<rss version="2.0" ><channel><title>Religious Information Service of Ukraine</title><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index</link><image><url>http://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gif</url><title>RISU</title><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index</link><width>169</width><height>84</height></image><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/34843/</link><pubDate >Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:46:25 +0200</pubDate><title>UGCC Head Will Remind President About Equality of Churches</title><description>In response to whether the influence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate will grow under the new president, Patriarch Lubomyr said that he will remind the president about the equality of all the churches.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/34842/</link><pubDate >Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:24:46 +0200</pubDate><title>Greek Catholic Community of Russian City Omsk Honored Memory of Taras Shevchenko</title><description>On March 9, 2010, in the Russian city of Omsk, the Greek Catholic community of the Veil of the Holy Mother of God, together with the Siberian center of Ukrainian culture Siryi Klyn honored the memory of Taras Shevchenko.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/blog/34836/</link><pubDate >Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:52:04 +0200</pubDate><title></title></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/land_and_property_problems/34834/</link><pubDate >Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:04:22 +0200</pubDate><title>Supreme Court of Ukraine Obligated UOC-MP to Remove “Field Chapel” in Chernihiv</title><description>The Supreme Council declined the cassation of the Chernihiv Eparchy of the UOC-MP on February 10 and left unchanged the decision of the Desna District Court of Chernihiv and the resolution of the Chernihiv Oblast Court of Appeal.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/bible/34833/</link><pubDate >Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:02:41 +0200</pubDate><title>Ukrainian Bible Society Discusses Possible Modernization of Ivan Ohienko's Translation of the Bible</title><description>On March 10 the Ukrainian Bible Society held this year's first meeting of the central management board to analyze the achievements of the society in 2009, the current status of the organization, and plan of action for the nearest future.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc/34828/</link><pubDate >Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:07:23 +0200</pubDate><title>Representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-MP Participated in Festivities of the 196th Anniversary of Shevchenko</title><description>On March 9, 2010, at the National Opera of Ukraine, with the participation of the president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, festivities dedicated to the 196th anniversary of the Great Kobzar were held.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/34827/</link><pubDate >Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:46 +0200</pubDate><title>Patriarch Husar: There Should Be One State Language in Ukraine</title><description>During a press conference in Odesa on March 10, 2010, Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), expressed his opinion on many questions regarding the political situation in the state and about introducing a second state language.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/34824/</link><pubDate >Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:24:16 +0200</pubDate><title>Evidence of Pseudo-Synod of UGCC of 1946 Presented</title><description>March 10, 2010, marked the 64th anniversary of the end of the pseudo-synod of 1946 where by decree the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was liquidated in the USSR.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religion_and_culture/34819/</link><pubDate >Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:05:37 +0200</pubDate><title>Exhibit of Shevchenko Valuables Opens to Mark the Poet’s 196th Birthday</title><description>On March 9, 2010, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate donated a sample of the facsimile edition of the Peresopnytsia Gospels and nine rare editions  to the Taras Shevchenko National Museum</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/blog/34815/</link><pubDate >Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:22:19 +0200</pubDate><title></title></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/34816/</link><pubDate >Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:21:15 +0200</pubDate><title>Head of UGCC Meets Mayor of Odesa</title><description>On March 9, 2010, the head of the UGCC met with the mayor of Odesa, Eduard Hurvits. The parties discussed the participation of the UGCC in the spiritual development of the city and the allocation of land for the construction of a cathedral of the UGCC.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/34813/</link><pubDate >Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:58:19 +0200</pubDate><title>Delegation of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the USA Visited Patriarchal Cathedral</title><description>On March 9, 2010, the delegation of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the USA headed by Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, visited the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ of the UGCC.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/34812/</link><pubDate >Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:16:13 +0200</pubDate><title>Meeting of Permanent Synod of UGCC Held in Odessa</title><description>On March 6-9, 2010, in Odessa, the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) met.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/34810/</link><pubDate >Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:49:17 +0200</pubDate><title>Yanukovych Promised Medvedev to Take Away Rank of Hero of Ukraine from Bandera and Shukhevych</title><description>President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych promises that by Victory Day he will cancel decrees naming Stepan Bandera and Roman Shukhevych Heroes of Ukraine.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/34807/</link><pubDate >Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:47:41 +0200</pubDate><title>Head of the UGCC Calls Faithful to Pray for the State throughout the Whole Year</title><description>Patriarch Lubomyr issued an address to the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) and to all people of good will with the appeal to pray for the state throughout the whole year.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/theology/34797/</link><pubDate >Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:57:17 +0200</pubDate><title>Ostrih Academy Announces its All-Ukrainian Olympiad “Young Bible Students”</title><description>The Ostrih Academy National University invites pupils of grades 1-11 who won at the regional Olympiads and study spiritual-moral subjects and all interested persons to the All-Ukrainian Olympiad “Young Bible Students.”</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/34796/</link><pubDate >Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:53:55 +0200</pubDate><title>Head of UGCC Meets Faithful of Odesa</title><description>On March 7, 2010, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Patriarch Lubomyr met with the Greek Catholics of Odesa. The meeting took place in the Church of St. Andrew the First-called Apostle.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religion_and_culture/34793/</link><pubDate >Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:50:01 +0200</pubDate><title>Metropolitan Volodymyr to Donate to a Copy of Facsimile Edition of Peresopnytsia Gospels to Taras Shevchenko National Museum</title><description>Metropolitan Volodymyr is going to donate a facsimile copy of the Peresopnytsia Gospels along with several rarities from his Shevchenko collection to the museum.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/34767/</link><pubDate >Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:15:54 +0200</pubDate><title>Head of State Committee on Nationalities and Religions Awarded by Head of UOC-MP</title><description>On March 5, 2010, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) held a meeting in his residence in the Kyiv Cave Monastery with the head of the State Committee on Nationalities and Religions, Yurii Reshetnikov.</description></item><item><link >http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/34765/</link><pubDate >Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:47:47 +0200</pubDate><title>Archbishop Emeritus of Washington Visits Lviv</title><description>Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, is on a pastoral visit to Ukraine from March 6 to 10, 2010.</description></item></channel></rss>