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  • 7 February 2012, 12:38 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Council of UAOC to Pass Decision on Possible Dialogue on Unification with Kyivan Patriarchate

    On February 9, in the building of the Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, in Kyiv, a regular session of the Hierarchical Council of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) will be held.

  • 3 February 2012, 14:55 | Freedom of Conscience | 

    Evangelical Protestant Leaders To Discuss Media Campaign Against Their Churches

    On February 7, 2012, a meeting of the heads of the Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine regarding the campaign of mass media against Evangelical Churches will be held.

  • 30 January 2012, 15:59 | Interchurch relations | 

    Patriarch Kirill says his meeting with Pope is not possible yet

    "I still believe conflicts need to be resolved more energetically, if not fully, in order for this meeting to be successful," the Patriarch said in an interview with the Serb newspaper Vecherniye Novosti.

  • 25 January 2012, 15:31 | Interchurch relations | 

    Interdenominational Prayer Meeting Held in Zaporizhia

    On January 21, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, in the Church of St. Paul of the Roman Catholic Church, an interdenominational prayer meeting was held as part of the World Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

  • 25 January 2012, 13:16 | Interchurch relations | 

    Reps of Different Denominations Pray for Christian Unity in Lviv

    Representatives of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), Roman Catholic Church (RCC), Armenian Apostolic Church and the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith participated in an interdenominational prayer for unity held on January 24 in the chapel of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU).

  • 24 January 2012, 14:35 | Religious relations

    Kazakhstan denies persecution of Orthodox Christians

    Kazakhstan claimed that its Orthodox Christian community enjoys equal rights and that the country is a land of "ethnic and religious harmony", Interfax-religion informs.

  • 23 January 2012, 14:29 | Interchurch relations | 

    Different Denominations Pray Together for Unity in Kyiv

    On January 22, representatives of Christian Churches of Ukraine jointly prayed for the unity of Christianity in the Church of St. Basil the Great of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kyiv.

  • 21 January 2012, 11:11 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage | 

    Ecumenical Prayer for Unity of Christians to Be Held on January 22 in Kyiv

    Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) initiated an ecumenical prayer to be held at 6 p.m., on January 22, in the Church of St. Basil the Great of the UGCC.

  • 18 January 2012, 18:44 | Interchurch relations | 

    Lutherans and Catholics Call On Orthodox Metropolitan Ahafangel to Join Prayer for Unity of Christians

    Lutheran and Catholic bishops addressed Metropolitan Ahafangel (Savin) of Odesa and Izmail of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate with an open letter.

  • 17 January 2012, 10:26 | Interchurch relations | 

    Christians of Odesa To Hold Joint Prayer For Unity and Reconciliation

    On 18 January, in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin, the Week of Prayers for the unity of Christians and reconciliation between people, nations and communities will begin .

  • 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.

  • 5 January 2012, 09:16 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Reps of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Met With Patriarch Theophilos III in Jerusalem

    With the blessing of Metropolitan Volodymyr, on 1-3 January, the official delegation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) led by the head of the Department of External Church Relations, Archbishop Oleksandr of Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi and Vyshneve visited the Holy Land.

  • 4 January 2012, 11:04 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret: Two Thirds of Parishes of UAOC Ready to Unite with Kyivan Patriarchate

    Patriarch Filaret in an exclusive interview to RISU expressed an opinion that even though the negotiations between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate did not yield the expected result, it does not mean that the whole UAOC does not want unity. He assured that the dialogue will be resumed sooner or later.

  • 3 January 2012, 11:50 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret Explains Why Kyivan Patriarchate Did Not Join Constantinople

    The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) said in an interview to RISU that in 2008, Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople proposed the UOC-KP to join it and, later, receive an autonomy. The conditions of Constantinople, however, were unacceptable for the clergy of the UOC-KP and the union was not concluded.

  • 3 January 2012, 10:35 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret Criticizes Moscow's Position on Ukrainian Autocephaly

    Unlike the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Volodymyr, who once stressed that the Ukrainian question should be settled by the council of all the local Orthodox Churches, the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret is convinced that it is impossible to realize that idea in the modern conditions.

  • 29 December 2011, 09:27 | Interchurch relations | 

    Russian Church Unhappy About Good Relations Between Ukrainian Greek Catholics and Kyivan Patriarchate

    Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church are concerned over the statements of Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) that believers of the Kyivan Patriarchate are “the main Orthodox brethren” of the Ukrainian Greek Catholics.

  • 28 December 2011, 09:36 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils | 

    All-Ukrainian Council of Churches Concerned over Deterioration of Procedures of Issuing Visas to Foreign Priests

    On December 26, in the patriarchate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), a session of the Secretariat of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations was held.

  • 27 December 2011, 12:40 | Religious holidays and traditions | 

    Bishops of Three Denominations in Odesa Address Residents on Christmas

    Bishops of three Christian denominations of Odesa, Bishop Bronislav Bernatskyi of Odesa and Simferopol of the Roman Catholic Church, Bishop Vasyl (Ivasiuk) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Bishop Uland Schpalinger of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine jointly addressed the residents of Odesa and all people of good will on occasion of Christmas.

  • 23 December 2011, 14:55 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret Names Initiator of His Anathematization

    According to Patriarch Filaret, the idea to anathematize and dismiss him from the Church authority position was proposed in 1992 by the present Head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill Gundyaev, who was then Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad.

  • 23 December 2011, 13:14 | Church-state relations | 

    Patriarch Filaret: Kharkiv Council of 1992 Organized by Security Services

    The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret, is convinced that the Kharkiv Council, which took place nearly 20 years ago, was held by the Ukrainian bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the initiative of the state security service, on which they totally depended then.

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