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.
Ecumenical Patriarchate
18 May 2012, 09:57 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Patriarch Filaret: Contacts with Ecumenical Patriarch Have Become More Complicated
During his patriarchal visit to the Bukovyna region on May 17, 2012, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate Patriarch Filaret met with journalists.
18 May 2012, 08:29 | Ecumenical Patriarchate
Head of Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA Released From Hospital
Metropolitan Constantine, the Primate of our Holy Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA who was recently hospitalized, underwent a medical treatment and on Thursday, May 17, 2012, was release from the hospital.
12 January 2012, 14:05 | World news |
Communiqué of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on Ephraim of Vatopaidi
On 10 January 2012, under the presidency of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate among other things, discussed the emerged issue of the imprisonment of the Abbot of the Monastery of Vatopaidi Ephraim.
6 January 2012, 09:17 | Religious holidays and traditions |
| Heads of Christian Churches Address Ukrainians on Christmas
On 28 December, RISU’s Ukrainian-language web page posted Christmas addresses of the heads of Christian Churches to Ukrainians.
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.
11 October 2011, 10:06 | International relations |
Patriarch Bartholomew met with V. Yanukovych in Karyes, the administrative center of Athos on 7 October after the business forum in Thessaaloniki.
8 October 2011, 15:43 | Church-state relations |
Yanukovych meets with Ecumenical Patriarch on Mount Athos, says source
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych during his state visit to Greece made a private visit to Mount Athos, where he met with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, a source in diplomatic circles told Interfax-Ukraine.
5 September 2011, 09:06 | Orthodox world |
Russian Orthodox Church Asked By Oldest Church Patriarchates to Observe its Canonical Territory
Patriarchs of the four oldest Churches of the world and the Primate of the Cyprian Autocephalous Church called the Russian Orthodox Church to observe its canonical territory.
27 April 2011, 17:14 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Today the head of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), Metropolitan Mefodii (Kudriakov), addressed the Standing Conference of the Orthodox Bishops Outside Ukraine with a statement and request to “include the Ukrainian question in the agenda of the Special Synod of Eastern Patriarchates.”
14 March 2011, 09:38 | International relations |
Bartholomew I Assures Azarov of Readiness to Assist in Unification of Orthodox Churches in Ukraine
At a meeting in Istanbul, Bartholomew I of Constantinople assured Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov of his readiness to assist in the unification of Orthodox churches in Ukraine, UNIAN reports.
14 March 2011, 09:17 | Ecumenical Patriarchate |
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew known also as the "green patriarch" due to his ecological concerns addressed his believers and global community with the message concerning nuclear explosion at Fokushima.
9 March 2011, 10:47 | Ecumenical Patriarchate |
Assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople prevented
The Turkish police have prevented another assassination attempt on Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, according to the Austrian catholic news agency.
9 January 2011, 13:29 | International relations |
Ukrainian officials visit Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
According to the official site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the patriarch gave a panagia as the present to Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan).
5 January 2011, 09:01 | Religious holidays and traditions |
Heads of Christian Churches Greet Ukrainians on Christmas
Heads of Christian Churches Greet Ukrainians on Christmas
10 December 2010, 12:17 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Australia and New Zealand Diocese of UAOC Surprised About Metropolitan Dymytrii's Statement
On Wednesday RISU received a message from Fr. Michael Smolynec, a member of the Consistory of Australia and New Zealand Diocese of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) in Diaspora, which is a response to the statement Metropolitan Dymytrii (Rudiuk) of Lviv and Sokal of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarcahte (UOC-KP) made after his visit to Australia.
1 November 2010, 11:09 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Archbishop Ihor (Isichenko) Participates in UOC Synod in the United States
In the spiritual center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the United States the 19th synod of this church was held. Archbishop of Kharkiv and Poltava Ihor Isichenko was invited by the consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the United States to join the work of the synod.
1 October 2010, 10:52 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Archbishop of Winnipeg and Metropolitan of Canada addressed his flock to explain why the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada did not accept the offer from the Archdiocese of Canada of the Orthodox Church in America to make available to his Church the Relics of the Holy Great Prince Volodymyr of Kyiv.
14 September 2010, 12:35 | Church and ecology |
World Ecology Day to Be Celebrated in Ukraine
On 14 September, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church traditionally participates in the celebration of the World Ecology Day of the Creator. Greek Catholic churches will pray for the conservation of nature on that day.
21 June 2010, 15:43 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Metropolitan Mefodii States Proclamation of Patriarchate of the UAOC Was Untimely
On the 20th anniversary of the Council of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, where the Kyivan Patriarchate and renewal of the UAOC were proclaimed, Metropolitan Mefodii presented his view on the historic event and his vision on the priority objectives for the Ukrainian church.
9 June 2010, 13:32 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
The press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate responded to the meeting of June 8 between President Yanukovych and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I in Istanbul.