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| Ukraine Warns Church over Prayer Services for Protesters |
| 2014-01-16 |
| [An Nahar] The Ukrainian government has threatened to outlaw the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church for holding prayer services for opposition protesters occupying Kiev's central square. The culture ministry on Monday sent a letter to the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, accusing its priests of "breaking the law" by holding religious services outside a place of worship. The Church's priests, along with those of the Orthodox Church loyal to the Kiev Patriarchate, hold open-air religious services several times a day on Kiev's Independence Square, known locally as the Maidan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 If things continue as they seem to be going in the US, someday we could see the same thing here. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2014-01-16 07:53 |