http://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoringhttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring16984http://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/religious_digest/46495/Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:05:37 +0200January 23, 2012 marks the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that removed many state and federal restrictions on abortion.Religious-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/46493/Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:51:05 +0200The holy Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev was the first bishop to be tortured and slain by the Communists at the time of the Russian Revolution.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46440/Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:10:17 +0200International Ukrainian Catholic bishops coming to Manitoba for synodSociety-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46423/Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:26:33 +0200Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/46360/Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:50:18 +0200The Rev. D. Paul Sullins, a sociologist at Catholic University, has interviewed over 70 married priests for a book he is writing.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46325/Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:22:14 +0200Few charities exclusively helping Ukraine can boast a track record that’s longer than the former Soviet republic’s existence as a nation. One of them is the Children of Chornobyl Relief and Development Fund, which will close its doors on Feb. 14.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/46306/Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:05:39 +0200Roman Hurko is a Ukrainian Canadian who has just composed and recorded his third Divine Liturgy. Like all his work, it is divine indeed.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/46288/Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:56:33 +0200At the East Village Meat Market on Second Avenue, tiny firs, pots of poinsettias and ringing bells greet customers gearing up to celebrate the birth of Christ on Jan. 7 in the Julian calendar – evidence that in the neighborhood once known as Little Ukraine, Christmas is coming.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46147/Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:07:22 +0200Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Churchmfor urging Ukrainians to build a “Ukrainian world” in their homeland in response to the call by Kirill, patriarch of the Moscow Orthodox Church, to Russophiles around the globe, and particularly in Ukraine, to build “one Russian world.”Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46129/Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:41:34 +0200Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46064/Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:29:31 +0200Recently ordained priests rejuvenate the Ukrainian Greek Catholic ChurchSociety-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46060/Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:51:39 +0200Private Secretary of the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on the Patriarch and the current religious situationSociety-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46059/Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:16:42 +0200Prince Volodymyr, son of Prin­ce Sviatoslav of Kyi­van Rus’, later to be­come known as Saint Vo­lo­dy­myr, is a major historical fi­gu­re. Many Ukrainians regard him as the baptizer of Ukraine-Rus’. Rus­sia, in its turn, believes he was one of its prin­ces. In fact, he was proclaimed patron saint of Russia’s Inte­rior Troops. I have also often heard that Prince Vo­lo­dy­myr’s mother was a na­ti­ve of Belarus. Clearly, the jury is still out on Prince Vo­lo­dy­myr’s origins.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46053/Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:53:16 +0200Marion Mutala wants children to gain a greater understanding about the traditions associated with a Ukrainian Christmas, and to learn more about the rich history of the European nation.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/46052/Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:40:51 +0200Vertep, which in Ukrainian means “cave,” refers to where Jesus was born. The plays were originally designed to inform people on Christmas Eve that the savior is here. It started off as a puppet theater, but eventually split up into two genres a few centuries ago, including a full-scale dramatic performance.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/45951/Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:40:18 +0200This time around the guest of My Word is press secretary for the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Archpriest Heorhii KOVALENKO. Although the column is meant for interconfessional interviews, covering a range of issues important for the believers of all churches (and even non-believers), politics also was present here to a certain extent.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/45858/Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:53:08 +0200While migrants who arrived after 1991 are breathing life into many North American Ukrainian communities, those who arrived before them, in World War II’s aftermath, complain the newcomers are still largely absent from traditional diaspora institutions and accompanying social dialogue.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/45842/Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:32:02 +0200Rev. Volodymyr Rovinsky, the dean of the Kovel Church of the Pochaiv Icon of the Holy Mother of God, rural dean of the city district, head of the information-publishing department of the Volodymyr-Volynsky Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, who is strongly needed by his parishioners, considers that these days a priest and religious community should not be limited in its activity only by the church walls.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/45841/Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:15:36 +0200The first mosque-cathedral that was built in Kyiv during Ukraine’s independence, Ar-Rakhma (“mercy”), opened a few days ago in the historical quarters of the capital that still bears the memory of its former Muslim residents in its name, Tatarka. This was a place where Muslims of different nationalities, but mostly Tatars, lived in the 19th century. And now a new mosque, which Kyiv Muslims have been waiting for over one and a half century, rises on Shchekavytsia Hill.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/45744/Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:06:30 +0200Has our society made progress in comprehending the entire picture of the Holodomor? Why do the Ukrainian media ignore Dr. James Mace?Society-digest