The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has been facing pressure from Ukrainian nationalists since the 1990s. By 2018, this turned into a large scale anti-Moscow Patriarchate campaign by the U.S.-backed [[Maidan regime]]<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-church/ukraines-security-service-raids-home-of-russian-backed-monastery-head-idUSKCN1NZ1I1</ref><ref>https://www.france24.com/en/20181203-ukraine-raids-orthodox-churches-russia-ties-putin-poroshenko-azov-crimea</ref><ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/ukraine-set-establish-church-secure-split-russia-181215075840519.html </ref> to force a merger with the schismatic 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine of the Kiev Patriarchate', an entity created in 1992 as a competitor of the canonical church. The Kiev Patriarchate is unrecognized in the [[Orthodox]] world. As of 2023 the Kiev regime attempted to make the 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine of the Kiev Patriarchate' the only church in the country. | The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has been facing pressure from Ukrainian nationalists since the 1990s. By 2018, this turned into a large scale anti-Moscow Patriarchate campaign by the U.S.-backed [[Maidan regime]]<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-church/ukraines-security-service-raids-home-of-russian-backed-monastery-head-idUSKCN1NZ1I1</ref><ref>https://www.france24.com/en/20181203-ukraine-raids-orthodox-churches-russia-ties-putin-poroshenko-azov-crimea</ref><ref>https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/ukraine-set-establish-church-secure-split-russia-181215075840519.html </ref> to force a merger with the schismatic 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine of the Kiev Patriarchate', an entity created in 1992 as a competitor of the canonical church. The Kiev Patriarchate is unrecognized in the [[Orthodox]] world. As of 2023 the Kiev regime attempted to make the 'Orthodox Church of Ukraine of the Kiev Patriarchate' the only church in the country. |