conflict? Whose unification? (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine) (Kristina Stoeckl, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
"A hard rain's a-gonna fall": The nationalization of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine and Russia (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine) (Victor Roudometof, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Beyond theology and canon law: The Ukrainian Church crisis from an institutional analysis perspective (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine) (Vasilios Makrides, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ukraine Orthodox bishops create independent church; Moscow Patriarchate rails against 'State interference' (Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Ukrainian autocephaly: Subverting the Russkiy Mir (Responding to: The future of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine) (Myroslaw Tataryn, Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs, Georgetown University)
Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church (Yuras Karmanau and Efrem Lukatsky, Associated Press)
New Ukrainian Orthodox leader gives 1st liturgy, urges unity (Associated Press)
Kremlin responds cagily to Ukrainian church developments (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Russian Orthodox church calls on UN for help in Ukraine (Yuras Karmanu, Associated Press)
Ukraine-Russia tensions reach Greece’s holy Mount Athos (Shaun Walker, The Guardian)
Fears of Russia in Ukraine (Tatiana Ivzhenko, Nezavisimaia Gazeta)
Ukrainian security against Moscow church (Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
Ukraine's new Orthodox church will be independent - Poroshenko's entourage (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian government tries to salvage independence of church (Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian presidential advisor describes future local Ukrainian church (Interfax-Religion)
Orthodox priests from Rovno, Sarny questioned in treason, religious hatred inquiry - Ukrainian Security Service (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian law enforcement aims at Moscow church (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian president still confident of outcome in Ukrainian question (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Key Ukrainian church gathering slated for next week (Associated Press)
Odessa metropolitan asks Patriarch Kirill to facilitate Ukrainian sailors' release (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko awards orders to 2 Ukrainian Orthodox Church metropolitans who support autocephaly (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian parliament speaker wants to transfer St. Sophia Cathedral to new church created by Constantinople (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian government looks to arrange symbolic use of national churches (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Ukraine: Leader pledges church choice for Orthodox faithful (Associated Press)
Erasmus: A storm brews over the formation of a new church in Ukraine (The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Moscow blames Constantinople for continuing warfare in Ukraine (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Russian Orthodox cleric in Kyiv accused of 'inciting hatred' (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
President: Ukrainian Orthodox church will get independence (Associated Press)
Russian cleric: Ukraine raid on home ‘political’ (Associated Press)
Verkhovnaya Rada speaker promises martial law won't hinder creation of local church (Interfax-Religion)
Military situation does not affect religious liberty in Ukraine (Institute of Religious Liberty, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian government strikes at interests of Moscow church (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian Justice Ministry cancels reregistration of Pochayev Lavra buildings (Interfax-Religion)
Russian legal expert foresees failure of unified Ukrainian church (Moskovskii Komsomolets, Russia Religion News)
Armenian church dragged into Russia-Ukraine feud (Ani Mejlumyan, Eurasia Net)
Poroshenko's envoy going to Istanbul for Synod meeting on tomos on autocephaly (Interfax-Religion)
Maverick bishop meets with Ukrainian president (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Attackers target church in Ukraine amid religious split (Associated Press)
Ukrainian president's plans hit bumpy road (Union of Orthodox Journalists, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian president and Moscow church in stand-off (Interfax-Religiia, Russia Religion News)
Poroshenko no-show at Kiev Monastery of the Caves to meet with Ukrainian Church clergy (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine transfers noted church to Constantinople patriarch (Associated Press)
Report of Ukrainian president's meeting with Moscow bishops goes viral (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian autocephaly. What next? The role of Patriarch Bartholomew (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine's border service comments on denial of entry to rector of Moscow Theological Academy (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian president complains that Putin meddles in church affairs (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Russian Orthodox Church has no business in Ukraine – Poroshenko (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko meets with Primate of Finnish Orthodox Church (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Poroshenko signs law on transferring church in Kiev to Ecumenical Patriarchate (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian president signs agreement with Patriarch Bartholomew (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian politician reports on progress toward church independence (Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
Ukraine’s president meets Ecumenical Patriarch in Istanbul (Associated Press)
Ukrainian parliament member urges calm (Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News)
American Secretary of State takes note of Ukrainian situation (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian parliament supports transfer of St. Andrew's Church in Kiev to Constantinople (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko makes good on proposal to accommodate Constantinople patriarch (RISU, Russia Religion News)
A political clash over Ukraine shakes Eastern Orthodox unity (Tyler Arnold, National Review)
Gudziak: UGCC hopes that after unification of Orthodox into one local Church dialogue will become easier to manage (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine prelate says Orthodox independence is ‘affirmation of rights’ (John L. Allen Jr. and Ines San Martin, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Opinion: Orthodox Church rift is a defeat for Vladimir Putin (Konstantin Eggert, Deutsche Welle)
Lawsuit filed in Turkey over attempt to give independence to Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Howard Friedman, Religion Clause)
Non-canonical Turkish Orthodox Church says sues Constantinople Patriarchate over Ukraine (Fakhir Rizvi, Urdu Point)
Over 54% of Ukrainians positive about idea of creating single local church - poll (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukrainian president reacts to Moscow's action (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Archbishop Job (Getcha) of Telmessos: “Ukraine has always been the canonical territory of the Ecumenical Patriarchate” (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
A different approach to the ecclesiastical discussion about Ukraine (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Poroshenko about breakup of relations between Moscow and Constantinople: We are on the right path (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Russian Orthodox Church breaks ties with Orthodoxy’s leader (Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press)
Ukraine never was, never will be Russian Orthodox Church's canonical territory – Poroshenko (Interfax-Religion)
Religious divisions threaten to further inflame Ukrainian civil war (Dmitry Babich, Consortium News)
Ukraine: Donbas militants 'sentence' 63-year-old Ukrainian religious scholar on insane charges (Halya Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine)
Ukraine: Russian religious foundations placed on sanction lists (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukraine: Parliament fails to consider church-related bills (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukraine’s dashed high hopes: Predictable and sober decision of the ICJ on indication of provisional measures in Ukraine v Russia (Iryna Marchuk, EJIL:Talk!)
‘Terrorism’ at the World Court: Ukraine v Russia as an opportunity for greater guidance on relevant obligations? (Vincent-Joel Proulx, EJIL:Talk!)
Believers from Ukraine will march along the Way of the Cross with prayer for peace in their country (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine asks U.N. judges to order Russia to stop aiding rebels (Stephanie van den Berg, Reuters)
Ukraine v. Russia: Before the International Court of Justice (Beth Van Schaack, Just Security)
Ministry of Culture urges UOC (MP) leaders and their faithful to publicly condemn Russian military aggression against Ukraine (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Roman Catholics of Rivne want to repossess their church (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Apostolic nuncio to Ukraine visits Catholics of Donetsk and Luhansk (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Parliamentary committee supports granting special status to UOC-MP (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
The Russian Church official speaks about Vatican's unwillingness to discuss the problem of Greek-Catholics in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Fiddler on the front line: On the outskirts of Kiev, one rabbi is using the war in eastern Ukraine to revive a long-lost way of life: the shtetl. (Linda Kinstler, Foreign Policy)
Google Maps reverts to Soviet-era place names in Crimea (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Contradictory amendments were proposed to Ukrainian Law on Freedom of Conscience (Maksym Vasin, Executive Director, Institute for Religious Freedom)
Ukrainian question divides Orthodox world (Ola Cichowlas, The Moscow Times)
July 5 declared non-working day in Crimea due to Muslim holiday (Interfax-Religion)
Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament expects Ecumenical Patriarch to grant autocephaly to Ukrainian Church (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ukraine's Eurovision win highlights Russia's Tatar challenge (Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor)
Ukraine: Kherson City council members oppress Muslim communities, later state (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Unidentified criminal threw three grenades to a church in Donbass (Interfax-Religion)
Religious network of Ukraine: analysis of dynamics at the beginning of 2016 (Larisa Vladychenko, Ph.D., Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Poroshenko calls for one united local Orthodox Church in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine is the territory that united Muslims and Christians (Anna Voloshyna, Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
Ostroh Academy hosts international conference on Reformation in Eastern Europe (Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU))
A pastor from Donetsk tortured by militants gave evidence in International Court of Justice (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Putin misrepresents Crimean Tatars as Islamic terrorists for Europeans, according to the expert (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Crimea: Religious freedom abuses must stop (United States Commission on International Religious Freedom)
On religious freedom in the "European" Ukraine (Max Linnik's Blog, Pray for Ukraine)
Why record numbers of Ukrainian Jews are fleeing to Israel (Katie Engelhart, VICE)
UGCC bishop presents information on war and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine to French conference of Catholic bishops (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
The authorities of occupied Donbass instructed to check religious organizations and start monitoring of the sects (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
“The ruthless will vanish, the mockers will disappear, and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down,” Bishop Bohdan Dziurach about Ukrainian prisoners in Russian captivity (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
The church ghat Stalin couldn’t kill: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church thrives seventy years after forced reunification (Nadia M. Diuk, Atlantic Council)
Ukrainian religious leaders issue frantic call to save Ukrainian democracy (Russia Religion News)
Head of Muslim community believes searches are intimidation of Crimean Tatars (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Let us make the “year of mercy” a reality for the people of Ukraine, Head of the UGCC commented on meeting with Pope Francis (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops met the Pope Francis (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Foreign minister of Ukraine: Religious and cultural identity of Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar peoples destroyed in Crimea (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
In Ukraine towns ravaged by war, Evangelical missionaries find fertile ground (Andrew E. Kramer, The New York Times)
Rights of conscientious objectors in Ukraine threatened (English translation by Human Rights Without Frontiers International, Institute of Religious Liberty)
Ukrainian Orthodox Bishop of Kyiv Patriarchate in Crimea: I will stay in Crimea (RISU: Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Pope Francis: I understand the feelings of the Ukrainians (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Orthodoxy and Ukraine: Among global Orthodox leaders, Ukraine is a bone of contention (ERASMUS, The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Victor Yelenskyy: “For the first time this year the Church faces serious competitors for human love and trust” (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
For the Russian Orthodox, a Nationalist Paradox (Cory Bender and Wade Kusack, Daniel Philpott: Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Rabbi Kogan surprised with critics of USA addressed to Russia for violating religious freedoms and urges Americans not to worry (Interfax-Religion)
Made in Moscow: Religious freedom abuses continue in Crimea and Eastern Ukraine (Mary Ann Glendon and Katrina Lantos Swett, Atlantic Council)
Moscow Patriarchate condemns another seizure by schismatics of church in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
The U.S. State Department: nonstate groups imperiled religious liberties in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russian-backed separatists (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukraine acknowledges right of conscientious objection (Institute for Religious Freedom)
A joint prayer for peace in the world, especially the Middle East and Ukraine, held in Rome (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Pro-Russian militants released Pentecostal pastor Taras Sen from captivity in Luhansk region (Institute for Religious Freedom)
The essence of the proposals of the Council of Churches to the Constitution of Ukraine (Maksym Vasin, Institute for Religious Freedom)
Situation with Religious Freedom in Crimea 2015 – OSCE Mission's Report (OSCE / ODIHR, Institute for Religious Freedom)
Progress in Ukraine: Look west, Maidan (The Economist)
Crimea: The human rights impact of Russian occupation (Emilia Klepacka, Arc of the Universe: Ethics and Global Justice)
Report of the Human Rights Assessment Mission on Crimea (6–18 July 2015) (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe)
Cathedral mosque to be built in Simferopol, Crimean Tatars awaited for it 15 years (Interfax-Religion)
Crimea: Madrassahs closed – for one year or for ever? (Forum 18 News Service)
Putin suggests creating Christian historical-cultural center in Sevastopol (Interfax-Religion)
Jerusalem Patriarch calls Ukrainian schismatics 'lost' (Interfax-Religion)
Freedom of thought, conscience and religion in Ukraine — Human Rights Report 2014 (Maksym Vasin, Institute for Religious Freedom)
U.S. Special Representative met with religious leaders of Ukraine (Institute for Religious Freedom)
Russian Church likens attacks on Orthodox Ukrainians to Soviet-era persecutions (Interfax-Religion)
Shelling damages a diocesan building in Gorlovka (Interfax-Religion)
Pope Francis congratulated Ukrainians with Independence Day and made appeal for peace (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
HIV care arrives in eastern Ukraine where UN, faith groups collaborate (Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Crimea: Church split stokes anger (Mark Woods, Christian Today)
Aksyonov won't allow gay prides in Crimea (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian Church loyal to Moscow: Constantinople should stop interfering in country’s affairs (Asia News)
Court bans LGBT march in Odessa (Interfax-Religion)
UOC asks Constantinople not to interfere in church affairs in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine's border guard service reports detention of priest allegedly involved with militia battalion in Donbass (Interfax-Religion)
Putin puts Crimean archaeological site under federal control (Associated Press)
Jehovah’s Witnesses broadcast special meeting into war zone of Ukraine (Jehovah's WItnesses)
Nun of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate murdered in Kiev (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko honours Ukraine Church leader derided by Russia (Vasyl Trukhan, NDTV)
Jewish quarter dubbed Synagogue Space to be arranged in Lviv (Religions Information Service of Ukraine)
Kiev priest attack must not remain unpunished - Moscow Patriarchate (Interfax-Religion)
Moscow Patriarchate priest badly wounded in Kiev (Interfax-Religion)
Freedom of assembly and expression of Jehovah's Witnesses curtailed in Crimea (Krasnodar Krai, SOVA Center)
EU-Ukraine hold human rights dialogue (Press Release, European Union External Action)
Caritas: The situation in Ukraine is “sometimes not visible” (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
OSCE trains police and prosecutors of Ukraine about religious freedom standards (Institute for Religious Freedom)
Ukraine Islamic vector: Ukrainian Ummah’s reason for being (Tetyana Kalenychenko, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainian miners build a church at the depth of 800 meters (Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill urges Ukraine not to politicize the term 'Russian world' (Interfax-Religion)
Metropolitan of Kiev calls on Ukrainian authorities to do everything to stop war
Baptists in Crimea split over whether to join Russian union (Religiia v Ukraine, Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Ukraine monuments on mass graves recognize Jews killed in Holocaust (Michael Scaturro, Religion News Service)
Moscow Patriarchate tells OSCE about persecutions of canonical Orthodox Church adherents in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Crimea: "Expert conclusions" force structure and activity changes (Forum 18 News Service)
Crimea: Fined for books that "have absolutely nothing to do with the mufti" (Forum 18 News Service)
Metropolitan Makariy (Maletych): unification council may fail to occur (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
"Russian World" or Kyivan Christianity? (Andrew Sorokowski, Religions Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainian conflict East Europe's worst crisis since World War 2, says archbishop (Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Two Moscow Patriarchate churches vandalized in Kiev region (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko signs the law that will free the religious organizations from tax payments (Kyiv Post)
Crimea: New punishments for "religious agitation in public places"? (Forum 18 News Service)
Memorial Wall to Ukrainian soldiers killed in Donbas opened in Kyiv (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Crimea: Interrogated, photographed, fingerprinted, fined (Forum 18 News Service)
Muslims are not persecuted in occupied Donbas areas (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ecumenical efforts in Ukrainian peace process to keep moving ahead (Peter Kenny, World Council of Churches)
When God becomes the weapon: Persecution based on religious beliefs in the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine (Center for Civil Liberties and International Partnership for Human Rights in the framework of the Civic Solidarity Platform)
Russia's restrictive religion laws take their toll in Crimea (Thomas J. Reese & Daniel I. Mark, Institute for Religious Freedom)
A Catholic voice from the centre of Ukraine (David Nazar SJ, Europeinfos: Christian Perspectives on the EU)
Crimean Tatars: restriction of freedom of religion since illegal annexation (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Ukraine's foreign ministry established cooperation with religious organizations (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
OSCE chief says 'good chance for peace' in Ukraine (Agence-France Press, Business Insider)
Lavrov hopes that the Orthodox Christians in Ukraine "will not allow anyone to manipulate them as a pawn in someone else's game" (Interfax-Religion)
Europe’s ‘unlikely Bible belt’ officially disappears (Morgan Lee, Christianity Today)
Orthodox terrorism (Mykhailo Cherenkov, First Things)
European Legal (In)Action and the Ukraine Crisis (Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Just Security)
The European Convention meets the Crisis in Ukraine (Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Just Security)
A Ukrainian Orthodox priest (Kyiv Patriarcate) from Kherson released from captivity in Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) (RISU)
Orthodox Church suspends priest for openly backing Ukrainian conflict (Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
One year since the annexation of Crimea by Russia, Ukrainian Christians say they are facing persecution by separatists (Cross Rhythms)
Russian Orthodox Church suspends priest who blessed Ukraine-bound fighters (Denis Pinchuk, Reuters)
We don’t bless war but the defense of our homeland (Interview with Father Stepan Sus, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainians trust Church the most - poll (Interfax-Religion)
WCC delegation expresses solidarity with Ukraine (World Council of Churches)
Moscow replays Rusin 'separatist' card in Ukraine's Transcarpathia (Halya Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine)
Opposition bloc of Ukrainian Parliament visits the EU institutions (Human Rights Without Frontiers International)
Ukrainian clergy tilts to Russian occupiers (RISU, Russia Religion News)
Vatican Secretary of State praises Belarus' efforts on Ukrainian settlement (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church to continue running Crimean Diocese (Interfax-Religion)
UN rights' report speaks of troops from Russia infiltrating Ukraine (Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
The funeral of the reposed Primate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church to be in Ternopil (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Patriarch Filaret called on UAOC clergy to unite (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Russia bans activities of Ukrainian churches in Crimea since March (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Topical issues of Christian-Muslim dialogue in Ukraine to be discussed in Lviv (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Silencing ‘hostile’ media? Crimean News Agency refused licence (Human Rights in Ukraine)
Russia seeks to create Puppet Crimean Tatar self-governing bodies (Human Rights in Ukraine)
Ukrainian Catholic leader urges pope to be tougher on Russia (Inés San Martín, Crux: Covering all things Catholic)
Pope, Merkel discuss Ukraine and fight against poverty (Daniela Petroff, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
Constantinople is ready to help establish a unified local Church in Ukraine (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Memorial service for Heaven’s Hundred Heroes performed at Ukrainian churches (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Maidan violence investigations (International Advisory Panel, Council of Europe)
Jewish shrine desecrated in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Metropolitan tells Poroshenko that Orthodox churches are being seized illegally (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine: The fire that did not cease (The Economist)
Ukraine: Disinformation and confusion (George Weigel, First Things)
Russian leadership does not understand what bomb it planted under themselves – Mykhailo Panochko (Interview by Sophia Bohutska, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine: annexation of the Crimea was a clear violation of international law (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Battle rages for town where Ukraine rebels reject ceasefire (Anton Zverev, Reuters)
Vatican does not recognize officially the annexation of Crimea, Roman Catholic Bishop in Ukraine (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
All-Ukrainian Council of Churches encourages faithful to defend their homeland (Filaret, Patriarch of Kyiv and All Rus-Ukraine, AUCCRO Presiding Chair, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
When diplomacy prevails over the principles of the faith (Myroslav Marynovych, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Pentecostals persecuted in Ukrainian rebel areas (Russia Religion News)
WCC hails the Ukraine ceasefire agreement (World Council of Churches)
Ukraine crisis: Leaders agree peace roadmap (BBC News Europe)
What happens after Ukraine peace deal? (Laura Smith-Spark and Nic Robertson, CNN)
Explainer: who gets what in Ukraine peace deal (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Ukraine crisis: Minsk peace talks - live (Rob Crilly, The Telegraph)
In Ukraine, Pope Francis backs effort for peace – not any particular party (Catholic News Agency)
US concerned over religious persecution in the occupied territories of Ukraine (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Washington focused on religious persecution in occupied territories of Ukraine (Institute for Religious Freedoam)
Defense Ministry initiated the chaplaincy service in Armed forces of Ukraine (Institute for Religious Freedom)
Pope Francis urges end to scandal of 'fratricidal' violence in Ukraine (Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Pope Francis on the conflict in Ukraine: The only right word is peace (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Klichko has no right to reverse City Council’s decision to repeal property tax exemption for UOC (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Patriarch Kirill calls for end to persecution of Ukraine's Orthodox Christians (Interfax: Religion)
Patriarch Kirill thanks Vatican for balanced view on Ukraine crisis (Interfax: Religion)
Donbas and Crimea: new challenges for religious freedom in 2014 (Maksym Vasin, Institute for Religious Freedom - Ukraine)
Crimean Tatar leader arrested in new wave of repression (Hayla Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine)
Armed offensive against independent Crimean Tatar TV channel (Hayla Coynash, Human Rights in Ukraine)
Orthodox Church leader reflects on the religious dimension of the Ukrainian Crisis (EurasiaNet Interview, Eurasia Net)
Orthodoxy in Ukraine in 2014: at the crossroads between Local Church and ‘Russian world’ (Analysis, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Crimean Tatar Mejlis deputy leader reportedly detained in Crimea (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Chaplain went to the territory controlled by terrorists to take the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Monks offer Ukrainian soldiers spiritual rehabilitation in UGCC monasteries (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Russian Orthodox Church concerned about church arsons in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Representatives of churches and religious organizations of Ukraine and Russia met in Germany (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Crimea: "Subject to action by the law-enforcement agencies" (Forum 18 News Service)
Protestantism in Ukraine in 2014. Events, Trends, Challenges and Prospects (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Suis-je Charlie? (Andrew Sorokowski, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Russian forces, equipment enter Ukraine, PM says (Victoria Butenko, CNN [VIDEO])
Putin’s Orthodox jihad (The XX Committee: intelligence, strategy, and security in a dangerous world)
Ukrainian government leaders meet with regional leaders of religious communities (Russia Religion News)
2014 was the year of breakthrough, changes and unity in the face of threat. Summary of religious leaders (Tetiana Mukhomorova-Kalenichenko, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainian Christians observe Christmas in a state of civil war (Russia Religion News)
Ukraine: Civilians need greater protection (Human Rights Watch)
For Catholics in Ukraine "the situation in the war zones is catastrophic" (Reinhard Backes, Catholic News Agency)
Civilians despair as both sides break the rules in East Ukraine (Tanya Lokshina, Human Rights Watch)
Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church looks to boost sway – by equipping military (Amie Ferris-Rotman, The Christian Science Monitor)
WCC works with Ukrainian churches for peace (World Council of Churches)
Conflict in eastern Ukraine has dire impact on human rights (Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe)
Religious freedom, Ukraine are priorities for European security (Laura Ieraci, The Catholic Register)
Crimea and sacred history: The uses of holiness (B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and public policy])
Putin’s bogus Crimea-as-Temple-Mount analogy (Mark Silk, RNS Blog: Spiritual Politics)
Germany rejects Putin's 'transparent' speech (The Local: Germany)
Crimea has sacral meaning for Russia - Putin (Interfax: Religion)
Right-wing Ukrainian leader is (surprise) Jewish, and (real surprise) proud of it (Vladislav Davidzon, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Russia intimidating religious groups in Ukraine (Genevieve Wood, Cross Map)
Opinion: Stop talking about NATO membership for Ukraine (Christoph Schult, Spiegel Online International)
Dialogue over Pope-Patriarch meeting thwarted by Greek Catholics' actions in Ukraine - patriarch's spokesperson (Interfax-Religion)
Christian village welcomes fleeing Tatar Muslims (John Wendle, Al Jazeera)
Catholic and Ukrainian Orthodox churches squeezed in Crimea (Russia Religion News)
Church in the Donetsk Region shelled (Interfax: Religion)
Spirituality alive on the Maidan (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register)
Christian politicians and religious leaders agree to a memorandum for a "single Ukrainian Church" (Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)
Crimea: Human rights in decline, says HRW (Eurasia Review)
Crimea: Human rights in decline (Human Rights Watch)
In Donetsk terrorists seize church of the Church of Christ the Savior (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainian separatists fight war of religion (Russia Religion News)
Kyiv says 200 rebels killed, Russian tanks, troops cross over border (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, Radio Free Europe | Radio Liberty)
Crimea to provide land sites for Jewish culture centers, synagogues (Interfax-Religion)
Crimean Tatars: Russia’s attempts to destroy the community evokes memories of 1940s (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Ukraine crisis: Tanks 'cross border' from Russia (BBC News Europe)
Odessa Pentecostal pastor kept busy by Ukraine refugees from east (Peter Kenny, Ecumenical News)
Breakaway republics the new normal for Ukraine (Zachary Fillingham, Geopolitical Monitor)
Ukraine needs to resolve problem of church property (Stetson University)
Crimean Tatars: Disappointment at limited representation in the Ukrainian Parliament (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)
Crimea: Guns, weapons, drugs – and religious literature (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Crimea: the concerns [about Tatars] of Nils Muižnieks (Danilo Elia, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso)
Crimean authorities want to liquidate Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people - human rights activists (Interfax-Ukraine)
Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants in Ukraine today are more united than ever before, Head of the UGCC (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Meeting of Eastern Catholic hierarchs of Europe begins in Lviv (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
About 1,000 Evangelical Christians gather in central Kiev to pray for Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Pastor Sergiy Litovchenko was released from captivity of armed separatists in eastern Ukraine (Institute for Religious Freedom - Ukraine)
Moscow Patriarchate urges to stop violence and threats against canonical Ukrainian Church (Interfax-religion)
Canada’s religious freedom ambassador accuses Russia of kidnapping Christians in Ukraine (Mike Blanchfield, National Post)
Repressions against Crimean Tatars have significantly intensified (Timur Bakiev, Ground Report)
Dispatches: The Ukraine ceasefire that wasn't (Ole Solvang, Human Rights Watch)
In Ukraine, "people are praying and weeping—because they feel utterly helpless" (despite the truce) (Reinhard Backes, Catholic News Agency)
Ukraine: Christians threatened with firing squads and pastors held hostage (Lucinda Borkett-Jones, Christian Today World)
Canonical church captured in western Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
UGCC Bishop Dziurakh: Despite efforts of Moscow Patriarchate, ecumenical dialogue goes forward (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
World must condemn harassment of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine - Russian Church (Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Bartholomew is asked to save the Ukrainian Church from the ‘Russian world’ (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Russian expansion endangers Catholics in Ukraine, nuncio warns (Catholic News Agency)
‘Our country’s like Germany in the war': Thousands of Russians protest Moscow’s role in Ukraine crisis [news from September 21] (Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press, National Post)
Nuncio Gullickson: Russian actions destabilize Ukraine, harm Catholic Church (Apostolic Nunciatura, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
European Parliament adopts resolution criticizing Russia and supporting Ukraine (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Dissenters take over Orthodox church in Rovno Region of Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
In aliyah this year (and every year), push is stronger than pull (see France, Ukraine) (Ben Sales, JTA Telegraph)
The Church in the bloodlands: Ukrainian churches must encourage and engage civil society (Cyril Hovorun, First Things)
Unable to flee, elderly Jews remain behind in eastern Ukraine (Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Ukrainian Army shells Donetsk monastery (Interfax--religion)
Crimea: Catholic priest faces explusion, residency permit not renewed (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops Beyond the Borders of Ukraine meets (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
The Ukrainian church official accuses the country's authorities in eliminating their own people (Interfax-Religion)
Hasidim in Uman raise funds for the Ukrainian army (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Pro-Russian mercenaries seize Protestant church in Luhansk region (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Mufti Talgat Tajuddin denied its involvement in the creation of the Tauride Muftiat (News.ru.com)
Crimea: Six weeks until Catholic parish loses priest (Felix Corley, Forum 18)
Crimea: The unbearable burden of re-registration? (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Evidence grows of Russian Orthodox clergy’s aiding Ukraine rebels (Andrew Higgins, The New York Times)
New Muftiat and Mosque seizures as divide and rule in the Crimea? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group)
Crimea: Enforced departure of Turkish imams; FSB surveillance (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Number of displaced inside Ukraine more than doubles since early August to 260,000 (United Nations Human Rights Agency)
First Muslim gymnasium “Our Future” opens its doors for the schoolchildren (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Greek Catholics face hostility amid unrest in Ukraine (Elise Harris, Catholic News Agency)
Crimea: First known Russian religious literature "extremism" prosecution (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Church burns down in Donetsk as shell hits it - diocese (Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill again calls on UN, Council of Europe, OSCE to help stop fighting in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Chronicle of terror: Religious persecution by pro-Russian militants in east Ukraine (Institute for Religious Freedom, Kyiv)
Shell damages Donetsk mosque (Interfax)
Patriarch Kirill demands intl protection of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
New Ukrainian Orthodox head to face questions of independence (Sofia Kochmar, Catholic News Agency)
A new prelate for Ukraine: The sound of eggshells cracking (B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
Ukrainian court nixes controversial Jewish heritage projects in Lviv (JTA, Jewish Journal)
Ukrainian United Methodists feel strain of war (Linda Bloom, The People of the United Methodist Church)
Freedom isn’t free, says Czech opposition leader Schwarzenberg (Karel Schwarzenberg, The Wall Street Journal Emerging Europe)
Ukrainian MP wants criminal proceedings against Orthodox Church (Religiia v Ukraine, Russia Religion News, Stetson University)
For ‘hardcore’ Jews displaced by Ukrainian fighting, Israel beckons (Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA)
Hundreds of refugees from south-east Ukraine sheltered in monasteries, crisis centers, parishioners' and priests' houses (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine: Russian aid can enter with Red Cross (Peter Leonard and Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press - The Big Story)
Ukrainian rebels continue attack on non-Orthodox (Russia Religion News)
Ukrainian Orthodox leader complains about media bias (Russia Religion News)
Satanist community registered in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian Orthodox parish leaves Moscow Patriarchate over patriotism (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukraine's Catholic leaders back military campaign 'to protect our homeland against Russia' (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Historical Kiev, a city ringing with ‘holy, heavenly songs’ (Judith Armstrong, MercatorNet)
Russian Church demands immunity for holy places in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Church in Gorlovka burns down as result of shelling (Interfax-Religion)
150 Jews who fled Ukraine fighting expected in Israel (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Russian Church urges Ukrainian authorities to stop persecutions against Orthodox Christians (Interfax-Religion)
Russian Church hopes Ukrainian schismatics will return to its jurisdiction (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian military are pressuring Donbas Orthodox Christians - Metropolitan Onufry (Interfax-Religion)
Russian mass media told lie about murder of priests in Slovyansk (Maksym Vasin's Blog)
An update on Ukraine (Micah Meadowcroft, The American Spectator: The Spectacle Blog)
Sole Israeli national on downed Malaysian airliner was son of Christian evangelist (Cnann Liphshiz, JTA)
Conclusions from the crisis in Ukraine: Russian Baptists' criticism of Ukrainian Baptists (William Yoder, Ph.D., Rea-moskva.org via Russian Religion News (Stetson University))
Sounds of explosions accompany church consecration in Donbass (Interfax-Religion)
War in Ukraine: The turn of the tide (The Economist)
Russian church official believes fight for God's truth is going in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Hundreds of children kneel down to pray for peace in Ukraine in Yaroslavl monastery (Interfax-Religion)
At Crimean Holocaust event, a chance to burnish Russia’s image as defender of minorities (JTA)
A Ukrainian bishop's burial: Holding the balance (B.C., The Economist [Erasmus: Religion and Public Policy])
All-Ukrainian Council of Churches urges separatists to surrender and release all hostages (Institute for Religious Freedom (Ukraine))
Statement of the Heads of Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine on religious persecution in Donetsk and Luhansk (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukraine: Army prepares to liberate Donetsk and Luhansk as military offensive gathers pace (Matthew Luxmoore, KyivPost)
Moscow Patriarchate: Metropolitan Vladimir, primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has died (Nina Achmatova, AsiaNews.it)
Church denies that Patriarch Kirill going to visit Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Swiss authorities thank the Russian Orthodox Church for helping release OSCE observers (Interfax-Religion)
After the inauguration: Will life in Ukraine really change? (Maksym Vasin's blog)
Banners depicting Christ lifted up in Slavyansk blockposts and executive committee (Interfax-Religion)
Slavyansk cathedral was shelled during the Liturgy (Interfax-Religion)
Terrorists seize church in Shaktarsk and threaten to shoot its pastor (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Report: Robbers raid Holocaust victims’ mass grave in Ukraine (JTA)
Crimea: Old and new place of worship problems, Greek Catholic clergy restrictions (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
OSCE observers released thanks to Patriarch Kirill's request - Boroday (Interfax-Religion)
Crimea: Raids, violence, threats – but what protection do victims get? (Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service)
Icons start myrrh-streaming in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill asking to free OSCE monitors captured in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Camp Ukraine (Erik Tryggestad, The Christian Chronicle)
Another church shelled in Slavyansk (Interfax-Religion)
Rabbi Kogan compares current events in Ukraine with times of fascist occupation (Interfax-Religion)
Jewish voices from the front lines of Donetsk (Avital Chizhik, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church asks Poroshenko to stop war in southeastern Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Locum Tenens of the Kiev Metropolitan See against Ukraine's Eurointegration (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian militants shell the church not far from Slavyansk (Interfax-Religion)
Bloodiest day in Ukraine conflict as rebel missiles bring down military jet (Alec Luhn, The Guardian | Observer)
Ukrainian military plane shot down; all 49 aboard dead [VIDEO] (Laura Smith-Spark and Ray Sanchez, CNN World)
Ukraine crisis: Video shows Russia sending tanks, rocket launchers into separatist conflict, US says (ABC News Australia)
100 days of the prayer tent in Donetsk (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukraine: Mutual understanding reached with Russia (Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty)
Pastor Sergey Demidovich “Maidan in Kiev was a Revolution of dignity. And the events in the Donbas is a proletarian revolution”
Slavyansk militia seize Jehovah's Witnesses supplying arms to Ukrainian army (Interfax-Religion)
Russian diplomats, clergy discuss Orthodox Christian situation in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Ex-secretary of the Odessa Diocese starts fundraising for south-east Ukraine in Moscow (Interfax-Religion)
Russian Church doesn't see obstacles to Stalingrad vs. Volgograd referendum (Interfax-Religion)
Poroshenko sworn in as president of Ukraine (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Religious leaders support Ukrainian authorities in the struggle against terrorism in Donbas (+VIDEO) (Institute for Religious Freedom (Ukraine))
Terrorists kidnapped, tortured, and threatened believers in Donbas (Institute for Religious Freedom (Ukraine))
Can Christian unity help a troubled Ukraine? (Richard Ostling, Patheos, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Kiev government complains about abuse of Ukrainian Orthodox in Crimea (Russia Religion News)
If civil war in Ukraine is not stopped, it will come to Russia - ex-secretary of the Odessa Diocese (Interfax-Religion)
Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society plans to send humanitarian aid to southeastern Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainian Orthodox Church may become separate from Moscow Patriarchate – secretary of head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Interfax-Religion)
Luhansk priest arrested on charge of leading armed attacks on polling stations (Interfax-Religion)
Orthodox people of Donbass respond to military action by fasting (Interfax-Religion)
Russian Orthodox Church has conciliatory stance on Ukraine - Legoyda (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine favors Europe over Russia, new CNN poll finds (from May 14) (Richard Allen Greene, CNN World)
Brodsky Synagogue at the heart of the Ukrainian capital (Tatiana Muhomorova, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukraine: Orphan rescue (Jill Nelson, WORLD News Service)
Mariupol Jews are concerned with bloodshed in the city, synagogue in its center (Interfax-Religion)
Donetsk’s 11,000 Jews live in fear of rising violence (Sam Sokol, The Jerusalem Post)
Crimean Jewish group says Ukrainian bank account emptied (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Meet the French philosopher's son manning the intellectual barricades in Kiev (James Kirchick, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Believers burnt alive in Donetsk airport (Interfax-Religion)
Svyatogorsk Laura ready to shelter refugees (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine separatists down army helicopter, 14 killed (Sabina Zawadzki and Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters)
Catholic priest who went missing in Donetsk released (Interfax-Religion)
Priest accused of attacking polling stations suspended from service in Lugansk (Interfax-Religion)
Patriarch Kirill accuses Ukrainian Greek-Catholics of Russophobia (Interfax-Religion)
Mine exploded near a church in Slavyansk, woman killed (Interfax-Religion)
Israel rescues Ukrainian Jews stranded by fighting (Allyn Fisher-Ilan, Reuters)
Pro-Russian militants seize Church of Christ in eastern Ukraine during Sunday worship (Erik Tryggestad, Christian Chronicle)
Ukraine’s Jewish leaders celebrate defeat of far right (JTA, The Times of Israel)
Hybrid war of the ROC (Tetiana Derkach, Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Ukrainian chief rabbi's residence attacked again (Interfax-Religion)
Ukrainians back Poroshenko to find way out of crisis (Richard Balmforth and Alastair Macdonald, Reuters)
Prayer tent in Donetsk attacked (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Over 200 were killed in Odessa tragedy, leader of the Ukrainian Union of Orthodox Citizens claims (Interfax)
Putin intends to respect Ukrainian election result (Carrie Dedrick, Christian Headlines)
Moscow Patriarchate official: Church has no intention of intervening in conflict in Ukraine (Interfax-Religion)
Ukraine crisis: Donetsk - a dangerous place to be to a minority (Portia Walker, The Independent)
Moscow Patriarchate Synodal Information Department statement on Ukraine’s entry ban for Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
Metropolitan Hilarion forbidden from entering Ukraine (Religious Information Service of Ukraine)
As crucial vote nears, Ukrainian activists warn candidates: Don’t betray us (Cnann Liphshiz, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
What's at stake for OSCE in Ukraine and beyond? (Hugh Williamson, Human Rights Watch)