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  • 3 February 2012, 10:43 | Religion and society | 

    First Prison Mosque Opened in Kharkiv Oblast on Eve of Mawlid Al-Nabi

    On February 1, in the Kholodnohirska Penitentiary in Kharkiv Oblast, the region’s first prayer room for Muslim convicts has been opened. There are over 30 Muslim convicts in the colony.

  • 31 January 2012, 12:12 | Protests and conflicts | 

    Orthodox Church to Be Built in Place of Former Muslim Cemetery

    In Simferopol District in Crimea, the relations between the Muslim community and the administration of the Dobrov Village Council deteriorated as the deputies allowed to allocate a land plot of 25 ares for a church of the Crimean Eparchy in the village of Lozove.

  • 30 January 2012, 14:48 | Judaism | 

    Hasidim allowed to use former synagogue building in Uman

    Hasidim who come to Uman in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine to visit the grave of their spiritual leader Tzadik Nachman every year can now use the building of a former synagogue, said Serhiy Tulub, the head of the Cherkasy region's administration, the Kyiv Post informs.

  • 18 January 2012, 09:16 | Religion and policy | 

    Svoboda Association Protests Against Transfer of Land in Uman to Chasidim

    On January 16, in the town of Uman of Cherkasy Oblast, approximately 300 activists organized a protest “Uman, Rise Against Corruption and Invasion.”

  • 13 January 2012, 12:46 | Judaism | 

    New Synagogue Opened in Zaporizhia

    On January 11, a new synagogue was opened in the eastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia. It was given a name Hiimat-Roza in honor of the mother sponsors who financed the construction.

  • 2 January 2012, 16:17 | Extraordinary situations | 

    Synagogue Set on Fire in Kremenchuk

    On 1 January, at 2 am, in the town of Kremenchuk of Poltava Region, unknown persons set fire to a synagogue.

  • 21 December 2011, 11:23 | Religious holidays and traditions | 

    President Yanukovych Greets Jews on Hanukkah

    President Viktor Yanukovych greeted Jews of Ukraine on occasion of the feast of Hanukkah which began yesterday, in the evening.

  • 20 December 2011, 13:54 | Religious holidays and traditions | 

    Celebration of Hanukkah Begins

    Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight-day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev.

  • 16 December 2011, 12:45 | Land and property problems | 

    Spiritual Board of Muslims of Crimea States That Rights of Muslims Are Violated

    The Spiritual Board of Muslims of the Crimea (SBMC) published a statement about systematic violations of the rights of Muslim citizens of Ukraine.

  • 2 December 2011, 16:12 | Religion and policy | 

    Crimean Muftis Defend Mustafa Dzhemilev From Wahabits

    The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Crimea has called on the local Muslims not to support the organizers of the protests against the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People and not to yield to provocations.

  • 1 December 2011, 12:00 | Islam | 

    New Mosque Built in Kyiv

    The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine has organized a press tour around the new Ar-Rakhma Mosque in Kyiv.

  • 30 November 2011, 10:48 | Temples, church property | 

    Synagogue At Grave of Rabbi Nakhman To Be Transfered to Jewish Community

    The Uman Synagogue, which was once attended by Rabbi Nakhman, will be returned to the ownership of the local Jewish community.

  • 17 November 2011, 10:09 | Church-state relations | 

    Jews in Chernivtsi Will Have Synagogue

    The head of the Chernivtsi Regional State Administration, Mykhailo Papiev, promised the Jewish religious community Ruzhyn Sandhora that they will have a synagogue.

  • 15 November 2011, 12:21 | Sacral art | 

    Days of Buddhist Culture

    Most of November will be devoted to discovering Buddha’s ancient cultural heritage.

  • 10 November 2011, 11:41 | Conferences, seminars, researches | 

    Conference calls on Romania to acknowledge WWII war crimes in Ukraine and Moldova

    A conference focusing on Romania's Holocaust-era war crimes in Ukraine and Moldova called on Romania to acknowledge and apologize for the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews.

  • 3 November 2011, 10:36 | Judaism | 

    Germans to Restore Square of Three Synagogues in Lviv

    The international tender for the best concept of improvement of places connected with the Jewish history was announced by the Lviv City Council last year.

  • 13 October 2011, 13:58 | Judaism | 

    No Serious Conflicts Between Hasidim and Local Residents Registered in Uman This Year

    The Hasidim Pilgrims who celebrated the Jewish New Year in Uman left the town. The pilgrimage lasted from 23 September to 5 October.

  • 4 October 2011, 09:54 | Protests and conflicts | 

    Mustafa Dzhemilev is against the construction of church near future memorial to victims of deportation

    Mejlis Chairman Mustafa Dzhemilev has called the construction of new church in Simferopol near the future memorial to the victims of deportation of the Crimean Tatar a provocation.

  • 3 October 2011, 13:49 | Judaism | 

    Ukraine deports two Israeli pilgrims

    Two Israeli citizens have been deported from Ukraine for violating the laws, Senior Inspector Volodymyr Umanets from the Department for Citizenship, Immigration and Registration of Individuals at the Interior Ministry Directorate for Cherkasy region told journalists in Uman on Friday.

  • 30 September 2011, 12:19 | Judaism | 

    Jews and Christian Jews Celebrate New Year in Kyiv and Uman

    The celebration of the Jewish New Year began in Ukraine. In the center of Kyiv, near the Arch of Friendship of Nations, the Jewish Messianic Community, which is the world’s largest Christian Association, organized a celebration of the Jewish New Year.

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