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On 2 December 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy entered a bill to the Verkhovna Rada that would officially ban all activities of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) UOC in Ukraine. [54] In 2023, the country was scored 3 out of 4 for religious freedom by American non-profit Freedom House. [55]
Nonreligious population by country, 2010. ... many may still hold some religious beliefs and some engage in religious practices as well. ... Ukraine: 9,546,400 United ...
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed into law a bill banning religious groups with ties to Russia Saturday, Ukraine’s Independence Day. The bill’s main target is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...
For example, religious buildings in Ukraine have been confiscated by the Russian military and misused for military purposes. [7] In addition, Russia's repeated aerial and artillery attacks against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure have also caused massive damage to the country's religious infrastructure. [7]
Ukraine on Friday banned the activities of religious organizations “affiliated with centers of influence” in Russia and said it would examine the links between the Ukrainian and Russian ...
A new law could further divide Orthodox Christians in the war-torn country.
Related legislation; The Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Article 12 of the Law of Ukraine "On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations" regarding the name of religious organizations (associations) that are part of the structure (are part of) a religious organization (association), management center (management) which is located outside of Ukraine in a state recognized by law as ...
The UOC-MP, prior to 2019, was believed to be the largest religious body in Ukraine with the greatest number of parish churches and communities counting up to half of the total in Ukraine and totaling over 10,000. The UOC also claimed to have up to 75 percent of the Ukrainian population. [51] Independent surveys showed significant variance.