http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culturehttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture16984http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/inheritance/46688/Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:02:04 +0200In Ternopil, Kyiv, Lutsk, Rivne, Lviv, Cherkasy, Sumy and other places of Ukraine, public hearings were held to discuss Bill 9690 which was registered in the Parliament by members of the Party of Regions and Communist Party.Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritancehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/inheritance/46686/Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:44:02 +0200After Viktor Yanukovych was elected president, the Kyiv City Council rapidly voted for the transfer of the Kyiv Cave Monastery from municipal to state ownership. Now the Supreme Council considers a draft law on the transfer of the object from the state to private ownership.Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritancehttp://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/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/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/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/46449/Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:29:01 +0200On January 22, representatives of Christian Churches of Ukraine jointly prayed for the unity of Christianity in the Church of St. Basil the Great of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kyiv.Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_ceremonies/46359/Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:11:01 +0200Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) initiated an ecumenical prayer to be held at 6 p.m., on January 22, in the Church of St. Basil the Great of the UGCC.Religious ceremonies and pilgrimagehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/46387/Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:01:00 +0200The Feast of Epiphany, which is observed on January 19 according to the Julian Calendar (January 6 according to the Gregorian Calendar), completes the cycle of Christmas holidays.Religious holidays and traditionshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/46397/Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:44:53 +0200Lutheran and Catholic bishops addressed Metropolitan Ahafangel (Savin) of Odesa and Izmail of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate with an open letter.Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/46371/Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:26:01 +0200On 18 January, in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin, the Week of Prayers for the unity of Christians and reconciliation between people, nations and communities will begin .Interchurch relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religion_and_culture/46344/Mon, 16 Jan 2012 09:08:16 +0200On January 15, in Ivano-Frankivsk, a festival of spiritual music From Christmas to Easter was launched.Religion and culturehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_ceremonies/46319/Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:17:00 +0200The newly created website of the Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center (PPC) presents information on 83 shrines.Religious ceremonies and pilgrimagehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/miracle/46314/Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:13:19 +0200A fresco depicting St. Serhii of Radonezh in the Church of the Holy Intercession of the town of Smila of Cherkasy Region suddenly began to shed holy ointment.Miracleshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_media_and_Internet/46300/Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:03:02 +0200The Association of Catholic Media Workers of Ukraine published a declaration defining its mission, values and objectives.Religious mass media and Internethttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/46295/Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:31:27 +0200It is hard to imagine Christmas holidays in Western Ukraine without the traditional pampukh. The city of Lviv turned the inevitable tradition into the Pampukh Festival, one of the biggest Christmas festivities the modern city has to offer.Religious holidays and traditionshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/inheritance/46294/Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:24:47 +0200Ukraine’s UNESCO World Heritage Site Kyiv Pechersk Lavra attracted over a million tourists in 2011, reports the press service of the museum. One of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine is popular due to the ancient cultural heritage carried by the buildings and decorations of the national reserve that date back to the beginning of the previous millennium.Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritancehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/theology/46292/Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:26:24 +0200Growing interest in religion – decreasing impact of Christian ethics? With this challenging question chosen as the topic of the inaugural lecture, German theologian Dr. Alois Buch started his teaching engagement in Ukraine as a Professor of Christian social sciences and contemporary ethics at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) based in Lviv.Theology and religious educationhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/46282/Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:49:01 +0200In the town of Vyzhnytsia of Chernivtsi Region, 615 carol singers set a record by singing the carol “New joy” together.Religious holidays and traditions