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/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/community/religion_and_policy/46381/Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:45:02 +0200During 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 +0200On 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 +0200In 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 +0200According 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 policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/46050/Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:14:01 +0200The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret, is convinced that the Kharkiv Council, which took place nearly 20 years ago, was held by the Ukrainian bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the initiative of the state security service, on which they totally depended then.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/45934/Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:13:50 +0200The parliamentary Committee on Culture and Spirituality changed its position and refused to support the proposal to hold a parliamentary hearing on the “State of Church-State Relations in Ukraine.”Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/45905/Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:02:02 +0200According to press secretary of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), the church, will support no political party at the coming elections, but it may pay attention to good works of a particular politician.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/45899/Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:13:01 +0200The Ukrainian Greek Catholic head disapproves of involvement of church representatives in politics.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/45832/Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:24:02 +0200When asked by a correspondent of Reviewer if he prays for Yulia Tymoshenko, Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church responded that the church prays for all people who suffer, are in prisons and captivity, including Yulia Tymoshenko.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/45831/Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:55:50 +0200After carrying out a journalistic investigation, the Lustration program of the Lviv TV channel ZIK TV claims to have established the involvement of Ukrainian Deputy Oksana Bilozir, a member of the Christian Democratic Union, in Dognal’s Sect.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/45815/Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:06:00 +0200Viktor Nebozhenko, the head of the sociological service Ukrainian Barometer, expressed an opinion that in anticipation of the election of 2012, the Ukrainian authorities will reanimate religious and language issues.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/45799/Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:10:00 +0200The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Sviatoslav, commented on the address of the traditional Churches of Ukraine to the faithful and all people of goodwill on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the referendum on the Act of Declаration of Ukrainian Independence.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/45762/Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:12:25 +0200The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Crimea has called on the local Muslims not to support the organizers of the protests against the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People and not to yield to provocations.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/legislation/45738/Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:52:00 +0200On November 29, a regular session of the working group on the promotion of the activity of religious organizations was held.Legislationhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/45447/Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:14:00 +0200According to the result of the voting in the parliament on November 15, the draft resolution on marking remembrance days and jubilees in 2012 was rejected.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/45097/Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:47:36 +0200A group of Ukrainian deputies of the Christian Democratic Union Party sent a letter to Ukraine’s Premier, Mykola Azarov with a request to restore the utility tariff benefits for religious organizations.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/vandalism/45089/Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:37:30 +0200Roman Catholics of Sevastopol demand that the Office of Public Prosecutor should call to account a deputy of the city council, Artem Maltsev for groundless accusations against the Church and disinformation.Religious intolerance and vandalismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/inheritance/45019/Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0200Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate expressed concern over the possibility of constructing a new church in the place of the Tithe Church in Kyiv and its transfer to the Moscow Patriarchate.Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritancehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/44880/Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:37:00 +0200“The present condition of judicial procedure is one of the deepest actual wounds of our state,” said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) commenting on the recent trials of Y. Tymoshenko and L. Lutsenko in an interview to UNIAN.Church-state relations