15 May 2012, 16:13 | Church-state relations | 

Archbishop of UOC-KP Complains to Public Prosecutor General Against Ukraine's President

Archbishop Klement (Kushch) of the Crimea of te Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate addressed the Prosecutor General, Viktor Pshonka with a request to oblige Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych to give a response to the address 443/15228-01 of the faithful of UOC-KP of 16.03.2012.

2 May 2012, 09:39 | Land and property problems | 

Attempt Made to Seize Monument of Kyivan Rus in Kyiv

On April 26, in the Lviv Square in Kyiv, unknown persons made an attempt to seize the site of the reconstruction of a Kyivan Rus monument, the Church of the Presentation of the Lord (Stritenska).

25 April 2012, 13:14 | Land and property problems | 

Court Prohibits Construction Near Sophia of Kyiv

On 25 April, the Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine cancelled the resolution of the court of appeal and confirmed the prohibition by the Economic Court of Kyiv of construction and maintenance works in the land plot at 17-23 Olesia Honchara Street.

28 March 2012, 13:50 | Land and property problems | 

Patriarch Sviatoslav: Local Authorities Ignore Legal Rights of Greek Catholics

At a press conference at UNIAN today, Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) said that the state leadership puts no pressure on the UGCC, but the authorities in Ukraine do not observe the principle of equal treatment of all the denominations, especially at the local level.

12 March 2012, 14:57 | Church-state relations | 

Patriarch Sviatoslav: National Shrines Should Belong to Nation and Not to One Denomination

Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sent an address to Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and Ukrainian deputies with a request to withdraw from consideration Bill 9690 on Making Alterations to Certain Laws of Ukraine (regarding transfer of objects of cultural heritage to religious organizations).

8 March 2012, 11:01 | Church-state relations | 

UOC-KP Complains to President About Crimean Authorities

Clergymen, scholars, journalists and artists of the Crimean Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate complained to Ukraine’s President about the local authorities who have delayed for 15 years to allocate land plots for the construction of churches of the Kyivan Patriarchate.

7 March 2012, 13:15 | Land and property problems | 

Court Authorized Construction Near Sophia of Kyiv

On 5 March, the Court of Appeal of Kyiv cancelled the decision of the Economic Court of Kyiv to suspend the construction at 17-23 Honchara Street and, thereby actually authorized the development of the territory of Sophia of Kyiv.

2 March 2012, 10:03 | Land and property problems | 

Patriarch Lubomyr Opposes Transfer of Pochayiv and Kyiv Cave Monasteries to One Denomination

The former head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Lubomyr (Husar) told journalists that is against the transfer of the Pochayiv and Kyiv Cave Monasteries to a particular denomination.

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.

17 February 2012, 09:02 | Land and property problems | 

Priests of UOC-MP Accused of Dishonest Gathering of Signatures in Support of Privatization of Pochayiv Monastery

According to a deputy of the Ternopil City Council, head of the Our Ukraine faction, Petro Mandzii, priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate gather signatures in support of the privatization of the Pochayiv Monastery by deceiving the believers.

13 February 2012, 14:37 | Land and property problems | 

Ex-Head of Security Service of Ukraine Calls on UNESCO to Protect Pochayiv Monastery

Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, a public and political figure, ex-head of the Security Services of Ukraine, forwarded an address to Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova with a request to help prevent the exclusion of the Pochayiv Monastery in Ternopil Oblast from the list of buildings which are not subject to privatization and to include the monastery on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

9 February 2012, 09:24 | Land and property problems | 

Metropolitan Volodymyr Gives Blessing to Gather Signatures for Transfer of Pochayiv Monastery to UOC-MP

On February 8, Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate was visited in the hospital by the Superior of the Monastery of the Holy Assumption of Pochayiv, Archbishop Volodymyr of Pochayiv.

20 December 2011, 10:12 | Land and property problems | 

Court Prohibits Construction of Residential Houses Near Sophia of Kyiv

The Economic Court of Kyiv prohibited the construction of a dwelling complex at Honchara Street near the National Reserve Sophia of Kyiv.