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.
Social questioning
16 September 2011, 14:50 | Religion and society |
Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk Takes First Place in Rating of Public Figures of Lviv Region
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk took the first place in the rating of the public figures of the Lviv Region according to the version of a social-political information agency Mediastar.
25 August 2011, 11:48 | Social questioning |
Most RISU Readers Feel Spiritually Free
In August 2011, the editorial staff of RISU asked their readers the following question: Do you feel free in independent Ukraine?
11 August 2011, 18:22 | Social questioning |
Social changes in Ukraine for the last twenty years disclosed
The results show that the value priorities of Ukrainians in 2011 are nearly the same as in 1991: good health (4.85 points on the 5 point scale), good family (4.82), children’s well-being (4.73), material welfare (4.72). The least significant values for Ukrainians include participation in the activity of political parties and public organizations (2.46) and participation in religious life (2.89).
18 June 2011, 10:20 | Community |
Some 5% Ukrainians do not want to register their marriage
About 10-12% of couples in Ukraine live in civil marriages, an employee of the Institute for Demography and Social Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Liudmyla Sliusar, said at a press conference in Kyiv on June 14, referring to the results of a sociological poll conducted by the institute.
6 May 2011, 10:30 | Religion and society |
According to the poll of the International Social Survey Project, which analyzes social processes in Europe, Ukrainians forgot their Communist and atheist past and turned to the church on a mass scale, making them the fifth most religious nation in Europe.
28 April 2011, 12:18 | Social questioning |
Some 60% Ukrainians see Holodomor famine as genocide
Some 60% of Ukrainians support the statement that the Holodomor famine in 1932-1933 was genocide against the Ukrainian people, KyivPost reports.
8 February 2011, 12:05 | Social questioning |
Razumkov Center analyzes religious tendencies for last 10 years
At the roundtable discussion “Church-State Relations in Ukraine: Specificities and Tendencies of Development” held in Kyiv today, Razumkov Center presented the results of its sociological data and analysis for the last decade. Razumkov Center developed an address to the government on the unacceptability of forced solutions to religious problems and noticed deterioration in church-state relations.
6 December 2010, 17:47 | Social questioning |
One in Five Ukrainians Would Like to Live Life Differently
Almost one in five Ukrainians (17%) would have lived life differently if it were possible to start life again.
24 November 2010, 12:11 | Community
Birth Rate Increasing in All Regions of Ukraine
The birth rate in the third quarter of 2010 increased in all regions of Ukraine apart from Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts, Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych has said with reference to data from relevant agencies.
8 November 2010, 14:46 | Community |
United Nations Report: Ukraine 69th in Human Development Ranking
According to the rating of the human development index, Ukraine dropped three positions in 2005-2010, but it is still among those countries with a high level of human development.
5 October 2010, 16:03 | Social questioning
About Half of Ukrainians Feel That Freedom of Speech Is Being Reduced
According to a sociological poll conducted in September, 2010 by the sociological group ”Rating,” 41% of the citizen feel curtailing of the freedom of speech in the country after the presidential elections.
29 September 2010, 10:31 | Social questioning |
Ukrainians Traditionally Trust Church
Ukrainian citizens traditionally trust the church the most: 68.3% of Ukrainians expressed full or predominant trust in it.
30 March 2010, 12:31 | Social questioning |
Poll: Less than Half of Odesa Residents Trust the Orthodox Church
Today less than half of Odesa residents (39.8%) personally trust the Orthodox Church. At the same time, one third of the respondents believe that the authority of the Orthodox Church in the society has been on the increase.
3 December 2009, 16:03 | News |
Poll: Ukraine is a Religious Nation
The Ukrainian nation is a religious one: nearly 90% of the population identifies with a certain religious confession or trend and only 10% calls themselves atheist or agnostic.