Persecution of Ukrainian Christians: From Within and Without March 10, 2025 — By Linda Burkle, Ph.D., ICC Fellow In the summer of 2023, I traveled to Ukraine with a disaster response team. Our host was a YWAM (Youth With A Mission)(1) base...
The Refugee Camp EconomyAugust 13, 2024 — By Lisa Navarrette, ICC Fellow When conflict and persecution happen, whole populations flee their homes, cross national borders, and end up in refugee camps. By 2030, more than 300 million people...
United Nations and Moscow Patriarchate share concern for persecution of members of Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchJuly 24, 2023 — 07/24/2023 Ukraine (International Christian Concern) -- The United Nations Human Rights Office for the High Commissioner and the Russian Orthodox Church’s representative body for external church relations have released statements...
Russian Orthodox Church Allegedly Backs Religious Persecution Campaign in UkraineJuly 20, 2023 — 07/20/2023 Russia (International Christian Concern) – The outspoken religious freedoms advocate and head of Global Christian Relief, David Curry, has warned that Russia is conducting a religious persecution campaign in...
Ukraine’s Religious Divisions Exposed As Church Is Firebombed With Molotov CocktailsNovember 10, 2016 — ICC Note: In a recent attack in Ukraine, the Church of SS Cyril and Methodius was struck by three Molotov cocktails, according to reports. The attack resulted in a fire...
Permits No Longer Required for Religious Events in UkraineSeptember 16, 2016 — ICC NOTE: It has taken ten years but Ukraine's judicial court has agreed the requirement for religious gatherings to receive a permit in order to assemble was both discriminatory and...
Russian Orthodox Church Wishes to Maintain Tight Grip on Ukraine’s ChurchSeptember 13, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The Ukrainian Orthodox Church is appealing to the oldest and likely most prestigious of the Orthodox Patriarchs in the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey). The birthplace of the Eastern Orthodox...
Russia, Ukraine, and Blasphemy Laws Make State Department Religious Freedom ReportAugust 11, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The U.S. State Department has released its 2015 International Religious Freedom Report. This is an important piece of information not only for those advocating for religious freedom, but...
Deep Seeded Animosity Between Ukraine and Russia Seen Even in the ChurchJuly 29, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The rivalry between the pro-Russian Ukrainian Orthodox church and the pro-Ukrainian Orthodox church has culminated in fears of an escalation in violence. Ukraine has seen a religious procession...
Ukrainian President Advocates for Recognition of Independent Ukrainian Orthodox ChurchJuly 28, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The vocal and sometimes physical conflict between the Russian Orthodox and the independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church has grown to a point the Ukrainian president has gotten involved. Many...
Ammunition Found Along Route of Russian Orthodox Procession in UkraineJuly 26, 2016 — ICC NOTE: The branch of the Russian Orthodox Church in Eastern Ukraine has been marching toward Kyiv in what they have been labeling as a procession of peace. An earlier...
Rival Orthodox Patriarchate’s Risk Violence in Ukraine; Ploy for Further Russian Involvement?July 25, 2016 — ICC NOTE: Ukraine boasts three separate patriarchate's of the Orthodox church with one directly connected to Moscow and the others Ukrainian in origin. Between the churches, bad blood has ensued...
Ukrainians Experiencing Detention, Disappearances, and Torture from Both SidesJuly 21, 2016 — ICC NOTE: For those who have not been keeping a watch on the Ukraine lately, the country struggles for peace and security as pro-Russian forces continue fight against the Ukrainian...
