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.
Religious intolerance and vandalism
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.
27 October 2011, 09:37 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Roman Catholics of Sevastopol Ask Public Prosecutor To Call to Account Deputy of City Council
Roman Catholics of Sevastopol demand that the Office of Public Prosecutor should call to account a deputy of the city council, Artem Maltsev for groundless accusations against the Church and disinformation.
6 October 2011, 12:57 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
| Ukrainian Pilgrim: Israeli Airport Personnel Commit Sacrilege Against Christian Crucifix
A Ukrainian pilgrim received back a broken one-meter long wooden crucifix at the airport when he returned from the Holy Land on October 5. According to him, the crucifix was shattered by representatives of the El Al airline at the Ben Hurion Airport of Israel.
29 September 2011, 17:21 | Judaism |
Today Ukraine commemorates victims of Babyn (Babi) Yar
In retaliation, on September 29 and 30, 1941, the Nazis murdered 33,771 Jews in the Babi Yar ravine.
19 September 2011, 09:41 | Land and property problems |
| Sevastopol Deputies Refuse to Give Back Church Building to Roman Catholics
Sevastopol Deputies again refused to return the building of the Church of St. Clement to Roman Catholics.
11 August 2011, 09:13 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Vandals Detained for Destroying Crosses on Graves
In the village of Lozovske of Sloviano-Serbskyi District of the Luhansk Oblast in the east of Ukraine, police have detained a group of minors who danced on graves at a local cemetery and destroyed twenty gravestones and crosses.
10 August 2011, 09:50 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Investigation of Destruction of Cross on Askold's Grave Resumed
On the request of Oleksandr Bryhinets, a deputy of the faction Motherland of Yulia Tymoshenko in the Kyiv City Council, the Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Pechesrk District of the capital canceled the resolution on the refusal to initiate proceedings and resumed the investigation of the act of vandalism, the destruction of the wooden memorial cross on Naberezhne Highway.
25 January 2011, 09:50 | Church-state relations |
Authorities of Smila in Cherkasy region dispersed Baptist festival
A statement was submitted to the town council of Smila with a request to permit organization of the Christian festival “God is always near.” The authorities signed the statement but did not allow to hold the event.
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.
27 December 2010, 10:49 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Vandals Break into Church of Ukrainian Authocephalous Orthodox Church
On the night of December 19, in the town of Smila of the Cherkasy Oblast, unknown persons attacked the building of the Birth of John the Baptist Church of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church.
8 December 2010, 14:04 | Community |
Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism and Violence to Be Monitored on Ukrainian Internet
The monitoring of Internet publications with respect to cases of xenophobia, anti-Semitism and violent content has started in Ukraine at the initiative of President of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee and MP Oleksandr Feldman, the Kyiv Post reports.
15 November 2010, 21:50 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Memorial Plaque to Josyf Slipyj Dismantled in Kharkiv
In Kharkiv, a memorial plaque in honor of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, on a former deportation prison was dismantled.
4 November 2010, 12:14 | Religion in mass media |
Experts to Assess Facts of Propagating Religious Hatred in Two Ukrainian Publications
The National Expert Committee for the Protection of Social Moral decided to check the articles of the Internet news site Observer and the magazine Maxim for possible signs of propagating religious hostility.
23 September 2010, 16:27 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Zaporizhzhia Pagans Accused of Land Seizure
The Ordzhonikidze District Police Department of Zaporizhzhia turned down the request of a local organization, Rus Orthodox Circle, to initiate proceedings regarding the destruction by unknown persons of several sanctuaries and wooden sculptures of “native gods” of the Zaporozhzhia pagan community which were erected on the island of Khortytsia.
20 September 2010, 12:44 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Ukrainian Political Studies Expert: Security Service Should Check Activity of Orthodox Camp
A Ukrainian political studies expert, Oleksii Haran, stated that the Security Service of Ukraine should check the activity of the Orthodox camp Crimea-Sich [Host]. He stressed that there are serious grounds to believe that "it involves attempts to stir up inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts in Crimea."
20 August 2010, 13:08 | Freedom of Conscience |
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| Christians Leaders and Authority of Luhansk Call Residents to Interreligious Harmony
Since a mosque was opened in Luhansk two and a half months ago, it has been the target of three attacks. The mayor of the city and the clergy of different Christian denominations call people to understanding and harmony.
19 Jule 2010, 11:34 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Church of Kyivan Patriarchate in Luhansk Set on Fire
On July 18, 2010, a wooden Church of Archistratege Michael of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk was set on fire by unknown persons and burned down.
23 March 2010, 10:29 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Another Wooden Church in Danger in Lviv Region
During the night of March 22, 2010, an unidentified person committed an act of vandalism in the Holy Trinity Church in Sykhiv, Lviv, reports the press service of the Lviv City Hall.
3 March 2010, 09:26 | Freedom of Conscience |
EU Intends to Protect Christians in Countries Where They Are Persecuted
"We created a working group and are working on the mechanisms of a bilateral cooperation of Europe and individual countries where the rights of Christians are infringed upon,” said Minister Franko Frattini.
17 February 2010, 13:39 | Church-state relations
Chief Russian Rabbi Hopes Viktor Yanukovych Will Continue Speaking Against Aggressive Nationalism
According to a report of kyivpost.com of February 12, 2010, Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar expressed his hope that Viktor Yanukovych will continue to defend tolerance and speak out against "aggressive nationalism" in Ukraine.