26 January 2012, 13:05 | Religious-digest | 

Chicago area churches hold Prayer Vigil for Life

January 23, 2012 marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that removed many state and federal restrictions on abortion.

26 January 2012, 12:51 | Kaleidoscope-digest | 

Holy New Martyr Vladimir, Metropolitan of Kiev (+ 1918)

The holy Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev was the first bishop to be tortured and slain by the Communists at the time of the Russian Revolution.

23 January 2012, 11:10 | Society-digest | 

A first for Canada

International Ukrainian Catholic bishops coming to Manitoba for synod

21 January 2012, 11:26 | Society-digest | 

Freedom House: Ukraine suffers steepest decline in democracy of any major nation in last two years

16 January 2012, 15:50 | Kaleidoscope-digest | 

A COHORT OF MARRIED ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS, AND MORE ARE ON THE WAY – NEW YORK TIMES

The Rev. D. Paul Sullins, a sociologist at Catholic University, has interviewed over 70 married priests for a book he is writing.

13 January 2012, 13:22 | Society-digest | 

Children of Chornobyl Fund to shut down after 22 years

Few charities exclusively helping Ukraine can boast a track record that’s longer than the former Soviet republic’s existence as a nation. One of them is the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund, which will close its doors on Feb. 14.

12 January 2012, 13:05 | Kaleidoscope-digest | 

Roman Hurko's Divine Work

Roman Hurko is a Ukrainian Canadian who has just composed and recorded his third Divine Liturgy. Like all his work, it is divine indeed.

11 January 2012, 13:56 | Kaleidoscope-digest | 

In Little Ukraine, Christmas Is Still Around the Corner

At the East Village Meat Market on Second Avenue, tiny firs, pots of poinsettias and ringing bells greet customers gearing up to celebrate the birth of Christ on Jan. 7 in the Julian calendar – evidence that in the neighborhood once known as Little Ukraine, Christmas is coming.

29 December 2011, 16:07 | Society-digest | 

The annual Ukrainian best & worst list

Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Churchmfor urging Ukrainians to build a “Ukrainian world” in their homeland in response to the call by Kirill, patriarch of the Moscow Orthodox Church, to Russophiles around the globe, and particularly in Ukraine, to build “one Russian world.”

28 December 2011, 15:41 | Society-digest | 

Caroling for the Metropolitan

23 December 2011, 15:29 | Society-digest | 

Answering the Call

Recently ordained priests rejuvenate the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

23 December 2011, 14:51 | Society-digest | 

“Yosyp Slipy was as farsighted as Andrei Sheptytsky”

Private Secretary of the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on the Patriarch and the current religious situation

23 December 2011, 14:16 | Society-digest | 

Was St. Volodymyr born in Volyn?

Prince Volodymyr, son of Prin­ce Sviatoslav of Kyi­van Rus’, later to be­come known as Saint Vo­lo­dy­myr, is a major historical fi­gu­re. Many Ukrainians regard him as the baptizer of Ukraine-Rus’. Rus­sia, in its turn, believes he was one of its prin­ces. In fact, he was proclaimed patron saint of Russia’s Inte­rior Troops. I have also often heard that Prince Vo­lo­dy­myr’s mother was a na­ti­ve of Belarus. Clearly, the jury is still out on Prince Vo­lo­dy­myr’s origins.

23 December 2011, 12:53 | Society-digest | 

Children's book celebrates Ukrainian Christmas

Marion Mutala wants children to gain a greater understanding about the traditions associated with a Ukrainian Christmas, and to learn more about the rich history of the European nation.

23 December 2011, 12:40 | Society-digest | 

Without ‘Zhyd,’ Vertep tells story of Jesus Christ’s birth

Vertep, which in Ukrainian means “cave,” refers to where Jesus was born. The plays were originally designed to inform people on Christmas Eve that the savior is here. It started off as a puppet theater, but eventually split up into two genres a few centuries ago, including a full-scale dramatic performance.

15 December 2011, 11:40 | Society-digest | 

Rev. Heorhii KOVALENKO: Churches must cooperate, for the sake of serving your neighbor

This time around the guest of My Word is press secretary for the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Archpriest Heorhii KOVALENKO. Although the column is meant for interconfessional interviews, covering a range of issues important for the believers of all churches (and even non-believers), politics also was present here to a certain extent.

9 December 2011, 12:53 | Society-digest | 

How to be Ukrainian in a new, foreign land

While migrants who arrived after 1991 are breathing life into many North American Ukrainian communities, those who arrived before them, in World War II’s aftermath, complain the newcomers are still largely absent from traditional diaspora institutions and accompanying social dialogue.

8 December 2011, 14:32 | Society-digest | 

Archpriest Volodymyr ROVINSKY: To seek God, you have to find yourself first

Rev. Volodymyr Rovinsky, the dean of the Kovel Church of the Pochaiv Icon of the Holy Mother of God, rural dean of the city district, head of the information-publishing department of the Volodymyr-Volynsky Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, who is strongly needed by his parishioners, considers that these days a priest and religious community should not be limited in its activity only by the church walls.

8 December 2011, 14:15 | Society-digest

The Grand Mufti of Ukraine, Sheikh Ahmad Tamim: Ukraine can unite East and West

The first mosque-cathedral that was built in Kyiv during Ukraine’s independence, Ar-Rakhma (“mercy”), opened a few days ago in the historical quarters of the capital that still bears the memory of its former Muslim residents in its name, Tatarka. This was a place where Muslims of different nationalities, but mostly Tatars, lived in the 19th century. And now a new mosque, which Kyiv Muslims have been waiting for over one and a half century, rises on Shchekavytsia Hill.

1 December 2011, 14:06 | Society-digest | 

Threat of simplification

Has our society made progress in comprehending the entire picture of the Holodomor? Why do the Ukrainian media ignore Dr. James Mace?