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.
National religious question
5 April 2012, 14:35 | Religion and society |
| Cardinal Husar: Only Intellectuals Can Save Our Nation
According to Cardinal Lubomyr (Husar), only intellectuals, people who are able to work selflessly and seek good can lead the Ukrainian nation out of the present moral crises.
13 March 2012, 10:17 | Legislation |
Deputies of Volyn Region Call on President Yanukovych to Prevent Legalization of Same-Sex Marriages
The Volyn Regional Council has passed an address regarding homosexuality and the legalization of same-sex marriages.
13 March 2012, 08:44 | Social questioning |
42% of Ukrainians Consider Religion and Faith National Tradition
According to the results of a poll conducted by Research&Branding Group, 42% of Ukrainians consider religion and faith to be a national traditio.
8 March 2012, 09:36 | Church-state relations |
Leader of Crimean Tatar Mejlis Submits Bill on Ethnic and National Policy
On 7 March, a Ukrainian deputy, the leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemiliov submitted to the parliament a bill “On the concept of ethnic-national policy of Ukraine.”
1 March 2012, 12:05 | Church-state relations |
Public Prosecutors to Monitor Racial and Religious Intolerance
The Office of the Public Prosecutor General sent special letters to the Public Prosecutors of the oblasts, Kyiv, Sevastopol and the Crimea demanding to intensify the struggle against manifestations of “racial and religious intolerance and xenophobia.”
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.
26 November 2011, 13:25 | National religious question |
All Presidents of Independent Ukraine Remember Victims of Holodomor Together
President Viktor Yanukovych took part in a ceremony of remembering the Holodomor victims in Ukraine, held at the National Museum Memorial to the Victims of Holodomor in Ukraine in Kyiv.
26 November 2011, 09:07 | National religious question |
“I would like the national Light the Candle campaign to engage all the Ukrainian families and homes as we should be really united on that day. The flame of the candle of memory should heal our memory for us to be able to prevent such calamities in future,” said the Ukrainian Greek Catholic head.
23 November 2011, 12:00 | National religious question |
Patriarch Filaret addresses Ukrainian on Day of Freedom
On November 22, Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) addressed Ukrainians on the occasion of the Day of Freedom.
22 November 2011, 16:00 | National religious question |
Ukrainian Soldiers Tortured to Death by Bolsheviks Remembered in Volyn Oblast
In the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, in Lutsk, a memorial service was conducted for the repose of the soldiers of the Volyn group of the Army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic who were killed by the Bolsheviks.
21 November 2011, 10:14 | National religious question |
Patriarch Sviatoslav Calls Holodomor Test of Cheapest Weapon of Mass Destruction
The head of UGCC reminded that the man-made famine organized in one of the most productive bumper years on the fertile Ukrainian chernozem humus soil was thoroughly planned by the Soviet Union.
21 November 2011, 09:11 | National religious question |
| Sviatoslav Shevchuk consecrates place for future monument to Holodomor victims in Washington
Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Archbishop Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) has consecrated the place in the center of Washington, D.C., where a monument to the victims of the Holodomor (the artificial famine in Ukraine) will be erected.
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, 11:44 | National religious question |
Reps of UOC-KP and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church conduct memorial service in Babyn Yar
The service was led by the Head of the Kyivan Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret. Auxiliary Bishop Josyf Milian of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church participated in the service.
28 September 2011, 09:28 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils |
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations on 22 September published a joint address on occasion of the 20th anniversary of the restoration of the state independence of Ukraine.
21 September 2011, 10:14 | Religion and culture |
On 21 September, the week of the Cathedral of the Holy Sophia of Kyiv, dedicated to its 1000th anniversary, begins. So reported the General Director of the National Reserve Sophia of Kyiv, Nelia Kukovalska at a press-conference on 19 September in Kyiv.
15 September 2011, 12:16 | National religious question |
A book on nationalism and religion in Galicia will be presented in Lviv
On 17 September, 2011, at noon, in the Memorial Museum “Prison at Lontskoho Street” (1 Stepana Bandery Street),as part of the International Book Fair, a book “Nationalism and Religion: The Greek Catholic Church and the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement in Galicia (1920-1930-s)” will be presented.
12 September 2011, 14:18 | Religion and policy |
Patriarch Filaret Calls on President to Initiate Social Dialogue
Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret, called on President Yanukovych to initiate social dialogue to make the reforms effective.
23 August 2011, 10:26 | National religious question |
President Addresses Ukrainians on Day of Flag
The web site of Ukraine's President published an address on occasion of the Day of the National Flag.
23 August 2011, 09:27 | National religious question |
"The pursuit of freedom combined efforts of representatives of many faiths: Orthodox, Muslims, Catholics and Protestants. There is no doubt a common victory of all patriots, that Lord gave us," stresses Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine in their address on 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence.