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.
Scandals, crime
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.
21 Jule 2011, 15:54 | Scandals, crime |
Sect leader Antonin Dognal convicted of petty hooliganism
On July 20, 2011, in the Shevchenko district court of Lviv, a civil case was opened against Czech citizen Antonin Dognal for his resistance during detention and for inflicting injuries on a woman.
20 Jule 2011, 12:39 | Scandals, crime |
Sect leader Antonin Dognal detained in Lviv for striking woman
An incident occurred late last night on the premises of the former chapel of the Redemptorist Fathers on Pluhova Street in Lviv. A citizen of the Czech Republic and leader of the illegal religious group Antonin Dognal struck the head of a local resident, and as a result she received a concussion and an injured jaw. He was then detained by the police.
30 June 2011, 13:44 | Scandals, crime |
Ukrainian priest killed himself
A priest was found hanged on the porch of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Church in the town of Malaya Berezanka in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, KyivPost reports.
16 June 2011, 12:31 | Scandals, crime |
Ukrainian Interior Ministry: Sacristans blast Zaporizhia church to avenge greedy superior
The summer 2010 explosion in a Zaporizhia church was an act of sacristans' revenge upon the church superior who had accused them of stealing church money, head of the Ukrainian Interior Ministry's Main Investigative Department Vasily Farinnik said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda in the Ukraine newspaper published on Thursday.
16 May 2011, 16:45 | Scandals, crime |
Unknown persons in Kharkiv set fire to the door of the mosque. So reported The Center of Public Relations of the Main Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine in Kharkiv Region to unian.net.
10 January 2011, 11:34 | Scandals, crime |
Pastor in Kaniv 'swindled' 139,000 US dollars out of parishioner
A pastor in Kaniv "swindled" 139,000 US dollars out of a parishioner. According to the police, using psychological influence on the parishioners, the 42-year-old pastor attracted to his “shrine” in Kaniv well-to-do people who could constantly donate.
28 December 2010, 12:03 | Scandals, crime |
Fire in Unfinished Mosque Near Simferopol Believed to Be Arson
The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Crimea believes the fire in an unfinished mosque in a village near Simferopol was an act of arson and estimates 100 thousand UAH in direct losses from the fire.