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25 July 2017, 17:19 | Reports |
| “Faith and Light” celebrates 25th anniversary of special friendship
Members of the Faith and Light movement try not only to serve the poor, do something for them, but to stay beside them, to become friends for them.
5 May 2017, 14:05 | Journalistic investigations |
Historical memory or legal rights: Baptists in Volyn struggle for the future of an ancient church
The ruins of the old church in the district center of Rozhische in Volyn have become the subject of controversy between the Protestants and the Orthodox. The temple was built in the nineteenth century by the Baptists, “the Soviets” expropriated and placed manufacturing plants in the church.
17 February 2017, 18:33 | Events & people |
Heroes of our time. A story of a missionary from Avdiyivka
How does it feel - to abandon ambitions or favorite work and go to the east of Ukraine, in the thick of war at the age of 20-22?
21 December 2016, 14:35 | Kaleidoscope |
| Ternopil amateur gives second life to rundown churches
The craftsman has also made architectural models, recreating the original appearance of the temples that have survived altered, and his plans include the creation of a museum of architectural models.
14 December 2016, 11:55 | Reports |
Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti about Vatican diplomacy, Ukraine and Syria
The Vatican’s international relations have their own unique history of diplomacy and influence the course of events. The special status of a mini-state, its uniqueness often allows exerting influence in places and in ways that are inaccessible to secular diplomats.
Expert thought
5 October 2017, 14:29 | James Siemens' column |
As a priest of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church living in Cardiff, Wales, I am faced by the challenge of identifying myself on a regular basis.
16 August 2017, 09:23 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Ukrainian autocephaly is a threat to the Moscow Patriarchate’s control of East Slavic Orthodoxy. And the Moscow Patriarchate’s ecclesiastical control over Orthodoxy in Ukraine and Belarus is an important element of the Kremlin’s political control over those countries.
Religious Studies
7 July 2016, 13:11 | Religious studies |
Ukrainain Orthodoxy on the eve of Pan-Orthodox Council. Part III
The history evidences: the Local Churches that were historically associated with earthly empires were uninterested in the canonical establishment of local churches under their jurisdictions, and therefore usually granted autocephaly to churches only under the pressure of historic circumstances. No exception is the Moscow Patriarchate, which has incorporated the Orthodox Church in Ukraine since 1686.
5 July 2016, 14:22 | Religious studies |
Ukrainian Orthodoxy: path to recovery of Church unity. Part II
Ukrainian Orthodoxy and Ukrainian society suffer from division. The majority of Ukrainian Orthodox believers belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. The rest of the Orthodox community of Ukraine has chosen a different path of self-proclaimed autocephaly. However, neither the first nor the second path is optimal for the Orthodox Church in Ukraine to date.
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Memorial Service for reposed Patriarch Lubomyr Husar in the Patriachal Cathedral in Kyiv
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Monitoring
Ukrainian bishop sees ‘real chance of peace’ in country’s crisis | 19 October 2017, 13:57 | Society-digest
Have courage, pray fervently, pope tells churches facing persecution | 13 October 2017, 11:38 | Society-digest
Pontifical Oriental Institute: a bridge between East and West | 13 October 2017, 11:21 | Society-digest |
Armenian KC
25 May 2017, 12:15 | Church-state relations
Avakov promises to transfer St Casimir Church of Lviv to Armenian Catholic Church
The Church of St. Casimir in Lviv, which is owned by the Lviv State University of Internal Affairs, will be transferred to the Armenian Catholic Church. On May 23, Minister of Interior Affairs Arsen Avakov was reported as saying this during a meeting with a delegation of ACC, according to the website of the Ministry of Interior of Ukraine.
20 October 2016, 12:47 | Church-state relations |
Ukraine marks 70th anniversary of elimination of Armenian Catholic Church
“In 1945, a mass liquidation of Eastern Catholic Churches was launched in western Ukraine. Armenian Catholic Church was one of the first among them,” the text of the Parliament resolution goes.
9 September 2015, 10:19 | World news |
Pope concelebrates Mass with Armenian Patriarch
History was made on Monday when Pope Francis concelebrated morning Mass in the chapel at Casa Santa Marta with the recently-elected Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, His Beatitude Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan, as well as with the Bishops of Synod of the Apostolic Armenian Catholic Church and the Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri.
26 June 2015, 09:59 | Armenian KC |
Armenian Catholic Leader Nerses Bedros XIX Passes Away
The leader of worldwide Armenian Catholics, Catholicos Nerses Bedros XIX passed away Thursday from a heart attack in Lebanon, reported the administration of the Glendale-based St. Gregory the Illuminator Church.
25 January 2012, 13:16 | Interchurch relations |
Reps of Different Denominations Pray for Christian Unity in Lviv
Representatives of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), Roman Catholic Church (RCC), Armenian Apostolic Church and the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith participated in an interdenominational prayer for unity held on January 24 in the chapel of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU).
8 September 2011, 09:12 | Religious holidays and traditions |
Feast of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary
The Roman Catholics and Armenians celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary on September 8.
22 June 2011, 11:57 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
Several thousand people gather in Kyiv for interdenominational prayer for WWII victims
Today on Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv, a national interdenominational prayer was held in memory of the fallen during World War II, dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the German assault on the USSR.
8 June 2011, 15:48 | Armenian KC |
Eminent Armenian archbishop reburied in Lviv
An eminent pre-war archbishop will be reburied in Lviv, Ukraine, following a long-running campaign by Polish authorities.
7 April 2010, 12:23 | Religious holidays and traditions |
10.9 Million People in Ukraine Attend Easter Services
Last weekend, on April 3-4, 2010, in 16.3 thousand church buildings in all regions of Ukraine Easter services were celebrated by over 10.9 million persons according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.