Expert thought
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.
10 September 2019, 11:16 | Viktor Yelenskyi's column |
Interference impossible to ignore, or what should the state do with religious policy?
All states of the world have in place a policy regarding religion and associations that citizens set up based on this religion's ground. The atheistic government of China and theocratic government of Iran, the mighty United States and tiny Andorra – just every one of them.
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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Monitoring
World cannot overcome the current crisis by neglecting the destiny of Ukraine – Soviet dissident | 29 November 2019, 11:00 | Society-digest |
The Ecclesiastical Motherhood of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine | 25 November 2019, 15:16 | Society-digest |
The Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine: Ecumenical Perspectives | 25 November 2019, 15:09 | Society-digest |
AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils
25 November 2019, 19:14 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils |
Ukrainian Council of Churches condemns anti-Semitic provocations in Kyiv
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and religious organizations issued a statement condemning the desecration of the monument to the Jewish writer Sholom Aleichem in Kyiv.
19 September 2019, 11:17 | Religion and society |
The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs discussed with the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations the directions and practical frameworks of further cooperation.
22 August 2019, 11:46 | Religion and society |
Religious leaders prepare action plan to have Kremlin’s prisoners released
Participants of the Round Table on Religious Freedom in Ukraine expect further effective action from the new leadership of Ukraine and the international community to have political prisoners, hostages and POWs illegally deprived of their liberty as a result of Russian aggression released.
27 June 2019, 12:01 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils |
AUCCRO opposes construction on mass execution site in Poltava
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations supported public appeals to the Poltava City Council against the construction in Pushkarov Yar, where tens of thousands of innocent people, mostly Jews, were executed.
19 June 2019, 09:34 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils |
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations has appealed to the parties and parliamentary candidates urging them to clarify their position on religious freedom, family values and public morality.
13 June 2019, 08:52 | Church-state relations |
Government creates special Authority for ethnic policy and freedom of conscience
The Cabinet of Ministers has created an authorized central executive Authority for ethnic policy and freedom of conscience in the form of a public office.
20 May 2019, 13:03 | Church-state relations |
Bishop Vitaly Krivitsky, chairing the AUCCRO, conveyed greetings to Volodymyr Zelensky on the occasion of the inauguration as head of the Ukrainian state on May 20 in Kyiv, the Institute of Religious Freedom reports.
25 April 2019, 10:51 | Terrorism |
Ukrainian Council of Churches condemns terror against Christians in Sri Lanka and Nigeria
The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations appeals to all religious leaders in the world to condemn the preaching of religious hatred or attempts to justify crimes with feelings of religious superiority, as well as to appreciate, promote and make efforts to develop religious freedom as the only possibility of peaceful coexistence of believers of different religions.
18 April 2019, 15:52 | Religion and policy |
On the eve of runoff the AUCCRO calls to stop hatred and insults
We call upon all political forces not to provoke violence and not to spread hostility in the media, to refrain from aggression and personal insults, not to fall for provocation and to maintain public order.
26 March 2019, 15:40 | National religious question |
AUCCRO: Elections must not be AGAINST but FOR the values and a person set to implement them
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations issued an Appeal to Ukrainians on the occasion of the 2019 presidential elections.
25 March 2019, 08:58 | National religious question |
On the initiative of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations and with the support of the President of Ukraine, March 30, 2019, was proclaimed Day of Prayer and Fasting in the intention of honest and peaceful presidential elections.
22 March 2019, 12:38 | Church-state relations |
President appealed to the Nationwide Council of Churches to call for the elections without violence
"Ukraine entered the election period. Elections are a test for the state, for democracy, a test for unity of any society. And especially for a society that is in a state of war. There are Russian divisions at the border ready to invade," President Petro Poroshenko said in a meeting with members of the Nationwide Council of Churches and Religious Organizations.
19 March 2019, 10:31 | Terrorism |
AUCCRO condemns terrorist attack in New Zealand
Ukrainian religious leaders condemn any acts of violence on the grounds of religious hatred or other motives in whatever place and under whatever slogans they are committed.
11 March 2019, 13:33 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils |
AUCCRO to be led by RCC Bishop Kryvytskyi
During the on-site meeting in Jerusalem March 7, the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations elected Vitaliy Kryvytskyi, the Ordinary of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese. The predecessor of Bishop Vitaliy in this post was the Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine Yaakov Dov Bleich, CREDO reports. It was on his initiative that the official delegation of the AUCCRO visited the state of Israel for the second time.
6 March 2019, 13:52 | International relations |
UGCC Patriarch in Israel: religious values are strength of democracy
An example of Israel shows that democracy can be strong when based on religious values. And it is religious values that are the strength of democracy.
5 March 2019, 15:34 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils |
AUCCRO met with President of Israel and government officials
During the high meetings in Jerusalem, the delegation of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations stressed the need to preserve the visa-free regime between Ukraine and Israel.
24 February 2019, 11:54 | Church-state relations |
Ukraine’s Prime Minister supports initiatives of AUCCRO to protect families and children
The Head of Government and the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations agreed to continue cooperation aimed at fostering the governmental family policy.
23 January 2019, 11:36 | International relations |
Ukrainian religious leaders call for release of captive Ukrainians and other hostages of Kremlin
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations appealed to a number of institutions to facilitate the release of captive Ukrainians, political prisoners and other hostages held in Russia and in the occupied territories of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.
20 December 2018, 13:07 | International relations |
AUCCRO calls on Kremlin to release Ukrainian sailors and other captives
Heads of Ukrainian Churches and Religious Organizations demand that the Russian authorities release Ukrainian sailors from under arrest, following the Russian armed aggression in the Kerch Strait three weeks ago.
24 October 2018, 11:04 | Church and school |
AUCCRO strives to develop religious school network
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations has agreed to establish an inter-confessional cooperation for the development of a network of general education schools founded by churches and religious organizations.
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