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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 |
Cherkasy region
7 November 2017, 12:31 | Judaism |
Israel Foreign Ministry asked Ukraine to bring rabbi Nachman's remains to Israel
Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely instructed Ambassador to Ukraine Eliav Belotzercovsky to raise the issue with the appropriate officials in Kiev half a year ago, Hotovely’s spokeswoman, Lena Bakman, told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.
21 September 2017, 13:15 | Extraordinary situations |
A 13-year-old Hasidim wounded as a result of blast in Uman
As a result of an explosion of an unidentified device, a 13-year-old Israeli citizen, a Hasidic pilgrim who arrived at the celebration of Rosh Hashanah was wounded in Uman, Cherkassy region.
20 September 2017, 12:44 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
Over 30 thousand Hasidim attend the celebration of Jewish New Year
More than 30 thousand Hasidim came to Uman (Cherkasy region) to celebrate the Jewish New Year. This is stated in a press release by the press service of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Cherkassy Oblast, RBC-Ukraine reports.
20 September 2017, 11:54 | Scandals, crime |
Hasidi drug couriers detained in Uman
On Tuesday, September 19, Ukrainian policemen in Ukraine together with their Israeli colleagues detained drug traffickers from Israel in Uman, Cherkasy region. Deputy head of the State Police Main Department in Cherkasy Viktor Ivanko wrote it on his Facebook page.
11 July 2017, 12:30 | Scandals, crime |
Vandals destroyed gravestones in the yard of UOC-MP church in Uman
On July 10, in Uman unknown attackers destroyed the gravestones in the territory of the Assumption Church of the UOC (MP) and damaged the rector’s car.
21 December 2016, 12:18 | Scandals, crime |
Tomb of Rabbi Nachman in Uman Desecrated by Pig’s Head, Fake Blood
7 September 2016, 10:09 | Judaism |
30 thousand Hasidim to celebrate Rosh Hashanah in Uman
30 thousand pilgrims - Bratslav Hasidim from Israel and Poland - will come to Uman, Cherkasy region on the occasion of the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah.
31 May 2016, 11:27 | Scandals, crime |
17 November 2015, 10:48 | UOC (MP) |
Clergy of Uman Diocese (UOC-MP) raise over Archbishop’s informal fees
On November 17, a diocesan meeting is to be held in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas Cathedral of Uman (Cherkasy region),UmanDiocese of the UOC (MP).
13 October 2015, 10:53 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Village community in Cherkasy left UOC (MP) to join UOC-KP
Residents of Lypyanka village, Shpola district in Cherkasy region left jurisdiction of the UOC Moscow Patriarchate and joined the UOC-KP.
21 September 2015, 09:31 | Judaism |
Hasidic pilgrim missing in Ukraine found dead in Uman
Ukrainian rescuers and law enforcers have discovered in Uman, Cherkassy Region, the body of a Hasidic pilgrim from Israel who arrived there for the celebration of Rosh Hashanah and disappeared.
18 September 2015, 15:17 | Scandals, crime |
Hasidic Pilgrim Missing in Ukraine
Amir Ohana, 28, has not been seen since Tuesday, when he went into the forest to meditate, according to reports.
14 September 2015, 12:23 | Judaism |
Record number of Uman Hasidim came to Uman
On Sunday, September 13, the Jews began to celebrate the beginning of the New Year 5776. This year's celebration of Rosh Hashanah in Uman, Cherkasy region, gathered a record number of Hasidim - almost 30 thousand people.
11 September 2015, 13:32 | Judaism |
8 September 2015, 12:47 | Scandals, crime
24 June 2015, 10:23 | Judaism |
Israeli Ambassador discussed forthcoming Hasidim pilgrimage to celebrate Rosh Hashanah in Uman