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  • 19 April 2013, 11:20 | Open theme | 

    15 years of prayers to start the construction

    It is already the fifth time when the faithful and the Prior Fr.Fransisk Botvina OFM are trying to build the House of God in this city area called Obolon’, which is best known for production of alcohol.

  • 30 January 2013, 16:15 | Open theme | 

    Puppet Justice / on the Zaporizhya Church explosion

    The trial of three young men charged with planting a bomb in a Zaporizhya Church on 28 July 2010 which killed an elderly nun continues to warrant deepest concern. While the prosecutions of Yulia Tymoshenko and Yury Lutsenko have received wide coverage, the fate of the three men is seldom mentioned outside Zaporizhya.

  • 14 November 2012, 14:54 | Open theme | 

    “Pussy Riot” phenomenon shakes the ideological foundation of the elite of the Russian Orthodox Church

    The entire discussion could be approached from two different perspectives. From one perspective, it is an anthropological component of human will and drive for self-identification that is being defined in a democratic society as freedom. The other perspective consists of the parameters of our expressions: what is permissible or not in a civilized society when expressing your own point of view.

  • 28 October 2011, 16:52 | Open theme | 

    Ukraine: secular state or cleric country?

    Ukraine is a secular state, and our Constitution clearly says this. But not everybody agrees. Thus, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchy initiates the introduction of orthodox projects into school agenda and opening of Ukrainian Orthodox University of Saint Volodymyr.

  • 17 October 2011, 08:33 | Open theme | 

    The need of Ukrainian Radical Orthodoxy

    Today the Christians of Ukraine face two objective challenges. First, spiritual revival is required as a way out of the regional crisis of the church and social institutes that started already yesterday. Second, one has to find new forms of Christianization of the world as a way out of the global world outlook crisis referred to as postmodern ideology.

  • 28 September 2011, 11:24 | Open theme | 

    Open letter to "The Guardian" regarding article "Goodbye, Golden Rose"

    The article “Goodbye, Golden Rose” published by Tom Cross in The Guardian, 2 September on the old synagogue in Lviv, Ukraine, has numerous errors. Some of them were noted by those who responded online. Here I want to draw attention to other mistakes and serious misinterpretations, which, to me, grossly distort the issue under discussion.

  • 13 September 2011, 16:25 | Open theme | 

    Very different reasons stand behind ROC’s accusations against the Greek Catholics

    In his commentary to Reuters, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfyeyev) once again reminded about the conflict between Greek Catholics and Orthodox in western Ukraine in the early 90s. As in previous years, this conflict is considered as the main reason it is impossible for a meeting to be held between Patriarch Kirill and Pope Benedict XVI.

  • 2 Jule 2011, 19:55 | Open theme | 

    The church and crime

    Incompetence and corruption of authorities forces Ukrainian Christians to fight at the grassroots level against omnipotent crime

  • 19 January 2011, 00:01 | Open theme | 

    Evangelical Christians and the Orthodox Church

    I decided to speak for myself, and name a few things that both Evangelical and Orthodox Christians in Ukraine have in common

  • 23 December 2010, 12:40 | Open theme | 

    Political morality

    Understandable concern has been expressed over the recent Presidential Decree dissolving the State Committee on Nationalities and Religion. Lack of any prior consultation is disturbing, as is also the likelihood of hasty and ill-advised amendments to legislation on freedom of conscience. Calls to retain a single authority seem more than justified.

  • 3 December 2010, 12:04 | Open theme | 

    Russian World as Fruit of Incarnation of God