http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/communityhttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community16984http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religion_in_massmedia/48217/Thu, 24 May 2012 12:32:35 +0300On 22 May, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli visited Lviv.Religion in mass mediahttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/scandals/48215/Thu, 24 May 2012 10:41:59 +0300In the village of Riasnopil of Berezovka District of Odesa Region, a native of Abkhazia attacked a UGCC chapel, which is being built by local residents, with an axe and broke its windows.Scandals, crimehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/48203/Wed, 23 May 2012 10:23:41 +0300On 22 May, as part of the International Family Week, upon an initiative of the Association of Large Families of Sevastopol, a unique round table was held with the participation of Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants and Muslims.Religion and societyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/48184/Mon, 21 May 2012 15:42:45 +0300On the third Sunday of May, the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repressions is marked in Ukraine.Religion and societyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/extraordinary_situations/48147/Thu, 17 May 2012 10:24:07 +0300In the village of Shostka of the north-eastern Ukrainian region of Sumy, the roof of the main building of the Hall of Kingdom of Jehova’s Witnesses burnt down.Extraordinary situationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/history/48127/Wed, 16 May 2012 09:17:07 +0300On 15 May, 2012, in the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, an all-Ukrainian scholarly theological and historic conference on the 1150th anniversary of establishment of the Kyivan Metropolitanate and the Baptism of the Kyivan state under Prince Askold was held.History, archaeologyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/48121/Tue, 15 May 2012 16:13:27 +0300Archbishop Klement (Kushch) of the Crimea of te Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate addressed the Prosecutor General, Viktor Pshonka with a request to oblige Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych to give a response to the address 443/15228-01 of the faithful of UOC-KP of 16.03.2012.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/48087/Mon, 14 May 2012 08:59:13 +0300The Ukrainian opposition leaders held a national forum in St. Michael’s Square in front of St. Michael’s Cathedral.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/48018/Fri, 11 May 2012 09:04:00 +0300The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church invites the clergy and faithful to participate in a nationwide pilgrimage dedicated to the Holy Martyr Omelian Kovch.UGCChttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/48047/Wed, 09 May 2012 14:30:39 +0300Representatives of various religious communities prayed for victims of WWII on 8 May, at the Yaniv Cemetery in Lviv.Religion and societyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/legislation/48044/Wed, 09 May 2012 12:55:13 +0300The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate on 8 May opposed to the laws restricting the rights of believers and threatening the institute of family or promoting homosexuality.Legislationhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/48032/Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:00 +0300At their last Synod, the Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) prepared an address to the voters to be published before the parliamentary election next autumn, Patriarch Sviatoslav of the UGCC stated during his visit to Ivano-Frankivsk Region on May 6.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/48021/Mon, 07 May 2012 15:34:13 +0300On the occasion of the 756th anniversary of the city of Lviv, the Lviv City Council presented honorary awards to several of the most worthy citizens.Religion and societyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/scandals/47990/Thu, 03 May 2012 11:16:05 +0300On May 1, in the Pochayiv Monastery, one of the priests together with a guard prohibited a cameraman of Brody Television to video a pilgrimage in which he participated and confiscated his video camera by force.Scandals, crimehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/47976/Wed, 02 May 2012 12:16:16 +0300On the anniversary of the mass execution by Soviet NKVD officers of prisoners from Peremyshl and Dobromyl and neighbouring regions, young Ukrainians and Poles gathered on 28 April in the village of Nyzhankovychi of Staryi Sambir District of Lviv Region.Religion and societyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/land_and_property_problems/47973/Wed, 02 May 2012 09:39:23 +0300On April 26, in the Lviv Square in Kyiv, unknown persons made an attempt to seize the site of the reconstruction of a Kyivan Rus monument, the Church of the Presentation of the Lord (Stritenska).Land and property problemshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/47961/Tue, 01 May 2012 07:12:00 +0300The Senior Priest of the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Kyiv, Protopriest Borys Tabachek, addressed Yulia Tymoshenko with a request to stop the hunger strike and find other ways of protest.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/church_and_school/47949/Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:44:00 +0300Metropolitahn Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate signed a document authorizing the start of designing works and preparation for the construction of an Orthodox gymnasia in the town of Vyshneve near Kyiv.Church and schoolhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/temples_church_property/47944/Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:35:10 +0300Construction of a new synagogue was launched in Sevastopol. UNIAN reported with reference to the press Secretary of the Chief Rabbi of Sevastopol, Borys Nesterenko.Temples, church propertyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/protests/47941/Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:15:05 +0300The Office of the Public Prosecutor General instituted proceedings against the four Femen members who participated in an action in the bell tower of the Cathedral of the Holy Sophia in Kyiv.Protests and conflicts