{"id":15717,"date":"2026-08-26T09:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/pays\/ukraine\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T07:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:03:24","slug":"ukraine","status":"publish","type":"pays","link":"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/en\/pays\/ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Population<\/strong>: 43 million; 74% of the population\u2014or 31 million\u2014are Christians, including 9 million Greek Catholics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Form of Governmen<\/strong>t: Semi-presidential Republic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Capital<\/strong>: Kyiv<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Independence from the USSR<\/strong>: August 24, 1991<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"contenu\" data-component=\"19-contenu\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"contenu__titre\">Ukraine and Eastern Christians<\/h1>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"contenu__filet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/filet.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cUkraine is experiencing upheavals that are being reported in the media. It is important to note that in Ukraine there is an Eastern Catholic Church, as well as a Latin Church, and an Orthodox Church that is quite divided and torn by differing interpretations of its relationship with the Moscow Patriarchate. Kyiv was the first archdiocese for the Church of the Slavs.<\/p>\n<p>This Eastern Catholic Church is vibrant. It suffered greatly during the Soviet era under Moscow\u2019s rule. It was nearly wiped out, and since then it has been experiencing a true revival and a real sense of vitality.<\/p>\n<p>It is very advanced in its efforts in reflection, doctrine, thought, culture, and social action. It trains many seminarians and is building new churches with the help of the \u0152uvre d\u2019Orient. I believe we are justified in offering our heartfelt prayers for the Ukrainian people, who are suffering and once again fighting for freedom.\u201d Bishop Pascal Gollnisch<\/p>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"video\" data-component=\"07-video\" data-video-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5qYFir_s6CE&#038;t=\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"video__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"video__title\">Displaced Persons Taken In by Lviv<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-dark video__cta\" data-video-trigger>\n\t\t\t\t\tWatch the video\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"video__cta-icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M5 3.5v9l8-4.5z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video__media\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"video__poster\" data-video-trigger aria-label=\"Watch the video: Displaced Persons Taken In by Lviv\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"video__poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ukraine-video-1.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"video__play\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 28\" fill=\"currentColor\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M22 12.268c1.3333.7698 1.3333 2.6943 0 3.4641L3.5 26.4093c-1.33333.7698-3-.1925-3-1.7321V3.32289c0-1.53961 1.66667-2.50186 3-1.73205L22 12.268Z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"video__motif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/croix-jerusalem.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"video\" data-component=\"07-video\" data-video-url=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nHRoRyjFGzE\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"video__inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"video__title\">Life at the Emmaus Center for People with Disabilities During Wartime<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-dark video__cta\" data-video-trigger>\n\t\t\t\t\tWatch the video\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"video__cta-icon\" viewBox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M5 3.5v9l8-4.5z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"video__media\">\n\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"video__poster\" data-video-trigger aria-label=\"Watch the video: Life at the Emmaus Center for People with Disabilities During Wartime\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"video__poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ukraine-video-2.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"video__play\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 24 28\" fill=\"currentColor\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M22 12.268c1.3333.7698 1.3333 2.6943 0 3.4641L3.5 26.4093c-1.33333.7698-3-.1925-3-1.7321V3.32289c0-1.53961 1.66667-2.50186 3-1.73205L22 12.268Z\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"video__motif\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oeuvre-orient.fr\/wp-content\/themes\/oeuvre-orient\/assets\/images\/icones\/croix-jerusalem.svg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\">\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":15051,"template":"","class_list":["post-15717","pays","type-pays","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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