http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_newshttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news16984http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/inheritance/46686/Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:44:02 +0200After V.Yanukovych was elected President, The Kyiv City Council rapidly voted for the transfer of the Kyiv Cave Monastery from the municipal to the state ownership. Now, the Supreme Council considers a draft law on transfer of the object from the state to private ownership.Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritancehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc_kp/46671/Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:45:00 +0200On 4 February, 2012, at the National Opera House of Ukraine, a celebratory academy was held on occasion of the 50th anniversary of bishop’s consecration and 45th anniversary of the ministry at the Kyivan Cathedra of Patriarch Filaret.UOC KPhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc/46670/Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:29:01 +0200The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr, celebrated a liturgy in the hospital where he undergoes rehabilitation, by which he refuted the claims that he is incapable.UOC (MP)http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc_kp/46669/Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:48:03 +0200Patriarch Filaret, the head of the Kyivan Patriarchate, stated on a program of Channel 5 that no dialogue has been conducted between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church but that both churches hold the Ukrainian statehood position.UOC KPhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc_kp/46650/Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:43:02 +0200Patriarch Filaret is against the transfer of the Pochayiv and Kyiv Cave Monasteries to the Russian Church.UOC KPhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/freedom_of_conscience/46634/Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:55:10 +0200On February 7, 2012, a meeting of the heads of the Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine regarding the campaign of mass media against Evangelical Churches will be held.Freedom of Consciencehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/46623/Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:43:03 +0200On February 1, in the Kholodnohirska Penitentiary in Kharkiv Oblast, the region’s first prayer room for Muslim convicts has been opened. There are over 30 Muslim convicts in the colony.Religion and societyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/theology/46620/Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:31:03 +0200The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, celebrated a liturgy at the Ukrainian Catholic University on February 2.Theology and religious educationhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/inheritance/46615/Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:51:01 +0200UNP [Ukrainian People’s Party] prepares an address to the Public Prosecutor’s Office and intends to conduct consultations with the Parliamentary factions as to establishing of a temporary investigation committee of the Supreme Council to investigate the reasons of the dismissal of the directors of 5 most outstanding Ukrainian museums.Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritancehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/authorities_religious_affairs/46614/Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:41:06 +0200In order to improve the effective laws in the area of inter-ethnic and inter-denominational relations, the Ministry of Culture prepared alterations to the Law of Ukraine “On the Freedom of Worship and Religious Organizations.”Authorities Religious Affairshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/moscow_patriarchy/46610/Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:34:10 +0200On 1 February, the third anniversary of enthronement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow was marked.Moscow Patriarchyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc/46609/Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:19:19 +0200On 1 February, on the third anniversary of his enthronement, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow presented high Church awards to bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate.UOC (MP)http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/rcc_in_ukraine/46596/Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:20:56 +0200A celebratory mass on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the transfer of the capital of the Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church from Halych to Lviv was held on February 1, in the Latin Cathedral.RCC in Ukrainehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/about_us/editorialnews/46590/Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:44:04 +0200Eleven years ago, the editorial office of the Religious Information Service of Ukraine was established.Editorial newshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/46591/Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:11:03 +0200According to the Minister of Culture of Ukraine, the question of the transfer of the Kyiv Cave Reserve to the church may be considered at a public hearing.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/faith_and_weapon/46588/Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:55:01 +0200On 30 January, in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), the Conference of the Chief Military Chaplains of the NATO Countries was launched.Faith and weaponhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/46581/Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:28:04 +0200Head of the public association “Ukrainian Center of Development of Museums,” Vladyslav Pioro commented on the recent dismissals of the heads of the Sophia and Kyiv Cave Reserves and possible transfer of these sacral buildings to the use of UOC-MP.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/protests/46571/Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:12:01 +0200In Simferopol District in Crimea, the relations between the Muslim community and the administration of the Dobrov Village Council deteriorated as the deputies allowed to allocate a land plot of 25 ares for a church of the Crimean Eparchy in the village of Lozove.Protests and conflictshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/46564/Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:22:33 +0200On January 26, at Chaikovskyi’s National Musical Academy of Ukraine, the constituent assembly of the newly established Public Council of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine was held.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/46561/Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:59:43 +0200"I still believe conflicts need to be resolved more energetically, if not fully, in order for this meeting to be successful," the Patriarch said in an interview with the Serb newspaper Vecherniye Novosti.Interchurch relations