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.
Religion and society
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.
23 January 2012, 11:20 | Religion and society |
Ministry of Culture Dismisses Director of Kyiv Cave Monastery
The Minister of Culture, Mykhailo Kulyniak on 20 January signed an order to dismiss the General Director of the Kyiv Cave National Historic and Cultural Reserve, Maryna Hromova.
17 January 2012, 19:02 | Charity, social service |
| Ukrainian Pastor Launches Missionary Trip to Kenya
The pastor of the Church of Good Changes from Mariupol, Director of the Republic Pilgrim Charitable Foundation, Hennadii Mokhnenko with a group of volunteers launched a missionary trip to Kenya, Africa on 16 January.
12 January 2012, 17:14 | UOC (MP) |
Metropolitan Sofronii of Cherkasy: Metropolitan Ahafangel Has No Chance To Head UOC-MP
In a commentary to Gazeta.ua, Metropolitan Sofronii (Dmytruk) of Cherkasy and Kaniv expressed an opinion that Metropolitan Ahafangel (Savin) has no chances to head the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate and that a Ukrainian will head the Church.
11 January 2012, 10:57 | Religion and society |
Christian Organizations Call on Ukrainians to Conduct National Prayer on January 22
A number of Christian organizations addressed Ukrainians with a call to conduct a joint national Prayer at 2 pm, on 22 January, at the main squares of the towns and villages of Ukraine.
29 December 2011, 11:37 | Legislation |
UOC-MP Dissatisfied with Law on Protection of Personal Information
The Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate addressed President V. Yanukovych in a letter expressing concern over the status of observance of the Law of Ukraine “On Protection of Personal Information.”
26 December 2011, 12:06 | Religion and society |
Archbishop of UOC-MP Recognized as Person of Year
Archbishop Luka (Kovalenko) of Zaporizhia and Melitopol of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate was recognized to be the winner of the annual rating “Person of the Year of Zaporizhia” according to the version of the Island of Freedom newspaper.
21 December 2011, 11:23 | Religious holidays and traditions |
President Yanukovych Greets Jews on Hanukkah
President Viktor Yanukovych greeted Jews of Ukraine on occasion of the feast of Hanukkah which began yesterday, in the evening.
20 December 2011, 11:40 | Religion and society |
Cardinal Husar Against Protest Actions With Use Of Force
The former head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Cardinal Lubomyr (Husar) is convinced that radical protest actions with the use of force will have no positive effect and that one can obtain concessions from the authorities only in a peaceful way.
15 December 2011, 15:56 | Religion and society |
Cardinal Husar: Communism Can Be Overcome By Smile
The former head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Cardinal Lubomyr (Husar) believes that we can get rid of Communism and consequences of the totalitarian regimes by means of a smile.
15 December 2011, 09:45 | Religion and society |
Public Figures Call Ukrainians to Unite to Build Moral Ukraine
On December 14, representatives of the initiative group “December 1” published a declaration showing solidarity with the ideas of the Address of the Traditional Churches (UOC, UOC-KP, UGCC) to the Ukrainian nation regarding the social situation in Ukraine.
8 December 2011, 11:24 | Religion and policy |
Patriarch Sviatoslav: We pray for all who suffer including Tymoshenko
When asked by a correspondent of Reviewer if he prays for Yulia Tymoshenko, Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church responded that the church prays for all people who suffer, are in prisons and captivity, including Yulia Tymoshenko.
6 December 2011, 10:10 | Religion and policy |
Greek Catholic Church Calls on Ukrainians to Take Their Vote Seriously
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Sviatoslav, commented on the address of the traditional Churches of Ukraine to the faithful and all people of goodwill on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the referendum on the Act of Declаration of Ukrainian Independence.
30 November 2011, 09:31 | Religion and society |
UOC-Moscow Patriarchate Condemns Coffin Procession of Chornobyl Disaster Liquidators
The Donetsk Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate condemned the actions of Chornobyl disaster liquidators who organized a procession on 29 November with an empty coffin.
26 November 2011, 09:00 | Religion and society |
Ukraine's Roman Catholic Head: Lessons of Holodomor Should Not Be Ignored
On the Day of Holodomor, the head of the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops of Ukraine, Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, called on the believers to remember in prayers the innocent victims of the catastrophe.
24 November 2011, 15:35 | Religion and society |
Ukrainian-Lebanese documentary film Three Stories of Galicia shown in Ukraine
The showing of the documentary film Three Stories of Galicia was held in five cities in Ukraine – Kyiv, Kharkiv, Lviv, Chernivtsi and Odesa – from November 15 to 21, 2011. The film directors are Olha Onyshko, who is Ukrainian, and Sarah Farhat, who is Lebanese. Through the stories of three lives, the film tells about WWII and the history of the Holocaust and the Ukrainian liberation movement, as well as relations between Ukrainian, Poles and Jews in Galicia.
24 November 2011, 09:14 | Religion and society |
Priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate will conduct a prayer meeting in the tent camp of the liquidators of Chornobyl disaster who are holding a protest action in front of the building of the Department of Pension Fund in Donetsk.
22 November 2011, 13:42 | Church-state relations |
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church calls on Viktor Yanukovych and Ukraine’s Government to fulfill the state’s duty with respect to the liquidators of the Chornobyl disaster and Afghan war veterans.
18 November 2011, 09:28 | Religion and society |
UOC-Moscow Patriarchate Criticizes State Family Policy
“The state policy should be aimed to restore the institute of natural family,” stated the authorized representative of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate in the office of the President’s Commissioner on Children’s Rights
12 November 2011, 12:31 | Religion and science |
Conference on Academic Theology Held at Ukrainian Catholic University
Over twenty European scholars and theologians from Romania, Greece, Poland, Belarus, the Netherlands, Russia and Ukraine participated in an international conference “Academic Theology in the Postsecular Age” organized by the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of UCU.