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  • 17 May 2012, 10:24 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Religious Building of Jehovah's Witnesses Set on Fire in Sumy Region

    In the village of Shostka of the north-eastern Ukrainian region of Sumy, the roof of the main building of the Hall of Kingdom of Jehova’s Witnesses burnt down.

  • 9 February 2012, 10:09 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Orthodox Church Burnt Down in Chernihiv Oblast

    In the village of Klymentynivka of Mensk District of Chernihiv Oblast, a church f the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate has burnt down. It was caused by careless treatment of fire.

  • 2 January 2012, 16:17 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Synagogue Set on Fire in Kremenchuk

    On 1 January, at 2 am, in the town of Kremenchuk of Poltava Region, unknown persons set fire to a synagogue.

  • 9 December 2011, 14:14 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Orthodox Church in Kharkiv Region on Fire

    In the village of Derhach of Kharkiv Region, the building of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate was on fire.

  • 17 October 2011, 12:56 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Unique Wooden Church of UAOC Burns Down Near Brody

    A fire completely destroyed a unique wooden church in the village of Kutyshche of Brody District, which was built in 1621 and reconstructed in 1789.

  • 29 September 2011, 15:25 | Judaism | 

    Israeli Policemen Help Ukrainian Police to Ensure Order in Uman

    17 364 Chasidim arrived in Uman as of 27 September. Approximately 80% of them came from Israel.

  • 15 August 2011, 09:23 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Old Wooden Church Burns Down in Lviv Oblast

    An old Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church burned down in village of Strumin in the Lviv Oblast.

  • 16 May 2011, 12:22 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Wooden Church Burns Down in Lviv Region

    At 1:30 a.m. on May 16, in the village of Zalyzhzhia in the Lviv region, the wooden Church of St. Nicholas, an architectural monument of the 18th century, burned down.

  • 26 April 2011, 11:09 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Ukraine Remembers Chornobyl Victims

    Ukraine is marking a grim anniversary — it was 25 years ago Tuesday when a deadly explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the former Soviet state led to the worst nuclear disaster in history.

  • 3 January 2011, 11:55 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Tent of Moscow Patriarchate Church Burns Down in Chernihiv

    A tent of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow the Patriarchate burned down in Chernihiv on the night of Saturday, January 1.

  • 14 December 2010, 13:58 | Community

    Today Ukraine Commemorates Chornobyl Liquidators

    Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has commemorated the victims and liquidators of the Chornobyl Disaster in Kyiv on Tuesday, December 14, the Day to Honor Liquidators of the Chornobyl Disaster.

  • 21 October 2010, 10:30 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Church Blast in Feodosia

    On 20 October, at approximately 7 p.m., a blast occurred in the Church of All Saints in the Crimean town of Feodosia.

  • 13 October 2010, 13:16 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Ukraine Prays for the Victims of the Accident in Dnipropetrovsk

    The tragedy occurred at one of the crossings of the Nikopol-Marganets line - a shunting locomotive collided with a passenger bus. According to preliminary reports, the accident killed 43 people, 8 are still in hospital in serious condition.

  • 1 September 2010, 10:30 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Ancient Church Burned Down Near Kyiv

    In the village of Lozovyi Yar of Yahotyn District of the Kyiv Oblast, close to 6 a.m. on September 1, the wooden Church of St. Nicholas of the Moscow Patriarchate caught fire. The church was burned to the ground.

  • 4 August 2010, 12:05 | Religion and society | 

    Abnormal heat in Kyiv: Ukrainian Orthodox Church prays for the rain

    With the blessing of the hegumen Archbishop Paul (Lebid) during each liturgy in all churches of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra will be a special prayer for the rain.

  • 29 Jule 2010, 14:00 | Scandals, crime | 

    Attorney General Promised President Yanukovych to Solve Church Blast Case Within One Week

    On July 29, 2010, Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych held a meeting in Crimea with the leaders of the law enforcement bodies.

  • 28 Jule 2010, 18:54 | Scandals, crime | 

    Explosion in Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Zaporizhia

    There was an explosion today in the building of a Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Zaporizhia.

  • 13 April 2010, 10:52 | International relations | 

    Letter of Sympathy to Polish Military Ordinariate from Bishop Mikhail (Koltun)

    Representatives of Department of the Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC on Matters of Pastoral Care in the Armed Forces express words of sympathy to Polish military ordinariate regarding the tragic deaths from the Smolensk plane crash.

  • 17 February 2010, 13:34 | Extraordinary situations

    Another Old Church Burns Down in Lviv Region

    On February 15, 2010, Interfax reported about a wooden Greek Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord built in 1792 that burnt down last Saturday in the village of Zvir, in the Lviv Region.

  • 11 February 2010, 10:00 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Condolences Extended on Death of Seven Orthodox Pilgrims in Eastern Ukraine

    The outgoing Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko extended his condolences to the families and relatives of the seven Orthodox pilgrims who went on pilgrimage to the Sviatohirsk Monastery in the Donetsk Region.

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