http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessionalhttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional16984http://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/state/church_state_relations/48193/Tue, 22 May 2012 11:51:24 +0300During his recent visit to Bukovyna Region, Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) expressed an opinion that an independent autocephalous Church will be established in Ukraine only when the Ukrainian state becomes strong.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/48189/Tue, 22 May 2012 09:28:59 +0300During his visit to the Bukovyna region, Patriarch Filaret commented to our RISU correspondent Yurii Chornei that anouncements on the walls of churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) equate people baptized in the Kyivan Patriarchate with people who have committed suicide and thus who are not to be prayed for.Inter-Orthodox relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/48161/Fri, 18 May 2012 09:57:07 +0300During his patriarchal visit to the Bukovyna region on May 17, 2012, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate Patriarch Filaret met with journalists.Inter-Orthodox relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/48095/Mon, 14 May 2012 11:26:04 +0300Representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) are convinced that deprivation of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate’s status of independence and self-government would turn it into a puppet of the Russian Church and state power.Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/auccro/47975/Wed, 02 May 2012 11:45:02 +0300The official program of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) in USA began with a visit of the American Museum of the Holocaust, reported the Institute for Religious Studies.AUCCRO, inter-confessional councilshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/religious_relations/47914/Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:54:12 +0300A two-day interdenominational forum “Toward Changes: Importance of Religion in the Modern World: Religion in Conditions of Democracy and Secular Society” was held on April 25-26, in Kyiv.Religious relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/47903/Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:13:06 +0300The heads and authorized representatives of Ukrainian churches and religious organizations met with the Premier of Canada Stephen Harper.International relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/47894/Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:03:14 +0300The Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate met with Patriarch Theophilus ІІІ of Jerusalem on 25 April.Inter-Orthodox relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/47865/Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:37:23 +0300Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) stated under the new regime, attempts are being made to seize churches of the UOC-KP.Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/47850/Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:53:09 +0300On 19 April, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (Constantinople Patriarchate), Metropolitan Yurii sent out an address prohibiting the members of his Church to participate in any events connected with the visit of Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate to Canada.Inter-Orthodox relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/47792/Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:09:00 +0300Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate prays for the clergy and faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate and would like to meet with Metropolitan Volodymyr.Inter-Orthodox relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/religious_relations/47599/Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:43:02 +0300On April 2, Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) met with Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine Yakov Dov Bleich in the hospital where the metropolitan undergoes a rehabilitation course.Religious relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/theology/47576/Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:53:08 +0300On 29-30 March, The Theological Academy of Sts. Cyril and Methodius of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate and Avhustyn Voloshyn Carpathian University in Uzhhorod were visited by Metropolitan of Czech Lands and Slovakia, Archbishop Christopher (Pulets) of Prague.Theology and religious educationhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/47511/Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:53:04 +0300One of the first questions at today’s press conference with the head of the UGCC, Patriarch Sviatoslav, at UNIAN was about the role of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) in the Ukrainian society and the reaction of the heads of the churches to the cancellation of the meeting with the leaders of the European Union in Brussels.Church-state relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/47464/Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:35:02 +0300Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) spoke about the relations between the UOC-KP and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in an interview to NG Religions.Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/auccro/47449/Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:27:03 +0300Representatives of the European Union and persons who planned the trip of the members of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) to Brussels are of the opinion that the Ukrainian authorities deliberately obstructed the visit.AUCCRO, inter-confessional councilshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/47446/Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:56:10 +0300On March 21, the head of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) of Ukraine, Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki visited Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate in the hospital in Kyiv.Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/auccro/47413/Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:59:03 +0300The Kyivan Patriarchate is satisfied with the meeting with Ukraine’s president, the spokesman of the UOC-KP, Archbishop Yevstratii (Zoria) of Chernihiv and Nizhyn said in a commentary to RISU.AUCCRO, inter-confessional councilshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/auccro/47405/Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:25:06 +0300Today, on March 21, the members of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) did meet with Viktor Yanukovych. As he greeted the church figures, the president expressed confidence that the parties would discuss pressing issues regarding the development of the country.AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils