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14 March 2018, 07:48 | Events & people |
| Keepers of Sloboda Menorah. About the past and the present of Kharkiv Karaites
12 March 2018, 10:05 | Reports |
Lviv to become a center of parish life in Europe
Lviv will host the 30th Colloquium of European Parishes (CEP), which brings together the clergymen and lay people who would like to revitalize their parish life.
12 December 2017, 10:05 | Reports |
| MUSLIMS OF UKRAINE SIGN SOCIAL CONCEPT
The leaders of Muslim community and religious organizations signed a joint document on December 11, 2017 - The Social Concept of Muslims in Ukraine. At a solemn meeting, representatives of Islamic organizations spoke about the history of this document.
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.
Expert thought
19 March 2018, 14:52 | Comments
The world is thirsty for peace
Oksana Bashuk Hepburn, former director with the Canadian Human Rights Commission and president of a consulting firm dealing with international affairs
1 March 2018, 21:06 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Orthodox competition has increased throughout Ukraine since 2000. But has religiosity increased?
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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Struggling To Believe: Ukrainian Orthodox Church Under Pressure In Crimea | 19 April 2018, 12:25 | Society-digest |
The Church’s social activism in post-Maidan Ukraine | 17 April 2018, 20:00 | Society-digest |
Ukrainian Archbishop of Philadelphia retires for health reasons | 17 April 2018, 13:47 | Society-digest |
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16 April 2018, 13:44 | UGCC |
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia and appoints Auxiliary Bishop Andriy Rabiy of the same Archeparchy as Apostolic Administrator sede vacante of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia until the appointment of the new Archeparch, USCCB informs.
12 April 2018, 13:52 | Vatican |
Redemptorist priest to become an Auxiliary Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva eparchy
The Pope gave his approval to the canonical election made by the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church of Rev. Fr. Petro Loza, C.Ss.R., at present the administrator of the parish of Saints Peter and Paul in Chernihiv (Archieparchy of Kyiv), to the office of Auxiliary Bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva of the Ukrainians, assigning him the titular church of Panio.
3 April 2018, 09:41 | Announcements |
Spiritual guidance of youth: first community forum of UGCC and RCC
On June 8-10, the Center of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in Lviv will host the "Forum of Youth Leaders and Pastors", according to DyvenSvit.
20 March 2018, 14:22 | Vatican |
These persons are former members of St. Theodore Studite's Monastery in the village of. Kolodiivka, Ternopil region. Now they are illegally staying in the village of Posich, Ivano-Frankivsk region.
20 March 2018, 10:25 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
| Zenon Chorkawyj - renown Ukrainian Catholic priest in Australia - passed away aged 82
On the 17th December 2017 Catholic Church Ardeer Parish Celebrated 50 years of Priesthood for Father Mitrat Zenon Chorkawy.
18 March 2018, 11:13 | International relations |
Sviatoslav Shevchuk: “We Want St. John Paul II to Be Patron of the Polish-Ukrainian Reconciliation”
17 March 2018, 15:50 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Talking about a successful transformation of Ukraine into a democratic state, Head of UGCC stressed out that we need to crave for solidarity and subsidiarity, so state may not control everything.
16 March 2018, 10:21 | International relations |
The Head of the UGCC in Warsaw presented his book-interview
On March 15, 2018 in Warsaw, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk presented a book-interview "A Dialogue Heals Wounds. About God, Church and World."
27 February 2018, 12:04 | National religious question |
The concept of freedom includes two components: freedom from oppression, enslavement, exile and deprivation of liberty, as well as freedom to self-determination, the free choice of one's own path of development, the unimpeded implementation of the gifts and talents of individuals and of society as a whole.
22 February 2018, 12:01 | Religion and culture |
Unique exhibition of ancient shrouds opens in Halych
On February 20, the picture gallery “Ancient Halych” of the National Reserve hosted an exhibition of ancient Galician shrouds of the ХVІІІ - beginning of the XXI century from the Ivano-Frankivsk Archbishopric and Metropolitan Cathedral of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
21 February 2018, 12:34 | UGCC |
Patriarch of UGCC tells a touching story of a six-year old boy who invited the Pope to Ukraine
The Head of the UGCC further said that the Holy Father was very moved by the boy’s deep words. Then Danylko responded: “I promise you that I will pray for the mothers of Ukraine!" Without thinking much, in the end the boy confidently spoke to the Head of the Catholic Church: “Come to Ukraine, okay? I invite you!”
21 February 2018, 10:10 | UGCC |
On October 13-14, 2018, the Seventy-Eighth Session of the Synod of Bishops of the Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishoproc of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church took place at the retreat center of the Lviv Archeparchy in Bryukhovychi, chaired by the Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Svyatoslav. The synodal meetings were attended by all serving bishops of the Kyiv-Halych Supreme Archdiocese of the UGCC.
16 February 2018, 11:05 | Faith and weapon |
ATO soldiers undergo rehabilitation in a monastery of UGCC
About 30 participants of ATO and their family members have had an opportunity to recover spiritually, psychologically and physically in the Convent of the Most Holy Family of the UGCC in the village of Goshiv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, during a week, according to the website of the UGCC.
12 February 2018, 12:02 | UGCC |
Our Patriarchate will help towards the joining of Churches
An open discussion “PATRIARCH IOSYP SLIPYY: BE YOURSELF!” was held in Kyiv on February 9, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the birth of Patriarch Iosyp Slipyy. One of the main topics of this discussion was the theme of the Patriarchate of the UGCC.
7 February 2018, 08:37 | International relations |
On February 6, at a meeting of representatives of the AUCCRO with the extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassadors of the G-7 countries held in Kyiv, the Head of the UGCC noted that this is an interesting moment for a direct communication dialogue between such high-level diplomats, representatives of ordinary Ukrainians, and representatives of civil society.
6 February 2018, 15:43 | UGCC |
By a separate decree, His Holiness Francis extended His Beatitude Sviatoslav's membership mandate to the Pontifical Council to the Promotion of the Unity of Christians.
2 February 2018, 10:43 | Religion and society |
In this area, it is planned to build a monastery, which will run a modern boarding house. Priests who were trained abroad, have gained some useful experience they are willing to implement in practice,” said Volodymyr Hirnyak.
28 January 2018, 22:21 | UGCC
28 January 2018, 19:06 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Ukrainian women bring faith to Italian families, Pope Francis at the meeting with faithful
Pope Roman Francis today, January 28, met with Ukrainian pilgrims at St. Sophia Cathedral. The believers met the Holy Father with a Christmas carols.
16 January 2018, 18:03 | UGCC |
Cardinal Pietro Parolin listed as nominee for the Distinction of Blessed Omelyan Kovch