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.
Scandals, crime
3 May 2012, 11:16 | Scandals, crime |
Monk and Guard of Pochyaiv Monastery Take Away Camera from TV Cameraman
On May 1, in the Pochayiv Monastery, one of the priests together with a guard prohibited a cameraman of Brody Television to video a pilgrimage in which he participated and confiscated his video camera by force.
19 April 2012, 14:55 | Scandals, crime |
Adelaja Not Permitted to Leave Ukraine
Pastor of the Embassy of God, Sunday Adelaja, who is accused of organizing a criminal group, is not permitted to leave Ukraine before the completion of the investigation in the matter of Kings Capital Ltd.
10 April 2012, 15:07 | Scandals, crime |
Femen Girls Agitated for Right to Abortion from Belfry of St. Sophia Cathedral
Today, five active members of FEMEN climbed the belfry of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv and hung there a seven-meter-long banner with the word "STOP" to the sound of the bells.
10 April 2012, 11:02 | Scandals, crime |
Pastor Sunday Adelaja of the “Embassy of God,” who was thought to be missing, has been found in Kyiv.
6 April 2012, 16:17 | Scandals, crime |
Mammonish Priest Sent to Monastery For One Month
A priest from Lviv Region who refused to bury a man for “debts” to the Church has been punished. RISU learnt from the Stryi Eparchial Department of UGCC that Fr. Stepam Palii was dismissed from the services in the parish for the period of one month.
30 March 2012, 10:21 | Scandals, crime |
Pastor Sunday Adelaja Disappears
The pastor of the Embassy of God, Sunday Adelaja, who is on a recognizance not to leave, has disappeared.
20 March 2012, 11:34 | Scandals, crime |
Suspended Prison Sentence Passed Upon Separatist Priest Dymytrii Sydor
The head of the “Soim of the Carpathian Rusyns,” a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Dymytrii Sydor was sentenced to three years of imprisonment with a respite of two years for the encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
26 January 2012, 13:47 | Scandals, crime |
Experts Comment on Replacement of Heads of Most Significant Cultural Institutions
Experts associate the large-scale replacement of the directors of the most significant cultural institutions with the efforts of the authorities to employ ex-officials who were made redundant due to the reduction of the top section of officials.
10 January 2012, 12:55 | Scandals, crime |
Priest in Mercedes Rams Mail Car in Odesa
A 47-year-old priest, Hryhorii (Hryshchenko), caused an accident as he hurried to a service driving his expensive Mercedes.
4 January 2012, 14:11 | Scandals, crime |
| Criminal Group Stealing Icons in Four Regions of Ukraine Arrested
Ternopil police jointly with their colleagues from the Kyiv, Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions arrested a criminal group of residents of Kyiv, Odesa and Moldova, who stole ancient icons from the churches of Ukraine.
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.
20 December 2011, 09:46 | Scandals, crime |
Antonin Dognal Refused Visa Extension to Stay in Ukraine
The head of the religious group Pidhirtsi Fathers, Antonin (Ilia) Dognal, who is a citizen of the Czech Republic, has been refused extension of visa to stay in Ukraine.
18 November 2011, 10:58 | Scandals, crime |
Two Orthodox Churches Robbed in Volyn on Same Day
Two churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, in the village of Holoby of Kovel District and in the village of Ludyn of Volodymyr Volynskyi District of Volyn Oblast were attacked by unknown persons on November 17.
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.
11 October 2011, 14:36 | Scandals, crime |
Pechersk District Court of Kyiv sentenced former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to 7 years of imprisonment. The decision was announced by Judge Rodion Kireyev.
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.
30 August 2011, 14:16 | Scandals, crime |
Human Rights Campaigners: Innocent People Are Accused in Case of Explosion in Zaporizhia Church
Unian held a press conference today titled “Violations of human rights in the area of criminal justice.” Using the example of the so-called Ponomarivs case, the participants discussed systematic violations in the Ukrainian justice system and the methods used by the police during the pre-trial investigation to break a person and force him to sign involuntary admissions with regard to crimes he did not commit.
29 August 2011, 15:21 | Scandals, crime |
Man Who Robbed Churches in Western Ukraine Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison
A 39-year-old resident of the Poltava Oblast stole ancient church books, icons, cash from safes and money boxes from churches in the villages of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast from April 2009 to May 2010.
22 August 2011, 12:27 | Scandals, crime |
St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Church in USA Vandalized
In the early morning hours of 15 August, an intruder broke into the parish Church and desecrated the Holy Altar, Tabernacle, Iconography and the entire altar and sacristy area.
5 August 2011, 13:31 | Scandals, crime |
Priest on Hunger Strike Faints in Front of Mariupol City Hall
A parish priest of a community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Fr. Volodymyr Koskin, on August 1 lost consciousness in front of the City Council of Mariupol of the Donetsk Oblast.