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.
Moscow Patriarchy
2 February 2012, 11:34 | Moscow Patriarchy |
Metropolitan Volodymyr Greets Patriarch Kirill of Moscow On Anniversary of Enthronement
On 1 February, the third anniversary of enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow was marked.
2 February 2012, 11:19 | UOC (MP) |
Patriarch Kirill Awards Bishops of UOC-MP
On 1 February, on the third anniversary of his enthronement, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow presented high Church awards to bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate.
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.
5 January 2012, 13:36 | World news |
Patriarch Kirill urges Nigerian govt to resolutely crack down on terror
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has sent condolences to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan following the death of dozens of people as a result of terrorist attacks targeting Christian churches on Christmas Day.
29 December 2011, 09:27 | Interchurch relations |
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.
22 December 2011, 19:21 | UOC KP |
Patriarch Filaret: Authorities Legalized Revival of UAOC to Prevent Revival of Greek Catholic Church
Patriarch Filaret associates the third revival of the autocephalous Church at the time of USSR only with efforts to oppose the UGCC.
6 December 2011, 10:37 | Moscow Patriarchy |
Rep of Russian Church Can See Good Changes in Ukraine Under Rule of Yanukovych
The head of the External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Ilarion (Alfeiev) of Volokolamsk, commented on the religious situation in Ukraine after the replacement of the “orange” regime by Viktor Yanukovych.
21 November 2011, 09:38 | Church-state relations |
Ukraine's President Greets Patriarch Kirill On His Birthday Anniversary
Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych sent a greeting to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow on occasion of his birthday.
11 November 2011, 14:15 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch Kirill States That Relations Between Orthodox and Greek Catholics Improved
Patriarch Kirill spoke about the relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church in his address to the hearers of courses of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.
10 November 2011, 10:24 | Interchurch relations |
Russian Church Concerned Over Establishment of New Metropolitanates by Greek Catholics
According to representatives of the Moscow Patriarchate, the recent establishment of three new metropolitanates of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church will complicate the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue in Ukraine.
2 November 2011, 10:47 | Church-state relations |
The head of the Supreme Council of Ukraine, Volodymyr Lytvyn, stated that Church hierarchs, particularly, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, are responsible for the existing divide of the Ukrainian Orthodoxy.
26 October 2011, 11:39 | Moscow Patriarchy |
The Russian-orthdoxe church is planning a new catechism.
18 October 2011, 10:43 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch Sviatoslav: Moscow Patriarchate Not Ready for Dialogue
According to Patriarch Sviatoslav, Moscow Patriarchate now shows “complete unpreparedness for such meetings.”
10 October 2011, 10:18 | Interchurch relations |
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Russian Orthodox Church to Start Dialogue
Positive changes are expected in the relations between the two churches.
7 October 2011, 10:06 | Moscow Patriarchy |
Patriarch Kirill Shares Impressions of His Visit to Bukovyna
Patriarch Kirill thanked the head of the Chernivtsi Regional State Administration, Mykhailo Papiev for organizing his visit to Bukovyna on 1-2 October.
7 October 2011, 09:43 | UOC KP |
Kyivan Patriarchate Defends Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate
According to UOC-KP, some documents of the last Synod session of the Russian Church are tactless with respect to the rights “of independence and self-rule” of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate.
4 October 2011, 12:55 | Moscow Patriarchy |
“I have the impression that Patriarch Kirill with his own hands devalues his visits. When visits of a church primate to a neighboring state become ordinary, attention to them is reduced, and, therefore, their importance is reduced, of course,” said Archbishop Ihor Isichenko.
3 October 2011, 10:21 | UOC KP |
In view of the greetings passed by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow to the Roman Pope during the recent meeting in Moscow with the pope’s representative and a recent greeting extended by the patriarch to Jews on Rosh Hashanah, representatives of the UOC-KP reproached Patriarch Kirill for expressing “brotherly feelings” for the Jews and Catholics and only hatred for the Orthodox of the Kyivan Patriarchate.
3 October 2011, 10:10 | Church-state relations |
The press-service of the Ukrainain Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate published an article of Serhii Sydorenko «Signal for the Patriarch».
2 October 2011, 12:19 | Moscow Patriarchy |
Patriarch of Moscow called the inhabitants of Bukovyna “stronger than other nations,” as their identity has been preserved thanks to the Orthodox faith and God’s Grace, which they draw from the canonical Church.