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.
UOC (MP)
8 February 2012, 11:46 | UOC (MP)
Metropolitan Volodymyr Reserves Right To Head Kyivan Metropolitanate of UOC
Metropolitan Volodymyr reserves the right to head the Kyivan Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate.
7 February 2012, 09:44 | Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritance |
Politician Calls to Return Cave Monastery to Municipal Ownership to Avoid Conflict
After Viktor Yanukovych was elected president, the Kyiv City Council rapidly voted for the transfer of the Kyiv Cave Monastery from municipal to state ownership. Now the Supreme Council considers a draft law on the transfer of the object from the state to private ownership.
6 February 2012, 11:29 | UOC (MP) |
Metropolitan Volodymyr Refutes Claims of His Incapability by Celebrating Liturgy
The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr, celebrated a liturgy in the hospital where he undergoes rehabilitation, by which he refuted the claims that he is incapable.
4 February 2012, 11:43 | UOC KP |
Patriarch Filaret Against Transfer of Pochayiv and Kyiv Cave Monasteries to Russian Church.
Patriarch Filaret is against the transfer of the Pochayiv and Kyiv Cave Monasteries to the Russian Church.
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, 13:36 | UOC (MP) |
Rep of UOC-Moscow Patriarchate Explains Why Decisions of Its Synod Are Valid
The Administrator of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Archbishop Mytrofan (Yurchuk) of Bila Tserkva and Bohuslav commented on the response of the mass media to the decisions of the Synod of UOC-MP of 26 January.
27 January 2012, 13:21 | UOC KP |
Reps of Kyivan Patriarchate: UOC-MP Was Seized
Representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate commented to Kommersant-Ukraine on the decisions of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate held on 26 January under the chairmanship of Metropolitan Ahafangel of Odesa and Izmail.
27 January 2012, 12:27 | UOC (MP) |
Metropolitan Volodymyr Surprised to Hear About Decisions of Synod of His Church
Metropolitan Volodymyr was surprised to hear about certain rotation decisions of the Synod of UOC-MP of January 26.
24 January 2012, 09:16 | Church-state relations |
Utility Tariffs for Churches Not To Rise
The National Committee on Regulating Energy of Ukraine considered the address of Metropolitan Volodymyr to Prime Minister Azarov with the request to restore the utility benefits for religious organizations.
20 January 2012, 15:26 | Church-state relations |
Cabinet of Ministers To Pass 20 Hectares of Land to Sviati Hory National Park
The Cabinet of Ministers allowed the National Natural Park Holy Mountains [Sviati Hory] to develop a project of land management to allocate to the park a land plot of 20 Hectares intended for forestry purposes in the Sloviansk District of Donetsk Region.
20 January 2012, 14:06 | UOC KP |
Patriarch Filaret: New Head of UOC-MP Should Not Be Elected While Old One is Alive
Patriarch Filaret stated that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate is on the brink of a schism as he commented in an interview to Weekly.ua on the session of the Synod of UOC-MP planned for 26 January, where an acting head of that Church can be elected in view of the sickness of the Head of UOC-MP, Metropolitan Volodymyr.
18 January 2012, 18:44 | Interchurch relations |
Lutheran and Catholic bishops addressed Metropolitan Ahafangel (Savin) of Odesa and Izmail of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate with an open letter.
18 January 2012, 12:02 | UOC (MP) |
Doctors Will Not Allow Metropolitan Volodymyr to Consecrate Water in Dnipro River
Metropolitan Volodymyr, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), will not be able to bless the water in the Dnipro River on January 19, on the feast of Epiphany, due to his recovery from his sickness.
17 January 2012, 10:31 | Church-state relations |
Metropolitan Volodymyr Confers Order on Ukraine's Ambassador to Greece
The Head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Archbishop Oleksandr (Drabynko) of Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi and Vyshneve met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Greece.
12 January 2012, 17:14 | UOC (MP) |
Metropolitan Sofronii of Cherkasy: Metropolitan Ahafangel Has No Chance To Head UOC-MP
In a commentary to Gazeta.ua, Metropolitan Sofronii (Dmytruk) of Cherkasy and Kaniv expressed an opinion that Metropolitan Ahafangel (Savin) has no chances to head the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate and that a Ukrainian will head the Church.
12 January 2012, 09:12 | UOC (MP) |
UOC-MP Plans No Substitution For Metropolitan Volodymyr At Next Synod
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate does not intend to appoint at its next synod an acting head of the church for the period until the recovery of Metropolitan Volodymyr, Heorhii Kovalenko, the primate's press secretary, said in a commentary.
10 January 2012, 12:55 | Scandals, crime |
Priest in Mercedes Rams Mail Car in Odesa
A 47-year-old priest, Hryhorii (Hryshchenko), caused an accident as he hurried to a service driving his expensive Mercedes.
9 January 2012, 16:56 | UOC (MP) |
Metropolitan Volodymyr Celebrates Liturgy For First Time After Hospitalization
On December 8, the Sunday after the Nativity and the feast of the Holy Virgin, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Volodymyr celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the cathedral church of the Holy Intercession Convent of Kyiv.
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.