Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday voted to ban the Russia-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as Kyiv cuts religious, social and institutional ties with bodies it considers aligned with Moscow.
Kyiv has been trying to curb spiritual links with Russia for years – a process that was hugely accelerated by Moscow’s 2022 invasion, which the powerful Russian Orthodox Church sanctified.
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In a session of the Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday, 265 MPs voted to approve a bill outlawing religious organisations linked with Russia, including the Russia-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which is linked to the Moscow patriarchate, several MPs reported.
It needed 226…
