Browsing: State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience (DESS)

Source: Peter Anderson, Seattle USA Late yesterday, July 8, 2025, the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience (DESS) found that the Kyiv Metropolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) had signs of affiliation with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC).  This announcement was posted on the official website of DESS at https://dess.gov.ua/vyiavleno-oznaky-afiliyovanosti-kyivskoi-mytropolii-upts-z-rpts/.   Yesterday’s findings were made pursuant to the controversial Ukrainian Law 3894, which, among other things, amended the Law of Ukraine “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations.”  A Google translation of the complete text of Law 3894, together with my comments, can be accessed at  https://www.unifr.ch/orthodoxia/de/assets/public/files/Dokumentation/Anderson/LAW…

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