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.
Protests and conflicts
30 April 2012, 09:15 | Protests and conflicts |
Proceedings Instituted Against Femen Members Protesting from Belfry of Holy Sophia
The Office of the Public Prosecutor General instituted proceedings against the four Femen members who participated in an action in the bell tower of the Cathedral of the Holy Sophia in Kyiv.
24 April 2012, 11:37 | Interchurch relations |
Relations Between Kyiv and Moscow Patriarchates Deteriorate
Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) stated under the new regime, attempts are being made to seize churches of the UOC-KP.
24 April 2012, 09:45 | Protests and conflicts |
Muslims of Crimea Protest Against Sprinkling Schoolchildren With Holy Water
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Crimea protested against sprinkling junior pupils of a school in Simferopol with holy water, reported liga.net with reference to the press service of the Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Crimea.
18 April 2012, 09:37 | Protests and conflicts |
Rector of Uzhhorod Theological Academy Asks Authorities to Protect it From Raiders
Rector of the Uzhhorod Theological Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Viktor (Bed) addressed the Ukrainian authorities with a call to protect the educational institution from raiders.
5 April 2012, 10:41 | Protests and conflicts |
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church reacted to a report of TSN about a priest who refused to bury a man because of his debts to the church.
4 April 2012, 15:35 | Protests and conflicts
Ukrainian Women Ask President to Prohibit Abortions
Public activists opposing abortions called Viktor Yanukovych to make as much effort as possible to protect unborn children.
4 April 2012, 12:46 | Protests and conflicts |
Diving Center to Be Built in Former Muslim Cemetery
The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Crimea intends to dispute the issuance of a state act with regard to a land plot for a diving center in the village of Semenivka of Lenin District where a Muslim cemetery was located in the past.
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.
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.
31 January 2012, 12:12 | Protests and conflicts |
Orthodox Church to Be Built in Place of Former Muslim Cemetery
In Simferopol District in Crimea, the relations between the Muslim community and the administration of the Dobrov Village Council deteriorated as the deputies allowed to allocate a land plot of 25 ares for a church of the Crimean Eparchy in the village of Lozove.
18 January 2012, 09:16 | Religion and policy |
Svoboda Association Protests Against Transfer of Land in Uman to Chasidim
On January 16, in the town of Uman of Cherkasy Oblast, approximately 300 activists organized a protest “Uman, Rise Against Corruption and Invasion.”
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.
12 October 2011, 16:43 | Scandals, crime |
Pentecostals in Ternopil Complain to Public Prosecutor About Actions of Police
The Ternopil Region Association of Churches of Evangelical Faith (ACEF) approached Public Prosecutor of Ternopil Oblast Ivan Melnychuk and Commissioner on Human Rights in the Supreme Council of Ukraine Nina Karpachova with a request to interfere in the matter of a cruel beating by Ternopil police of the youth leader of the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith in the town of Zbarazh.
4 October 2011, 09:54 | Protests and conflicts |
Mejlis Chairman Mustafa Dzhemilev has called the construction of new church in Simferopol near the future memorial to the victims of deportation of the Crimean Tatar a provocation.
3 October 2011, 13:49 | Judaism |
Ukraine deports two Israeli pilgrims
Two Israeli citizens have been deported from Ukraine for violating the laws, Senior Inspector Volodymyr Umanets from the Department for Citizenship, Immigration and Registration of Individuals at the Interior Ministry Directorate for Cherkasy region told journalists in Uman on Friday.
27 September 2011, 18:08 | Protests and conflicts
Afghan war veterans threaten to hold protest during Patriarch Kirill's visit to Chernivtsi
The Afghan war veterans, Chornobyl disaster liquidators and children of the war threaten to block the traffic in Ruska Street, in the south-western Ukrainian region of Chernivtsi on October 2, during the visit of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill to Bukovyna.
22 September 2011, 13:34 | Protests and conflicts |
Cherkasy Branch of Svoboda Announces Campaign Uman Without Chasidim
The local branch of the nationalist organization Svoboda of the eastern Ukrainian region of Cherkasy made a statement as to the authorities' lack of action to prevent aggression of Chasidim in Uman and announced the beginning of a campaign Uman without Chasidim.
14 September 2011, 10:19 | Protests and conflicts |
During Visit of Patriarch Kirill All Other Events Prohibited in Luhansk
The City Executive Committee of the Eastern Ukrainian City of Luhansk prohibited any actions on 14-15 September except those connected with the visit of the Head of the Russian Orthodox Church.
8 September 2011, 11:33 | Protests and conflicts |
Orthodox Parishioners Protest in Front of Parliament Against Electronic Passports and ID Cards
Approximately 1,500 parishioners of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate participated in a picket in front of the Supreme Council protesting the introduction of electronic passports and ID-cards in Ukraine.
6 September 2011, 15:26 | Protests and conflicts |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Sumy Calls on Churches to Jointly Combat Gay Propaganda
The eparchy of the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) called all the churches to jointly combat gay propaganda.