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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
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 |
Priest who secretly ministered under Soviet rule moves closer to sainthood | 11 October 2017, 17:32 | Society-digest |
History, archaeology
9 October 2017, 10:41 | History, archaeology |
“Photius Schism: History and Legend”, a book presented in Lviv
Patriarch Photius (858-867; 877-886) was undeservedly condemned by the Catholic Church. This opinion was expressed by Fr. Ivan Datsko, president of the UCU Institute of Ecumenical Studies, referring to the study by Frantsishek Dvornik “Photius Schism: History and Legend.” The translation of this book was presented within the framework of the Ecumenical Social Week in Lviv on October 5.
21 September 2017, 10:02 | History, archaeology |
Kuwaiti Archaeologists Discover Rare Arabic Manuscripts in Mount Athos
A Kuwait University archaeological team has discovered rare manuscripts written in Arabic at Mount Athos in Greece.
18 August 2017, 11:32 | History, archaeology |
Archaeologists find unique artefacts in the territory of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Large-scale archaeological excavations have been completed on the territory of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra in the Metropolitan’s Garden. The research has been conducted for two years, Segodnya newspaper reports.
15 August 2017, 09:55 | Judaism |
A crypt with fragments of ancient gravestones from Jewish cemetery found in Odesa
21 July 2017, 10:16 | History, archaeology |
Virtual map of Christian and Jewish sights of Inter-War Period in Rivne
On July 19, an updated virtual map of the sites of historical and cultural heritage “Polycultural Rivne” was presented.
6 July 2017, 14:40 | History, archaeology |
| Remains of ancient temple or Necropolis found on Podillia
A sensational discovery was made during the construction of a museum of regional studied in Horodok (Khmelnytsky region). Digging a trench, the builders found a curb tile, in which they found the inscription in Latin. As journalist-ethnographer Dmytro Polukhovych told RISU, experts assume that this is a block of a destroyed church or an old necropolis.
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.
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.
2 March 2017, 09:36 | History, archaeology
27 January 2017, 15:17 | Temples, church property |
| A church in Chernivtsi opens the tomb for tourist viewing
A tomb in the church In Chernivtsi will be opened for tourist viewing. It was arranged by Poland, because the Polish soldiers who died in the First World War are buried in the underground part of the Jesuit church of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.
14 December 2016, 13:35 | History, archaeology
Scythian gold: Ukrainian treasures go home
District court of Amsterdam denied to return the Scythian gold to Crimea. Russia gets ready to appeal the decision.
23 May 2016, 10:23 | History, archaeology |
| Archaeologists discovered Jewish apartments of XVIII century near synagogue of Zhovkva
The most interesting excavated rarity is the 400-year-old defensive wall of the town and the well of that time.
13 April 2016, 16:40 | Conferences, seminars, researches |
| Ostroh Academy hosts international conference on Reformation in Eastern Europe
The issue of the Reformation influence on Ukrainian Orthodoxy was further addressed by prof. Volodymyr Burega, rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy of the UOC.
4 April 2016, 14:19 | Editorial news |
| RISU announces contest ‘Sacred Ukraine’
The original local history materials (articles, photo essays) that describe interesting sacral monuments, museum collections, religious history of settlements and localities may participate in the contest.
28 March 2016, 19:32 | Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritance |
Cossack cemetery restored in Odesa
An old Cossack cemetery in Odesa is being restored. Thanks to the help of locals, the graveyard is undergoing a massive face-lift. Residents have already cleared the grounds from shrubs and weeds. They have also recovered several dozens of tombstones.
7 March 2016, 11:45 | Temples, church property |
Photo exhibition of amazing Jewish cultural artifacts opened in Uzhgorod
The exhibition in roll-up format was recreated by the Society of Hungarian artists, architects and Cultural Organization of Jews in Hungary under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Economy and Foreign Affairs of the neighboring country.
2 March 2016, 10:52 | History, archaeology |
Institute of Church History presents exhibition of the Church in catacombs
On the 70th anniversary of Lviv Pseudo-Council in 1946, the Institute of Church History will present the exhibition titled “To light of the Resurrection through the Thorns of Catacombs.” The exhibition features the history of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in underground.
18 August 2015, 17:29 | History, archaeology |
Ancient sanctuary found in Dnipropetrovsk region
The archaeologists found the sanctuary dated II-I millennium BC on the bank of the Kamenka River, near village of Tokovske, Apostolove district, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine.
28 April 2015, 13:02 | History, archaeology |
| Ternopil scholars analyzed heritage of Sheptytskyy and Slipyy
Therefore, the reports that have not been directly related to the theme, were projected onto the life of two prominent heads of the Greek Catholic Church of the twentieth century, their activities and the importance of their heritage. Overall, the conference had more than 60 speakers.
17 March 2015, 09:40 | History, archaeology |
| Paulownia to be planted in destroyed Jewish cemetery in Ternopil
Two paulownias will beplanted at the site of the oldest known Jewish cemetery in Ternopil. The initiative was put forward by utility officers, says our reporter Volodymyr Moroz.