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.
Blog
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.
Freedom of Conscience
14 February 2012, 12:11 | Freedom of Conscience |
Parliament's Ombudsman Reports Numerous Problems Regarding Religious Freedom in Ukraine
The Commissioner of the Supreme Council of Ukraine on human rights Nina Karpachova presented the annual report on the status of observance and protection of the human rights and freedoms in Ukraine on February 8 in the Parliament.
3 February 2012, 14:55 | Freedom of Conscience |
Evangelical Protestant Leaders To Discuss Media Campaign Against Their Churches
On February 7, 2012, a meeting of the heads of the Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine regarding the campaign of mass media against Evangelical Churches will be held.
3 February 2012, 10:43 | Religion and society |
First Prison Mosque Opened in Kharkiv Oblast on Eve of Mawlid Al-Nabi
On February 1, in the Kholodnohirska Penitentiary in Kharkiv Oblast, the region’s first prayer room for Muslim convicts has been opened. There are over 30 Muslim convicts in the colony.
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.
16 December 2011, 12:45 | Land and property problems |
Spiritual Board of Muslims of Crimea States That Rights of Muslims Are Violated
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Crimea (SBMC) published a statement about systematic violations of the rights of Muslim citizens of Ukraine.
18 October 2011, 09:49 | Freedom of Conscience |
| Odesa Catholics and Protestants Indignant At Policy of New State Authorities
During a round table on the diversity of denominations in Odesa, a priest of Odesa-Simferopol Eparchy of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, Viacheslav Kovalskyi stated that there have been no problems for the Church until recently.
6 October 2011, 12:57 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
| Ukrainian Pilgrim: Israeli Airport Personnel Commit Sacrilege Against Christian Crucifix
A Ukrainian pilgrim received back a broken one-meter long wooden crucifix at the airport when he returned from the Holy Land on October 5. According to him, the crucifix was shattered by representatives of the El Al airline at the Ben Hurion Airport of Israel.
26 September 2011, 08:41 | Religion and policy |
Police Detains 60 Members of Svoboda in Uman
Police in the eastern Ukrainian city of Uman detained approximately 60 members of the nationalist Svoboda association for an attempt to hold an action prohibited by court.
19 September 2011, 09:41 | Land and property problems |
| Sevastopol Deputies Refuse to Give Back Church Building to Roman Catholics
Sevastopol Deputies again refused to return the building of the Church of St. Clement to Roman Catholics.
16 September 2011, 15:41 | Freedom of Conscience |
Discrimination against some religious groups shown in State Department of USA report
For example, representatives of the Muslim community have problems with registration of new centers in the Crimea and representatives of the Greek Catholics state that the authorities of Kyiv refuse to allocate land to them for construction of churches whereas UOC-MP faces the same problem in Lviv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions.
15 September 2011, 10:19 | Church-state relations |
Report of the State Department for the Congress of the United States on religious freedom in Ukraine
The Ukrainian government on the whole observes the freedom of religion both according to the law and in practice.
9 September 2011, 10:11 | Church-state relations |
In view of the recent rise of the utility tariffs for religious organizations, on September 8, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Volodymyr, sent a letter to President Yanukovych.
26 August 2011, 09:41 | Freedom of Conscience |
Greek Catholic priest's concert stopped in Odesa
On August 23, on the eve of Independence Day, in Odesa, a concert of a Greek Catholic priest and singer, Fr. Vitold Levytskyi, and a Christian group Quo Vadis was interrupted.
25 August 2011, 11:48 | Social questioning |
Most RISU Readers Feel Spiritually Free
In August 2011, the editorial staff of RISU asked their readers the following question: Do you feel free in independent Ukraine?
23 August 2011, 09:43 | Freedom of Conscience |
Odesa authorities ban procession of Roman Catholic community
The sixth Diocesan Youth Day was held in Odesa from August 19 to 21. Youth from the Odesa-Simferopol diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, and also Khmelnytsky, Kyiv, Zhytomyr Oblasts attended this event.
8 August 2011, 09:41 | Land and property problems |
Ten Thousand Signatures Collected to Support Return of Catholic Church in Sevastopol to Believers
During the month of an information campaign in Sevastopol, over 10 thousand signatures were collected in support of returning the building of a former Polish Catholic Church of Clement of Rome to the believers.
3 August 2011, 16:32 | Freedom of Conscience |
Religious Events Prohibited in Center of Sumy
At the session of the Executive Committee of the Sumy City Council on August 2, a list of places was compiled where public events of religious educational character are prohibited.
22 Jule 2011, 12:05 | Church-state relations |
On July 19 leaders of the denominations of Ukraine held a session of All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO). The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the senior pastor the Union of Free Churches of Christians of Evangelical Faith, Vasyl Raichyntsia, in the Ukrainian Bible House, reports the Institute for Religious Freedom.
14 Jule 2011, 10:02 | Land and property problems |
Head of the Sevastopol City Council Yurii Doinikov believes that the fate of the building on Schmidt Street, which before the war was a Roman Catholic church and after a cinema, should be decided by a city-wide referendum.
30 June 2011, 10:01 | Legislation |
Parliament rejects bill on moratorium on privatization of church property
The Ukrainian parliament rejected a bill submitted by deputy Olha Bodnar (BYuT-Fatherland) on a moratorium on the privatization of religious property, the Institute for Religious Freedom reports.