Exclusive
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.
12 October 2016, 13:46 | Events & people |
| Religious freedom for Ukraine: the contribution of Keston College (1969-89)
In the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv on October 6, Canon Dr. Michael Bourdeaux gave a lecture "Religious freedom in Ukraine: the contribution Keston College (1969-89)."
Expert thought
8 June 2017, 21:28 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Two Drafts — and the Winds of Change
Draft Laws 4128 and 4511 have arisen in the context of a politicization of religion in conditions of the Russian war against Ukraine, and of the flurry of defections from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate
1 June 2017, 11:10 | Open theme |
Lubomyr (Husar) about himself, the Church and the world. Selected quotes
“We all need love”: His Beatitude Lubomyr blessed memory, who lived with 60 years on earth was a priest, becoming the nation's moral authority
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.
Latest photos and video
Memorial Service for reposed Patriarch Lubomyr Husar in the Patriachal Cathedral in Kyiv
photo 1/18
Monitoring
Cardinal Parolin Says ‘In All Probability’ He Will Visit Moscow Soon | 26 June 2017, 14:04 | Society-digest |
Comment: Ukrainian Cardinals Husar and Slipyj are heroes to Church community | 22 June 2017, 19:42 | Society-digest
Feeling Abandoned, Russian Catholics Appeal to the Pope | 9 June 2017, 15:40 | Society-digest
Culture
26 June 2017, 09:55 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
Ukrainian Pilgrims in St. Peter's Basilica prayed for peace and unity of Christians in Ukraine
Bishop Josaphat Kuntsevich of the UGCC (1580-1623) became famous for his religious activities after the announcement of the Union of Brest on the unification of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches under the jurisdiction of the Pope.
26 June 2017, 09:27 | Religious holidays and traditions |
Ukrainian Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr
The holiday of Eid al-Fitr, referred to as Uraza-bayram among Crimean Tatars is celebrated today in the Muslim world. Millions of believers mark the ending of holy month Ramadan, which also means the end of the month-long strict lent.
14 June 2017, 10:53 | History, archaeology |
| Mass graves of NKVD victims found in Lutsk
Near the Castle of St. Michael the Archangel’s Monastery UOC-KP, in the area of Stary Lutsk Reserve on June 13, a mass grave of victims of the shootings of June 23-24, 1941 was exhumated. All these people - Lutsk prison inmates, mostly political, were suspected of having links with the OUN, former priests, teachers and doctors and intellectuals. According to preliminary data, in the first days after the attack of Nazi Germany on the Soviet Union, about 2,000 people were executed. Later these events were called a tragedy of Lutsk prison. It was reported by RISU correspondent Larysa Andriychuk.
5 June 2017, 14:30 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
|
| Patriarch Lubomyr finds his last rest in the Patriarchal Cathedral crypt
During the memorial service some faithful were holding banner with a slogan Subito Santo (Sainthood Now!).
3 June 2017, 15:42 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
Tens thousands of Lviv residents paid a last tribute to Lubomyr (Husar)
On Monday, June 5, at 11 am the mournful Pontifical Divine Liturgy with the burial rite will be held.
1 June 2017, 20:15 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
|
Lviv bids farewell to Patriarch Lubomyr
Today, on June 1 in the evening the coffin with Patriarch Lubomyr’s body was brought to St George’s Cathedral of Lviv. Hundreds of Lviv residents came to meet the funeral procession. People prayed, many of them did not hide their emotions. Clergymen brought the coffin to the cathedral in their hands, where it will stay for three days.
30 May 2017, 11:25 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage
VIII Pilgrimage to the Blessed Martha Wiecka
The two-year pilgrimage of the relics of the blessed Martha was devoted to celebration of the 400thanniversary of Vincentian Charism, which started in 1617 when the heart of St. Vincent de Paul started burning with the flame of love to neighbors, when he became a “mystic of charity”, a father of the poor, a father of the poorest of the world.
18 May 2017, 10:44 | Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritance
Poles will restore Lviv Cathedral
In particular, it is referred to the Latin Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary costing about UAH 1.47 million; the Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption (the cost of this year's restoration work will be UAH 913,000).
16 May 2017, 09:57 | History, archaeology
A unique exhibition of Jewish Heritage opens in Lviv
The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of Maximilian Goldstein – cultural figure of Galicia of the early XX century. According to the organizers, he stood at the origins of creation of the first collections of Judaica in Ukraine and the problems of preserving Jewish culture and its spreading.
11 May 2017, 10:19 | Announcements
Organizers of this year's forum is a religious Institute – a branch of “Lviv Museum of Religion,” the Lviv branch of Hrushevskyy Institute of Ukrainian Archeology and source studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy of the NAS of Ukraine, Ukrainian Catholic University, department of modern and Contemporary history of Ukraine, Krypyakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the NAS of Ukraine.
25 April 2017, 19:08 | Scandals, crime
Police found ‘Book of the Apostles’ stolen from Vernadsky library
In Kyiv, CID officers arrested gang members who stole from Vernadsky National Library Ivan Fedorov’s old printed Books of the Apostles. This was reported by TV 112 Ukraine citing a source in the police.
19 April 2017, 11:09 | Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritance
GOOGLE offers virtual tour to unique wooden churches of Carpathian region
Now all visitors can take a virtual tour of the unique wooden churches in the Carpathian region included in the World Heritage List.
18 April 2017, 09:45 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
Easter procession in Zaporizhia gathers believers of different faiths
On April 16, the procession organized by the Spiritual Council of Christian Churches of Zaporizhia walked along the main avenue of Zaporizhia – Soborna avenue. Christians of various denominations, representatives of the local authorities were involved in the procession.
12 April 2017, 10:49 | Religious holidays and traditions
Heads of Ukrainian Churches offer Easter greetings
On the eve of the Resurrection, the leaders of Ukrainian churches appealed to the faithful and clergy with messages dedicated to this feast of light.
11 April 2017, 12:37 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage
Community of Sant’Egidio invites to pray for peace in Holy Week
30 March 2017, 09:49 | Religion and culture
Ruined churches. Unique photo exhibition to open near Lviv
Photo exhibition includes about 60 photographs of destroyed churches in Poland and the Roman Catholic churches in Ukraine.
29 March 2017, 09:50 | Religious holidays and traditions |
Christians of Zaporizhia to celebrate Easter with joint initiatives
Members of the Spiritual Council of Christian Churches of Zaporizhia were reported as saying this during a press conference held on March 28, at the press center “Journalist” of Zaporizhia Regional National Union of Journalists of Ukraine.
27 March 2017, 10:52 | Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritance
The UNESCO delegation arrived in Kyiv for a working visit and met with Metropolitan Pavlo, the governor of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra. The Ukrainian side was also represented by director of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve Lubomir Mykhailyna, the website of the Holy Dormition Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra reports.
7 March 2017, 10:10 | Religion and culture
An icon made … of 106 thousand matches in Lublyntsi
Craftsman Ivan Semeniuk presented a unique image of the crucifixion of the Savior at the Church of the Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon UOC-KP located in the village of Lublyntsi, Kovel district deanery, on the occasion of the Feast of Orthodoxy.
2 March 2017, 09:36 | History, archaeology