Expert thought
2 January 2020, 15:59 | Analysis |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church 2019 – results of the year
The past year has highlighted two main areas of development. First, it is the recognition of the OCU, actual first, by virtue of concelebration of individual clergymen, and further at the level of Synodal decisions and concelebration of the Primates. Secondly, the transformation of the ROC into a mono-national church
13 September 2019, 14:53 | Open theme |
Ukrainian autocephaly. After one year
All this past year the CEMES foundation worked on a scholarly project, which examined the Ukrainian crisis from a theological, historical and canonical perspective, always in relation to the triptych: Primacy-Conciliarity-Autocephaly.
Religious Studies
22 November 2018, 14:51 | Religious studies |
In the context of recent events in the Orthodox world, disputes over the boundaries of church institutions often arise between the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Kyiv and Moscow. Ukraine accuses Russia of misappropriating the territory of the Kyiv Metropolis.
25 September 2018, 14:21 | Religious studies |
A Different Approach to the Ecclesiastical Discussion about Ukraine
The first question that arises concerning Ukraine is this: with what right and based on which holy canons, does Russia today claim the ecclesiastical and administrative dependency of the Metropolis of Kyiv?
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Colloguium of the European Parishes in Lviv
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Monitoring
Decolonizing The Global Ukrainian Church | 13 February 2020, 16:04 | Kaleidoscope-digest |
DONBAS: Donetsk: Raid, fine for unregistered worship meetings | 10 February 2020, 22:07 | Society-digest |
Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: New Policy Guidance from the OSCE | 10 February 2020, 12:48 | Society-digest |
Community
17 April 2019, 11:11 | Faith and weapon |
Primate of OCU to US chaplain of 7th Army: our Church will always support defenders of Homeland
Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine met with the chaplain of the 7th Army of the United States in Europe, Timothy Mallard. This is reported by the website of the OCU.
17 April 2019, 10:31 | Religious holidays and traditions |
Poroshenko: Easter truce to be announced in Donbas starting April 18
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko announced plans to implement on April 18 the ceasefire regime in Donbas before Easter holidays.
16 April 2019, 14:46 | Freedom of Conscience |
The first session of the Roundtable on Religious Freedom in Ukraine was held recently, which is set to become a platform for dialogue between representatives of civil society, primarily between religious and human rights organizations, as well as with the participation of academic institutions and government officials.
15 April 2019, 15:35 | Freedom of Conscience |
Russian law enforecement in Crimea search mosque, house of imam
Russian security forces conducted a search on April 15 in a mosque in the village of Shturmove in the city of Sevastopol. After "investigative measures” they went to the house of the imam of the mosque, Rustem Abilev. Russian mass media are working on site. This is reported by Crimean Solidarity, according to KTRC.
14 April 2019, 10:44 | Children young people and religion |
Let nobody ridicule Ukraine: Patriarch of UGCC appeals to youth
Patriarch Svyatoslav (Shevchuk) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church urged young people to participate in the presidential elections in Ukraine, since the country's destiny for decades to come -- and perhaps even its further existence -- will depend on their results.
12 April 2019, 09:05 | Freedom of Conscience |
Moscow Snuffs Out Religious Liberty in Eastern Ukraine
No surprise, the Soviet Union was one of the great religious persecutors. There is nothing more fearsome to totalitarian dictatorships than being challenged by those claiming loyalty to a transcendent realm that lies well beyond the political one.
11 April 2019, 13:55 | Religion and policy |
Primate of OCU: We are grateful to Poroshenko for Tomos but do not campaign for anyone
Metropolitan Epifaniy of the OCU recognizes that the current President has done a lot to get autocephaly. However, the Church does not campaign for any of the candidates and reserves the right of the faithful to vote as they wish.
10 April 2019, 10:07 | Religion and policy |
Chief Rabbi of Ukraine requests to extend voting duration on April 21
On April 9, the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine and Kyiv, Moshe Reuven Asman, appealed to the Central Election Commission requesting to extend the work of some polling stations on the day of the second round of presidential elections in Ukraine in connection with the holiday of Pesah.
9 April 2019, 13:58 | Religion and society |
UGCC Metropolitan of Ivano-Frankivsk: We need to pray so that we are not ashamed of the future
During a meeting with Precarpathian journalists, Metropolitan Volodymyr (Viytyshyn) voiced his opinion about the second round of the presidential elections.
9 April 2019, 12:09 | Religion and society |
Primate of OCU thanks NBU Chairman for coins commemorating Tomos
Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine expressed gratitude to the National Bank of Ukraine for enshrining the memory of the historical event of the life of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with a recent coin minting. The first hierarch said this during a meeting with the Chairman of the NBU Yakiv Smoliy on April 8, the official site of the OCU says.
8 April 2019, 09:59 | Religion and policy |
We assess real actions: Metropolitan Epifaniy comments on Zelenskiy’s statement supporting OCU
Recently, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his team have spoken in support of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the historicity of the provision of the Tomos.
7 April 2019, 09:37 | Religion and society |
On these days, between the two rounds of the presidential elections, it is very important for the voters to distinguish the truth from fake, virtual from real, false from real things.
4 April 2019, 11:45 | Scandals, crime |
SBU detain men who desecrated church by order from Russians
SBU officers have identified the perpetrators who defiled the facade of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius and the Martyr Nestor of Thessalonians in Lutsk, following an order from Russians.
4 April 2019, 10:54 | Conferences, seminars, researches |
Scholars and clergy to hold colloquium on the concept of Sophianism of Kyivan Church
On April 5, a colloquium devoted to the concept of Sophianism was held with the participation of the St Sofia of Kyiv National Reserve, Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Catholic University, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church's Interreligious and Interfaith Relations Commission.
4 April 2019, 10:10 | Religion and policy |
Occupiers want to set up ‘rehabilitation center’ for Hizb ut-Tahrir Crimean Muslims
The Kremlin-controlled authorities of the annexed Crimea plan to open a “rehabilitation center” for supporters of the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir.
3 April 2019, 12:26 | Religion and society |
Lviv residents restore cross destructed by vandals last winter
Thanks to local Lviv parishioners of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a cross destroyed by vandals last January was put on Sunday, March 31, on the Mount Baba-ros in the area of Znesinnya. This is reported by the Department of Information of the UGCC.
3 April 2019, 11:44 | Religion and society |
UGCC Patriarch: Church must form social values, not get involved in politics
The Church should provide society only with a certain value foundation, but it should not engage in politics. Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Svyatoslav (Shevchuk), said this in an interview with Ukrinform. “We always understood society, first of all, as a highly important civic organism,” said the hierarch.
3 April 2019, 10:25 | Religion and policy |
ROC advises UOC-MP clergymen to get deal with Zelenskiy the earliest
Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine need to negotiate with the potential winner of the presidential elections in Ukraine, showman Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin said it in his telegram channel Orthodox Politics, according to the Obozrevatel.
2 April 2019, 10:16 | Religion and policy |
Moscow Patriarchate impedes free decision-making of communities, OCU Archbishop says at OSCE meeting
During an Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting on April 1, Archbishop Yevstratiy (Zorya), an Orthodox Church of Ukraine representative at the European institutions, said that the Moscow Patriarchate is exerting informational and legal pressure to impede the free choice of denominations by Ukrainians. The hierarch wrote this on his Facebook page.
1 April 2019, 12:04 | Faith and weapon |
They did not call Ukraine a “prostitute”, famous chaplain addresses Ukrainians
A video appeal by chaplain Fr. Dmytro Povorotnyy (Orthodox Church of Ukraine) to all Ukrainians was published on Facebook.
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