Religious Information Service of Ukraine

Ministry of Culture To Change Law on Freedom of Worship | 2 February 2012, 13:41 |
2 February 2012, 13:41
Ministry of Culture To Change Law on Freedom of Worship
Roman Catholics Celebrate 600th Anniversary of Lviv Metropolitanate | | 1 February 2012, 16:20 | |
1 February 2012, 16:20
Roman Catholics Celebrate 600th Anniversary of Lviv Metropolitanate

23 January 2012, 11:36 | Interview |
Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson: I want to become a saint
The new Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, Archbishop Thomas Gullickson has been in our country for only a few months. He presented his credentials to the President of Ukraine in November 2011. Our publication spoke with the Vatican ambassador about his impressions of Ukraine and local church life.
17 January 2012, 00:10 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
The New Colonialism
Ukraine is well acquainted with the old type of colonialism, projected by an imperial state onto a subject population. But today, it may be the object of a new type as well – one practiced not by an alien nation-state, but by a transnational socio-economic and ideological elite.
25 December 2011, 17:41 | M |
On the Birth of Christ and the Fall of the USSR
Christmas is also a judgment on modern Pharisees, pillars of official religiosity. A baptized, but unenlightened Rus, needs a free unpoliticized Church. While the Church and the Kremlin develop the Russian world, Christ does not enter their doors. He is outside the lavish palaces, but with the people.
23 December 2011, 14:51 | Society-digest |
“Yosyp Slipy was as farsighted as Andrei Sheptytsky”
Private Secretary of the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on the Patriarch and the current religious situation
18 December 2011, 08:41 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Are we in a post-secular age?
“Much of modernity is predicated on an antagonistic relationship between the sacred and the secular. We are proposing that we can move beyond that hostility. We are in a post-secular age now where people are yearning for a sense of meaning. It’s a pilgrimage, with few set answers.”

23 November 2011, 17:09 | Religious studies |
FOUR ISLAMIC LIONS ON THE CRIMEAN SAVANNA
A Review of Trends in Contemporary Islam in the Crimea

1 December 2011, 14:11 | Materials of conferences |
RESOLUTION of All-Ukrainian Conference «Optimization of Training and Methodological Support and Teaching the Course “Foundations of Christian Ethics” in the Educational Institutions of Ukraine»
We address to the appropriate authorities of Ukraine with request to promote implementation of the written above, that will contribute to the moral upbringing of children, adolescents, youth, and therefore will ensure a stable and worthy development and future of Ukraine.

George Weigel's John Paul II biography published in Ukrainian | 22 June 2011, 13:49 | Religion and culture |

18 Jule 2010, 13:25 | Announcements of editions |
L’Eglise orthodoxe en Europe occidentale au XXe siecle
C. Chaillot (Ed.), L’Eglise orthodoxe en Europe occidentale au XXe siecle. Paris : Cerf, 2009. (Histoire religieuse de l’Europe contemporaine 5). Foreword by Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware) of Diokleia. 416pp.

1 February 2012, 13:44 | Editorial news |
RISU Marks Its 11th Anniversary
Eleven years ago, the editorial office of the Religious Information Service of Ukraine was established.

03 Februrary 2012
Evangelical Protestant Leaders To Discuss Media Campaign Against Their Churches | 14:55 | Freedom of Conscience |
First Prison Mosque Opened in Kharkiv Oblast on Eve of Mawlid Al-Nabi | 10:43 | Religion and society |
Graduate and Doctoral Study Courses to Be Opened at Ukrainian Catholic University | 09:31 | Theology and religious education |
02 Februrary 2012
Politician Compares Dismissal of Museum Directors to Purges of 1917 | 14:51 | Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritance |
Ministry of Culture To Change Law on Freedom of Worship | 13:41 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Metropolitan Volodymyr Greets Patriarch Kirill of Moscow On Anniversary of Enthronement | 11:34 | Moscow Patriarchy |
Patriarch Kirill Awards Bishops of UOC-MP | 11:19 | UOC (MP) |
01 Februrary 2012
Roman Catholics Celebrate 600th Anniversary of Lviv Metropolitanate | 16:20 | RCC in Ukraine | |
RISU Marks Its 11th Anniversary | 13:44 | Editorial news |
Question of Transfer of Kyiv Cave Reserve to Church May Be Submitted to Public Hearing | 11:11 | Church-state relations

Ukrainian Greek Catholics Participate in Conference of Military Chaplains of NATO Countries | 1 February 2012, 10:55 | Faith and weapon |
Patriarch Kirill says his meeting with Pope is not possible yet | 30 January 2012, 15:59 | Interchurch relations |
Ethics and Morality highlighted at Davos | 27 January 2012, 18:05 | World news |

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5 January 2012, 12:53 | Holidays and Customs |
Ukrainian Christmas traditions
Among the Ukrainians, the most beloved of all festivities is Christmas which covers a cycle of important fest days, centering around family and agricultural modes of life, is very colourful, being the most important part of Christmas.
11 November 2011, 15:42 | Events & people |
‘With God in prison there is no prison’
A former prisoner talks about conversion in prisons
3 November 2011, 10:00 | Reports |
Christian physicians’ conference gathers over 400 participants from 20 countries
Questions participants discussed at the international Christian scientific and practical conference that took place in Ternopil on October 29-30. It was attended by over 400 delegates, including medical students from Ukraine and foreigners who are studying in Ukraine, as well as speakers from the UK, USA, Canada, Netherlands, Serbia, Russia and Poland.

26 January 2012, 13:47 | Scandals, crime | 27 January 2012, 11:54
Experts Comment on Replacement of Heads of Most Significant Cultural Institutions
11 January 2012, 10:57 | Religion and society | 12 January 2012, 11:03
Christian Organizations Call on Ukrainians to Conduct National Prayer on January 22
21 January 2012, 11:11 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage | 17 January 2012, 21:23
Ecumenical Prayer for Unity of Christians to Be Held on January 22 in Kyiv
12 January 2012, 17:14 | UOC (MP) | 13 January 2012, 13:50
Metropolitan Sofronii of Cherkasy: Metropolitan Ahafangel Has No Chance To Head UOC-MP
30 January 2012, 15:59 | Interchurch relations | 2 February 2012, 09:05
Patriarch Kirill says his meeting with Pope is not possible yet

Snigill | 3 February 2012, 19:28
Мало хто сьогодні про себе щось погане скаже.;)
chernomorets | 3 February 2012, 15:17
Ну слава Богу, давно пора!
chernomorets | 3 February 2012, 11:55
Скоріше є спокуса оцінювати по тому, що вони самі про себе скажуть. :))))))))))))))
Snigill | 3 February 2012, 10:55
Приємна новина. Цікаво, яка магістратура ще буде відкриватися.
Clamans | 3 February 2012, 10:53
Повністю погоджуюся з двома попередніми відгуками (lfilip56@gmail.com та chernomorets). Лячно стає від такого наміру.