Expert thought
20 May 2012, 15:18 | Andrew Sorokowski's column
On March 30, 2012 Party of Regions deputy Vadym Kolesnychenko introduced a bill in the Ukrainian parliament prohibiting homosexual “propaganda” aimed at minors.
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23 May 2012, 00:04 |
2 April 2012, 21:53 |
Blog of Spiritual Seminary in Drohobych
Київське християнство у світлі Декрету Глави УГКЦ про заснування трьох нових митрополій в Україні
29 March 2012, 14:41 |
Оксана умерла. Можем ли мы сделать хоть что-то для еще живых?
Exclusive
29 February 2012, 16:40 | Journalistic investigations |
Jewish Community Asks Ternopil Authorities to Return Prayer House
Our RISU correspondent talked to the Head of the Ternopil town and regional Jewish organizations, Ihor Banzeruk.
Monitoring
God, the Gulag and the atheist | 15 May 2012, 15:09 | Society-digest |
Privatization Targets Culture | 2 May 2012, 15:55 | Society-digest |
Major archbishop calls predecessor a hero during Nazi Holocaust | 30 April 2012, 12:29 | Society-digest |
Religious Studies
23 November 2011, 17:09 | Religious studies |
FOUR ISLAMIC LIONS ON THE CRIMEAN SAVANNA
A Review of Trends in Contemporary Islam in the Crimea
MATERIALS OF RESEARCHES AND CONFERENCES
1 December 2011, 14:11 | Materials of conferences |
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.
RCC in Ukraine
23 May 2012, 10:23 | Religion and society |
Participants of Interreligious Roundtable Support Optional Religious Education Classes
On 22 May, as part of the International Family Week, upon an initiative of the Association of Large Families of Sevastopol, a unique round table was held with the participation of Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants and Muslims.
17 May 2012, 11:11 | Religious mass media and Internet |
Catholic Channel EWTN to Broadcast Programs in Ukraine
The National Council on TV and Radio Broadcast has extended the list of TV channels adapted for broadcast in Ukraine, representatives of the Council to proIT reported.
9 May 2012, 14:30 | Religion and society |
Various Denominations Pray for Victims of WWII in Lviv
Representatives of various religious communities prayed for victims of WWII on 8 May, at the Yaniv Cemetery in Lviv.
2 May 2012, 12:16 | Religion and society |
Greek and Roman Catholics Remember People Killed by NKVD Near Dobromyl
On the anniversary of the mass execution by Soviet NKVD officers of prisoners from Peremyshl and Dobromyl and neighbouring regions, young Ukrainians and Poles gathered on 28 April in the village of Nyzhankovychi of Staryi Sambir District of Lviv Region.
15 April 2012, 11:23 | Religious holidays and traditions |
| Patriarch Sviatoslav Greets Ukrainians on Easter
The Information Department of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church published the Easter Address of Patriarch Sviatoslav.
8 April 2012, 10:36 | Church-state relations |
Ukraine's President Greets Catholics on Easter
The Press-service of Ukraine’s President published his Easter greeting address to the Christians of the Latin Rite.
3 April 2012, 16:03 | Religion and policy |
Heads of Ukrainian Churches Ask President Yanukovych to Release Tymoshenko
The heads of the Ukrainian Churches addressed President Viktor Yanukovych with a request to release the leader of the opposition, ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
29 March 2012, 10:38 | RCC in Ukraine |
Viktor Yanukovych Greets Metropolitan of Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine
Ukraineian President Viktor Yanukovych sent a greeting address to Metropolitan of Lviv of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki on the occasion of his birthday.
23 March 2012, 12:56 | Interchurch relations |
Roman Catholics of Ukraine Pray for Recovery of Metropolitan Volodymyr
On March 21, the head of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) of Ukraine, Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki visited Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate in the hospital in Kyiv.
15 March 2012, 12:50 | Protests and conflicts |
Public debate on Ukrainian Catholic leaders' initiative to ban abortions
Representatives of Ukrainian women's organizations wrote an open letter addressing the leadership of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church of Ukraine, namely, the Rev. Sviatoslav Shevchuk and Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki, concerning their call for a ban on abortions in Ukraine.
13 March 2012, 13:49 | Religion and society |
Catholic Bishops Demand that Government Prohibits Abortions
"We demand that the Ukrainian state should at the legislative level confirm the right to life of unborn but conceived persons by prohibiting abortions,” reads an official address of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Conference of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine.
22 February 2012, 09:10 | RCC in Ukraine |
LENT, A TIME TO SHOULDER OUR CHRISTIAN RESPONSIBILITIES
During his general audience this morning, the Holy Father dedicated his catechesis to the subject of Lent (which begins today, Ash Wednesday), the period of forty days leading up to the Easter Triduum, memorial of the passion, death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 February 2012, 16:45 | Land and property problems |
Catholics in Odesa protect their property
For 20 years, the Odesa Roman Catholic community cannot get legal documents for the ownership of the land where their cathedral is located. Legally this land belongs to the city of Odesa. But there is information that this property was recently passed into the ownership of a private company. Odesa Catholics held a prayer in order to draw the attention of the public to this problem.
14 February 2012, 11:43 | RCC in Ukraine |
Ukrainian church restoration reverses communist changes
A church in Ukraine that Soviet authorities once seized for use as a “monument of communism” will once again be a place for Christian worship after renovations remove a neo-classical façade erected to disguise its nature.
9 February 2012, 13:41 | Interchurch relations |
Catholic Bishops of Two Rites Gather in Lviv
On February 8, in the Higher Spiritual Seminary of the Lviv Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Lviv-Briukhovychi, a conference of Catholic bishops of the two rites was held. This year, bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Roman Catholic Church conducted a meeting in this format for the first time.
1 February 2012, 16:20 | RCC in Ukraine |
| Roman Catholics Celebrate 600th Anniversary of Lviv Metropolitanate
A celebratory mass on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the transfer of the capital of the Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church from Halych to Lviv was held on February 1, in the Latin Cathedral.
25 January 2012, 15:31 | Interchurch relations |
Interdenominational Prayer Meeting Held in Zaporizhia
On January 21, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, in the Church of St. Paul of the Roman Catholic Church, an interdenominational prayer meeting was held as part of the World Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.
23 January 2012, 14:29 | Interchurch relations |
Different Denominations Pray Together for Unity in Kyiv
On January 22, representatives of Christian Churches of Ukraine jointly prayed for the unity of Christianity in the Church of St. Basil the Great of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kyiv.
21 January 2012, 11:11 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
Ecumenical Prayer for Unity of Christians to Be Held on January 22 in Kyiv
Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) initiated an ecumenical prayer to be held at 6 p.m., on January 22, in the Church of St. Basil the Great of the UGCC.
18 January 2012, 18:44 | Interchurch relations |
Lutheran and Catholic bishops addressed Metropolitan Ahafangel (Savin) of Odesa and Izmail of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate with an open letter.