Expert thought
7 February 2012, 13:24 | Interview
About the financial sustainability and other challenges of theological institutions we speak with the dean of Leadership Development of the Overseas Council Scott Cunningham.
Blog
2 February 2012, 19:14 |
Антисектантская истерия - или хорошо спланированнная акция по дискредитации верующих?
1 February 2012, 10:10 |
Круглый стол в ДХУ: так в чем же заключаются перспективы развития украинского баптизма?
13 January 2012, 10:01 |
Exclusive
5 January 2012, 12:53 | Holidays and Customs |
Ukrainian Christmas traditions
Among the Ukrainians, the most beloved of all festivities is Christmas which covers a cycle of important fest days, centering around family and agricultural modes of life, is very colourful, being the most important part of Christmas.
Monitoring
Chicago area churches hold Prayer Vigil for Life | 26 January 2012, 13:05 | Religious-digest |
Holy New Martyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev (+ 1918) | 26 January 2012, 12:51 | Kaleidoscope-digest |
A first for Canada | 23 January 2012, 11:10 | 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
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.
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.
27 Jule 2011, 10:06 | Protests and conflicts |
Ukrainian nationalists hold demonstration against Russian Orthodox Church in central Kyiv
The Kyiv branch of the nationalist Svoboda all-Ukrainian Union held a demonstration near the Ukrainian House in Kyiv on Wednesday against what it called "clerical occupation" of Ukraine by the Russian Orthodox Church.
26 Jule 2011, 14:12 | Protests and conflicts |
Ukrainian nationalists to hold protest against Patriarch Kirill’s visit
Ukrainian nationalists are preparing to hold a protest against the visit of Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), who arrives today to take part in the festivities dedicated to the baptism of Rus’, writes the newspaper Kommersant-Ukraina in the Patriarshii Sbor, Ukrayinska Tyzhden reports.
18 Jule 2011, 15:17 | Religion and policy |
On behalf of the church, Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) addressed President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych today concerning a number of lawsuits in which the defendants are politicians and former senior officials.
7 Jule 2011, 07:18 | Protests and conflicts |
Roman Catholics in Sevastopol to hold campaign to demand return of their church
The Roman Catholic community in Sevastopol will hold a campaign to demand the return of their church, which was built 100 years ago and taken away from the parish in 1930, the head of the Roman Catholic community in Sevastopol, Father Yurii Ziminskii, said during a press conference, UNIAN reports.
1 Jule 2011, 12:31 | Protests and conflicts |
Picket held in Lviv against seizure by sectarians of Redemptorist chapel
Close to 30 Lviv residents picketed in front of the Lviv City Council on June 30. They demanded the return of a chapel on Pluhova Street, which was seized by sectarians.
22 June 2011, 13:18 | Protests and conflicts |
A statement of the Vaad of Ukraine was published in connection with actions planned in Lviv on June 22 by Odesa public organizations, which call themselves Jews Against Anti-Semitism and Jews Against Gurvitz.
18 June 2011, 11:16 | Community |
Ukraine court bans use of Soviet red flag
Ukraine's Constitutional Court has banned the use of the Soviet Red Army flag during World War II commemorations, a move recently approved by the country's president.
27 May 2011, 15:20 | Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritance |
Our Ukraine Addresses UNESCO to Defend Tithe Church
The head of the Political Council of Our Ukraine, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, sent an address to General Director of UNESCO Iryna Bokova with a request to interfere in the situation.