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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
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.
7 July 2017, 13:28 | Interview |
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
The Moscow "papacy"? | 20 September 2017, 19:01 | Society-digest |
Pilgrims return to abandoned coal town for worship and fellowship | 29 August 2017, 17:45 | Society-digest |
Pa. town just a memory, but thriving parish now a pilgrimage site | 25 August 2017, 15:26 | Society-digest
Authorities Religious Affairs
8 December 2015, 11:15 | Conferences, seminars, researches |
| National forum for protection of religious freedom and dialogue launches in Kyiv
"Success, stability and harmony in Ukraine is important for the entire Euro-Atlantic community”, Ambassador Roman Vashchuk said. He also drew attention to the new challenges that violate stability and prevent dialogue. “We need to pay attention to inter-Orthodox conflicts. There we see certain problems emerge.”
20 October 2015, 13:40 | Church-state relations |
Constitution should be based on moral values, AUCCRO members assume
10 August 2015, 15:19 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
The Community Council under the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine strongly condemns political speculations around confessional affiliation of the citizens who became victims of criminal offenses.
26 May 2015, 12:02 | Church-state relations |
OSCE gathered officials and experts to discuss religious freedom in Ukraine
Strengthening cooperation of the government with religious organizations is an important component of national security. The international conference, which takes place May 26-27 in Kyiv, addresses these and some other issues of church-state relationship. It has been organized by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, Department for Religions and Nationalities along with the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
6 March 2015, 09:30 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Cabinet restores the interdepartmental Committee on rights of religious organizations
3 December 2014, 12:40 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Vyacheslav Kyrylenko is in charge of culture and religion in the new government
Vyacheslav Kyrylenko has been appointed Vice-Prime Minister – Minister of Culture of Ukraine. He will coordinate all humanitarian activities of the Government in this office.
2 December 2014, 10:32 | Church-state relations |
Ministry of Culture setup a working group to resolve inter-church conflicts
28 November 2014, 17:39 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Ministry of Culture establishes working group to settle interchurch conflicts
On November 26, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine held a session of the working group for the settlement of ongoing interchurch conflicts.
22 October 2014, 11:48 | Church-state relations |
Commission for Religious Affairs is preparing proposals on tariff issues
The Commission for Religious Affairs of the Public Council under the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine analyzed problematic aspects of the practical application of electricity tariffs for religious organizations.
21 July 2014, 09:22 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Primate of the UOC may be elected only under its effective statute, Department of Religions
In response to the request submitted by the Religious Information Service of Ukraine and the believers, the State Department for Religions and Nationalities to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine gave explanations about the procedure for making possible amendments and additions to the registered Statute of Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
18 March 2014, 12:56 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Department of Religious Affairs Strongly Condemns Persecution of Clerics in Crimea
The director of the Department of Religious and Ethnic Affairs of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine Volodymyr Yushkevych March 18 issued a statement regarding the persecution of clerics in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The document calls “to stop the practice of terror and to ensure respect for rights and liberties.”
27 December 2012, 09:55 | Legislation |
Council of Churches Ready to Dialogue with Government to Correct Legislative Mistakes
The Secretariat of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations AUCCRO) analyzed possible ways to annul the negative alterations made to the Law of Ukraine “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations.”
12 December 2012, 08:27 | Authorities Religious Affairs
Changes in Religious Network in Ukraine Reported
First Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine, the ex-Head of the State Department on Nationalities and Religions, Yurii Bohutskyi reported on changes in the religious network structure in Ukraine.
4 July 2012, 09:41 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
The Ministry of Culture established an Expert Council on Matters of Freedom of Worship and Activity of Religious Organizations with the status of a consultative and advisory body.
13 April 2012, 12:00 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Cabinet of Ministers Transferes Powers of State Comittee on Nationalities and Religions
The Cabinet of Ministers transferred to the State Migration Service the functions and powers dealing with matters of refugees, which had been the responsibility of the liquidated State Committee on Nationalities and Religions.
27 March 2012, 09:21 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Public Council of Ministry of Culture Sets Up Committee on Religions
The Public Council of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine elected its leadership, approved its Regulations and set up specialized committees at its session.
2 February 2012, 13:41 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Ministry of Culture To Change Law on Freedom of Worship
In order to improve the effective laws in the area of inter-ethnic and inter-denominational relations, the Ministry of Culture prepared alterations to the Law of Ukraine “On the Freedom of Worship and Religious Organizations.”
24 January 2012, 09:56 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine transferred the powers of the State Committee on Nationalities and Religions to the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. This was established by the government’s Order 27 "On Questions of Ministry of Culture" of January 18, 2012.
17 October 2011, 17:40 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
Ministry of Culture of Ukraine Establishes Department on Religions and Nationalities
The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine approved the structure of its central apparatus which consists of 4 departments and 7 boards.
22 July 2011, 12:05 | Church-state relations |
On July 19 leaders of the denominations of Ukraine held a session of All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO). The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the senior pastor the Union of Free Churches of Christians of Evangelical Faith, Vasyl Raichyntsia, in the Ukrainian Bible House, reports the Institute for Religious Freedom.