Theme of the month
11 November 2011, 15:42 | Events & people |
‘With God in prison there is no prison’
A former prisoner talks about conversion in prisons
1 November 2011, 13:30 | Religion and society |
Roman and Greek Catholics of Ukraine to Participate in National Day of Prayer for Orphans
The event is aimed to remind the believers of the special love of God for the children left without parents and to provide necessary help to them.
31 October 2011, 14:31 | Religion and society |
Greek Catholic Bishop Venedykt: Culture of Alcoholism Covered Whole Society
The subcmmittee For a Sober Life of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has marked its fifth anniversary and summed up the results of the work for that period.
25 October 2011, 09:19 | Theology and religious education |
| Protestant Conference "Theological Education-10" Launched in Irpin
On 24 October, in the town of Irpin of Kyiv Region, a conference on theological education of Protestant Churches in the post-Soviet countries began. The Euro-Asian Accreditation Association is to discuss the results of the 14 years of its work at the event.
31 August 2011, 15:27 | Religion and culture |
Book Fair Forum Marketsquare Europe – 2011 to Be Held in Ukraine
The European Forum of Christian Book Publishers and Distributors MarketsquareEurope – 2011 will be held in Ukraine this year. The forum is organized by the Christian Trade Organization International and Association of Christian Publishers of Ukraine.
25 August 2011, 11:48 | Social questioning |
Most RISU Readers Feel Spiritually Free
In August 2011, the editorial staff of RISU asked their readers the following question: Do you feel free in independent Ukraine?
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.
22 August 2011, 09:18 | National religious question |
Ukrainian Greek Catholic head addresses Ukrainians on 20th anniversary of independence
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk,) published an address on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence.
16 August 2011, 13:07 | UOC KP |
Head of Kyivan Patriarchate speaks about attempts to destroy his church
Patriarch Filaret in an interview to Radio Freedom said that "a year ago, an attempt was made to fight the Kyivan Patriarchate, to destroy it, to merge it with the Moscow Patriarchate. All the attempts were not successful."
15 August 2011, 11:07 | Interview |
Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar): ‘We are people who are just waking up to freedom…’
These are the topics of RISU’s conversation with a man who, according to opinion polls, is considered to be the indisputable moral authority for Ukrainians of different social strata and cultural traditions, of different denominations and faiths – the primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) from 2001-2010, Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar).
12 August 2011, 16:14 | Editorial news |
Lviv Regional Authorities Support RISU Project On Sacral Objects
The Main Department On Matters of Internal Policy, Nationalities and Religions of the Lviv Regional State Administration supported the idea of RISU to organize and hold a competition Our Sacral Ukraine.
8 Jule 2011, 10:15 | UOC (MP) |
Jubilee Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church begins today
The Jubilee Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will begin Friday at the Holy Dormition of the Kyiv Cave Monastery, headed by Metropolitan Volodymyr.
27 June 2011, 09:09 | UGCC |
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| 40 thousand UGCC faithful in Lviv attend Divine Liturgy marking 10th anniversary of pope’s visit
In Lviv, on June 26, close to 40 thousand faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) attended a Divine Liturgy marking the 10th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s visit to Ukraine, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
23 June 2011, 08:41 | Children young people and religion |
Greek Catholic youth in Kyiv to stage flash mob dedicated to Pope John Paul II
On June 25, a flash mob “The Pope, Ukraine, and I” will be staged on Independence Square in Kyiv. The event will be dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s visit to Ukraine.
15 June 2011, 15:23 | Comments |
Moscow voiced its categorical protests, the Orthodox hierarchy in Kyiv advised against it, and the Roman Curia and the entire Catholic world warned against “unwisely upsetting Moscow.” One had to be very strong to go against this critical “Gulf Stream.”
6 June 2011, 14:00 | Interview |
Less than half of the press service for the visit of His Holiness John Paul ІІ to Ukraine in 2001, working in Lviv, were professional journalists. Meanwhile their word was highly praised by foreign journalists who had covered many apostolic visits. Creation and maintenance of the official visit’s website was supervised by Ihor BALYNSKYI, political scientist, head of the Journalism Department of the Humanities Faculty at UCU, Docent of the Journalism Faculty at the Ivan Franko National University in Lviv.
12 November 2010, 10:54 | National religious question |
Priests of Russian Orthodox Church: Russian Language in Ukraine Should be Official
Priests of the Russian Orthodox Church firmly defend the general position of the church that the Russian language should be granted official status in Ukraine.
1 October 2010, 13:55 | Temples, church property |
Church for Military Chaplaincy to Open in Lviv in 2011
Head of the Center of Military Chaplaincy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Father Stephen Sus during a web conference on RISU spoke about plans for the Church of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.
20 September 2010, 01:15 | Reports |
Religious literature was presented on Lviv's Forum of Publishers
At this year’s Forum of Publishers, which was held in Lviv from 16 to 19 September, religious literature was duly represented among other editions. It was primarily thanks to “Svichado” Publishers who drew the attention of the whole Ukraine to its new edition, a book “Sex which you do not know. For God-loving married couples by a capuchin monk from Poland, Ksaverii Knots. The author of the sensational new edition became an honorary guest of the Forum of Publishers and talked to a full house at his presentation. But the religious literature was duly presented at the forum not only by “Svichado.” Natalia YURAKH prepared a review of religious publishing houses which participated in the forum.
9 September 2010, 17:15 | Interview |
Svichado Publishers is one of the leaders of the Ukrainian market of religious and spiritual literature. In more than 20 years of its existence, the publishing house has presented literature of a very wide spectrum: from children’s books to serious scholarly monographs. All in all, over 1000 various editions.