18 November 2018, 12:28 | Protests and conflicts | 

UOC-MP Metropolitan's residence rally participants in Dnipropetrovsk region: "We need our Church, not Putin's"

In Kryvyy Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region dozens of supporters of the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Church protest at the residence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate Metropolitan of Kryvyy Rih and Nikopol Efrem (Kitsaya).

30 October 2018, 12:12 | History, archaeology | 

Dnipro archaeologists find unique stone cross

A new item has recently been added to the collection of stone idols of the Dnipro Historical Museum.

3 October 2018, 12:03 | Faith and weapon | 

Church dedicated to warriors fallen in eastern Ukraine to be built in Dnipro

In Dnipro, a church in honor of the soldiers fallen in eastern Ukraine is planned to be built. The construction project was approved at the last meeting of the city planning council. This is reported by Dniprohrad citing Dnipro Vechirniy.

15 August 2018, 12:33 | Judaism | 

Historical synagogue of Dnipro opens following reconstruction

The historic synagogue of Dnipro located in Yevropeyska Street hosted an event in honor of the completion of the building refurbishment, with participation of the sponsors of refurbishment and a large delegation of participants of the Early Years Experience project by the Jewish Educational Media.

16 February 2018, 09:26 | Judaism | 

OSCE representatives meet with the main Rabbi of Dnipro

Representatives of the Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (SMM OSCE) met with Shmuel Kamenetsky, the Chief Rabbi of Dnipro city to discuss the issues of security of national minorities, assistance to refugees from the occupied territories and search for ways to stop armed conflict.

6 November 2017, 11:48 | Religious relations | 

Patriarch Filaret in Menorah Center: Unity of Ukrainian and Jewish peoples is the biggest blow to the aggressor

Patriarch of the UOC-KP Filaret visited the Center “Menorah” on Sunday, November 5, where he met with representatives of the Jewish community and the chief rabbi of Dnipropetrovsk and region Shmuel Kaminetsky.

3 August 2017, 12:01 | Judaism | 

Dnipro hanukkiah may appear in Guinness book

The silver hanukkiah recently donated by philanthropist Alexander Petrovsky to the Dnipro Jewish community in local Menorah center may appear in Guinness Book of Records as the largest silver sculpture in the world.

28 March 2017, 11:02 | Judaism

All-Ukraine Olympiad in Hebrew and Jewish literature takes place in Dnipro

This year for the first time Dnipro has been elected to the state Ukrainian students’ Olympiad of Hebrew and Jewish literature. The International Humanitarian Pedagogical Institute “Beit Chana” was elected as the basis for the Olympiad, said Religion in Ukraine with reference to the website of the Jewish community of Dnipro.

15 December 2016, 10:50 | Religious holidays and traditions | 

Scouts brought the Bethlehem Light of Peace to Dnipro to pass it further to Ukrainian soldiers

1 December 2016, 10:36 | Faith and weapon | 

UGCC Patriarch conferred Honorable Distinctions of the Holy Martyr Omelian Kovch in Dnipro’s famous hospital

“We came here to this famous hospital, because there a special place and space where you serve and save the lives of our heroes, see the blood, suffering, tears,” the patriarch said.

15 September 2016, 14:45 | Charity, social service |  | 

Christians of Evangelical Faith hand over USD 800 thousand aid to hospital in Dnipro

The Christians of Evangelical Faith, who live in Washington state (USA), provided aid to the military hospital in Dnipro in the amount of USD 800 thousand, according to RISU correspondent Sofia Bogutska. Local representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora gathered a huge container of valuable medical goods for trauma and surgical departments.

12 September 2016, 10:00 | Religious relations | 

Orthodox Church confers medals for volunteering on Orthodox Jews from Dnipro

During the session of Dnipro city council, chair of patriotic education and chaplaincy department of Dnipropetrovsk Diocese of the UOC-KP Father Dmytro Povorotnyy personally conferred on Hasidim Oleksandr (“Asher”) Cherkassky a medal for volunteering. It was reported by Dniprohrad.

29 June 2016, 10:44 | Interchurch relations |  | 

Priests of seven churches shoot an ecumenical video for the sake of Ukraine’s unity

In Dnipro city, representatives of seven Christian denominations, united in the Council of Christian Churches of Dnipropetrovsk Region, presented a video entitled “Our Father” as part of a joint project,” RISU correspondent Sofia Bohutska reports.

26 April 2016, 18:10 | Charity, social service | |  | 

Serving neighbor as Christ Himself - Center of Social Services blessed in Dnipropetrovsk

Today in Dnipropetrovsk the first non-state Ukrainian Unified Social Services Centre founded by Caritas Ukraine was opened. The center’s premises were blessed by Head of the UGCC, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk). The premises will host 12 separate projects, whose purpose is to help needy residents of the area, regardless of their confessional or religious affiliation.

26 February 2016, 10:20 | Apostolic Nunciatura | 

Apostolic Nuncio Claudio Gugerotti met with IDPs in the Donbass

Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti visited Charity Foundation "Caritas Donetsk."

20 December 2015, 15:23 | Judaism

Ukrainian city to rename street after Rabbi Schneerson

The Ukrainian city where the Lubavitcher Rebbe grew up announced that it will soon name a street in his honor.

21 October 2015, 10:00 | UOC (MP) | 

Metropolitan’s Onufriy visit to Dnipropetrovsk: Churches out of politics, but politics candidate is at liturgy

During the visit to Dnipropetrovsk of Metropolitan Onufryof the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), there was no open campaign for candidates to the seat of mayor, however a special diocesan newspaper issue that was distributed published a greeting of one of the electoral contestants.

7 September 2015, 11:57 | Judaism | 

A conference of all the rabbis was held in Dnepropetrovsk

13 August 2015, 14:00 | Faith and weapon | 

US religious communities donate expensive medical equipment to Ukrainian military hospitals

17 June 2015, 16:36 | Religious intolerance and vandalism | 

Holocaust Memorial defaced in Nikopol

On June 16, in Nikopol, the memorial to the Holocaust victims was defaced with swastikas by unidentified persons overnight, the website of Dnepropetrovsk Jewish community reports.