http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policyhttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy16984http://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/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_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/religion_and_policy/47831/Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:19:10 +0300Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych has reviewed previous views on church-state relations and has returned to the policy pursued by his predecessors. This opinion was expressed by experts.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/47779/Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:03:02 +0300Before the next parliamentary elections, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church will address the believers with a call not to sell their votes in favour of any candidate or party but to make a conscious choice for the sake of implementation of the Christian values.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/47760/Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:39:05 +0300For the first time in the history of independent Ukraine, the Ukrainian state television will broadcast a service from the Moscow Church of Christ the Saviour for an hour.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/47716/Tue, 10 Apr 2012 21:07:03 +0300According Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), Viktor Yanukovych told the hierarchs that their request to pardon Yulia Tymoshenko and Viktor Lutsenko may be granted only upon the completion of all the trials.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/47699/Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:23:09 +0300Ukraine’s president invited the heads of the Ukrainian Churches who signed the address requesting to release the ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to meet with him.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/47600/Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:03:14 +0300The heads of the Ukrainian Churches addressed President Viktor Yanukovych with a request to release the leader of the opposition, ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/47531/Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:18:26 +0300Under public pressure, a Ukrainian Deputy representing the Party of Regions, Vadim Kolesnichenko, sent the Speaker of the Parliament an address revoking his vote for the celebration of the 120th anniversary of birth of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/47434/Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:11:03 +0300On March 22, the Supreme Council of Ukraine passed a resolution to mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/scandals/47374/Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:34:03 +0300The head of the “Soim of the Carpathian Rusyns,” a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Dymytrii Sydor was sentenced to three years of imprisonment with a respite of two years for the encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.Scandals, crimehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/47370/Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:21:09 +0300One of the leaders of the Motherland party, Mykola Tomenko, and a Ukrainian deputy, Andrii Shkil, sent an address to the head of the Party of the Regions, Mykola Azarov, with a request to explain the position of the party on the membership and activity in the public organization Young Regions of the pastors of the Embassy of GodReligion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/46955/Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:58:05 +0300Volodymyr Fesenko, the director of the Penta Center for Applied Political Studies, candidate of Philosophical Sciences, commented on the resonant rotations carried out by the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/land_and_property_problems/46801/Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:37:00 +0300Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, a public and political figure, ex-head of the Security Services of Ukraine, forwarded an address to Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova with a request to help prevent the exclusion of the Pochayiv Monastery in Ternopil Oblast from the list of buildings which are not subject to privatization and to include the monastery on the UNESCO World Heritage List.Land and property problemshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/inheritance/46615/Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:51:01 +0300UNP [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/community/religion_and_policy/46381/Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:45:02 +0300During a visit to the eastern Ukrainian city of Cherkasy, Patriarch Sviatoslav stated that the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is taking measures so that the church is not used by any political party for political purpses.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/46388/Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:16:01 +0300On January 16, in the town of Uman of Cherkasy Oblast, approximately 300 activists organized a protest “Uman, Rise Against Corruption and Invasion.”Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/46204/Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:40:00 +0300In an interview to RISU, Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate spoke negatively about the former mentor of President Viktor Yanukovych and a very respected person in the Russian Church, Archimandrite Zosima.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/46113/Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:14:01 +0300According to the bishop, many of our misfortunes are caused by the fact that Ukrainians have not learned to appreciate freedom and cannot unite at important moments.Religion and policy