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.
Inter-Orthodox relations
9 February 2012, 10:27 | 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.
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.
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.
21 December 2011, 17:02 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
UAOC: Establishment of One National Orthodox Church Is Impossible Without UOC-MP
The clergy of the Kyivan Eparchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church is ready for unification and the establishment of one national Orthodox Church. However, the Eucharist communion, in their opinion, should include not only the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, with which the hierarchy of the UAOC conducted dialogue until recently, but also the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate
14 December 2011, 11:48 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Kyivan Patriarchate Gives Up Unification With UAOC Due to Its Ultimatum
The unification process between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, which began last autumn, failed.
18 November 2011, 11:20 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Bishops of UAOC to Consider Initiatives of Unification With Kyivan Patriarchate At Council
In the Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), on 23 November, a regular session of the hierarchical council of that Church will be held.
9 November 2011, 11:58 | Theology and religious education |
Ukrainian Orthodox Theologians To Study Experience of Romanian Orthodox
The leadership of the Kyivan Spiritual Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate reached an agreement on cooperation with the Theological Department of the Bucharest University.
4 November 2011, 09:20 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
UOC-Kyivan Patriarchate Prays For Recovery of Metropolitan Volodymyr of UOC-Moscow Patriarchate
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) responded to the call of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate to pray for the recovery of its head, Metropolitan Volodymyr.
31 October 2011, 13:24 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
The first joint session of the committees set up by the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) and the Hierarchical Council of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) to conduct a dialogue on unification was held on October 27/
28 October 2011, 09:35 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Wishes Metropolitan Volodymyr Recovery
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on 14 October sent a letter to the Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr expressing his concern over the condition of the metropolitan.
21 October 2011, 10:09 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
On 18 October, in Ternopil, a non-regular session of the hierarchical council of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church was held
10 October 2011, 09:10 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Patriarch Filaret Presents His Vision of Unification With UAOC
Patriarch Filaret explained that he could not support the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church when Ukraine was not an independent state but a part of USSR.
23 September 2011, 15:29 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
On 14 September, 2011, in the Kyivan Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, a meeting was held between the head of the Kyivan Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret and the head of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Mefodii.
9 September 2011, 11:10 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Welcomes Decision of Council of Five
The Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) “considers relevant and useful for modern church life the results of the work of the council of the original patriarchates and the autocephalous Church of Cyprus.
17 August 2011, 09:41 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Patriarch Filaret Comments on Present Condition of Orthodoxy
Patriarch Filaret stated that the problems of the modern Orthodoxy could be avoided if Moscow Patriarchate granted autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church on time.
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.