http://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digesthttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest16984http://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/46493/Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:51:05 +0300The 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/kaleido_digest/46360/Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:50:18 +0300The 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/kaleido_digest/46306/Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:05:39 +0300Roman 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 +0300At 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/kaleido_digest/45318/Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:05:01 +0300With the blessing of His Beatitude Volodymyr, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine on November 7, under the chairmanship of Ukraine in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, the Peresopnytsia Gospels was presented, and the photo exhibition devoted to the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/43992/Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:48:08 +0300Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/43957/Mon, 22 Aug 2011 13:08:21 +0300Some 15,000 Orthodox Christian pilgrims carried crosses, drank holy water and prayed on Friday at a hill in eastern Poland they believe to be sacred in a colourful celebration of their faith and identity in the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/43907/Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:43:32 +0300The Kiev Caves Icon of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos is one of the most ancient icons in the Russian Orthodox Church. The Mother of God entrusted it to four Byzantine architects, who in 1073 brought the icon to Sts Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves. The architects arrived at the monks' cave and asked, "Where do you want to build the church?" The saints answered, "Go, the Lord will point out the place."Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/43860/Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:41:17 +0300Most sources that explain the origin of the name of the city use botanical arguments deriving the name from chahar, the “bush”. Another version: a healing and miraculous plant named chyhyr. That´s its name from perhaps the city got its name. Yet another version: the possessive suffix “yn” indicates that the name could derive from a personal name (medieval documents mention a local Tatar named Chyhyr, undoubtedly a strongman).”Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/43828/Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:08:14 +0300This is the story of my personal experience when my family joined a group of Chassidim escaping from Russia after World War II (during the years 1946 – 1949). Their successful escape led to the relocation of the Russian Chabad community and the spreading of Chabad Chassidus to Europe, America, Eretz Yisroel, Africa, Australia, Asia and throughout the world.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/43669/Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:57:09 +0300DECR Chairman Metropolitan Hilarion speaks about traditions of church diplomacy and international agenda in an interview to journalists of NG-Religii supplement to Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Andrey Melnikov and Anton Kurilovich (NG-Religii, 3 August 2011).Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/43504/Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:58:53 +0300Kazimierz? Swiatek? Called a "Real Hero of Faith"Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/43486/Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:19:44 +0300IN western Ukraine, the side of the highway offers more unusual scenes than many performance-art pieces. On one spring day, an old woman cradled what looked like a baby but was actually a newborn lamb dressed in baby clothes. On another day, a young woman strutted down a dirt road in a micro-mini and precarious heels. Nearby, a pair of young dandies cruised in an ox cart.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/42838/Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:27:07 +0300Caught between East and West, Ukraine is a study of contrasts, a fact represented in two of its main cities. Graceful Lviv, located near the Polish border, feels like Vienna’s long-lost cousin. Farther east, big, bustling Kiev has cultural ties closer to Moscow and a distinct Soviet flair.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/42836/Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:17:28 +0300I am not sure if this journey into Ukraine has brought me any closer to knowing who this so-called founder of Hassidic Judaism really was, but I am convinced that a long time ago he lit a holy fire in a deep forest, whose flames are still burning in Jewish hearts and souls today.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/42769/Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:33:56 +0300The chorus from Lubbock Christian University in Texas, conducted by Philip Camp, recently completed its third concert tour in the eastern European nation of Ukraine recently. The chorus coordinates its tours with Eastern European Mission.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/42675/Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:43:32 +0300No one knows just how old Kamianets-Podilsky is, but this is no obstacle to developing the city’s tourism and infrastructure.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/42162/Tue, 03 May 2011 14:23:34 +0300The Transfer of the Relics of the Holy Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb. St Boris (July 24) was a brother of the Great Prince of Kiev Yaroslav the Wise (1019-1054), and was baptized with the name Roman. The murdered Prince Boris was buried at the church of St Basil the Great at Vyshgorod near Kiev.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/42161/Tue, 03 May 2011 14:08:45 +0300It has been a pious tradition among Ukrainians living in the USA, Canada and throughout Diaspora to visit the monumental St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Cemetery in South Bound Brook, NJ on the first weekend after Easter. It has become known as the St. Thomas Sunday or Provody Pilgrimage during which we gather at the gravesites of our loved ones to share in prayerful unity with them the joy of the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.Kaleidoscope-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/kaleido_digest/42082/Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:08:00 +0300Tradition says that this holy icon had been brought to Cherson from Transylvania by a Serb at the end of the sixteenth century. Passing down from parent and child, the icon had come to a certain Mrs. Kasperova of Cherson in 1809.Kaleidoscope-digest