Expert thought
7 November 2018, 10:27 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Archimandrite Robert F. Taft, SJ: critic and defender of the christian east
If Christianity is to survive as a viable lifestyle attractive to modern men and women, it will not be as an obscurantist, anti-intellectual culture of folklore and ritualism, sustained by the rejection of modernity and change…. – Archimandrite Robert F. Taft, SJ
3 November 2018, 13:26 | Open theme |
Ukrainian autocephaly. What next? The role of Patriarch Bartholomew
From what is being reported from Ukraine there seems certain misunderstandings as to what is to be done next.
Religious Studies
25 September 2018, 14:21 | Religious studies |
A Different Approach to the Ecclesiastical Discussion about Ukraine
The first question that arises concerning Ukraine is this: with what right and based on which holy canons, does Russia today claim the ecclesiastical and administrative dependency of the Metropolis of Kyiv?
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.
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Monitoring
Ukraine church head, 89, ready to rise above Russia rift | 12 November 2018, 19:11 | Monitoring
Tectonic Plates of Ecumenism Shifting Prompted by Tomos | 9 November 2018, 11:18 | Monitoring
UGCC Bishop Hlib Lonchyna in Australia: Patriarch Joseph will be remembered for unifying our church which now exists on all continents | 7 November 2018, 08:45 | Monitoring
Ukraine and world
12 November 2018, 10:26 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
On November 11, while on his pastoral visit to the United States, Patriarch Sviatoslav presided over the Chicago Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Greek Catholic parish of Sts Volodymyr and Olga, founded by Patriarch Iosyp Slipyij. It is reported by the Department of Information of the UGCC.
9 November 2018, 14:21 | Interchurch relations |
UGCC Bishop organizes ecumenical meeting between Orthodox and Catholics of UK
On November 6, a meeting of members of the Ecumenical Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches of Great Britain took place at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London. It was organized by the bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Diocese in London, His Eminence Hlib (Lonchyna).
8 November 2018, 10:01 | International relations |
Poroshenko meets with Primate of Finnish Orthodox Church
During the working visit to Finland, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with Primate of the Finnish Orthodox Church His Eminence Archbishop Leo, the president’s press service reported on Wednesday evening.
3 November 2018, 13:08 | International relations |
On November 2, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Svyatoslav, met with Sebastian Gromig, the Chair of the Department of Culture of the German Embassy in Ukraine. During the meeting, which was held at the request of the German side, the current religious situation in Ukraine was discussed.
28 October 2018, 12:56 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
Slovenia joins international action to commemorate Holodomor victims
The Ukrainian community in Ljubljana performed divine liturgy and memorial service to honour the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-33 in Ukraine within the framework of the international action “Light a candle of remembrance.”
26 October 2018, 13:35 | International relations |
The disguised interests of Russian-backed entities are responsible for the dissemination in the media of fake information about possible persecution of the Romanian Orthodox community of Ukraine as a result of autocephaly being granted to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
26 October 2018, 11:47 | International relations |
US State Department special representative: Ukraine is entitled to its own independent church
Ukrainians have the right to settle their religious issues as they see fit, said US Ambassador Sam Brownback on International Religious Freedom, answering the question of Radio Liberty on the eve of the Day of Religious Freedom.
19 October 2018, 11:10 | Freedom of Conscience |
Ukraine speaks in OSCE about religious persecutions in occupied territories
All religious communities, except the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (the Moscow Patriarchate), are prosecuted in the occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas.
18 October 2018, 12:44 | International relations |
Ukraine-NATO commission meeting discusses Russian threats against autocephaly
On October 17, a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission was held in Brussels, with participation of the Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, Vadym Chernysh. The details of the meeting were communicated to UNN by the press service of the Ukrainian Mission to the NATO.
12 October 2018, 18:48 | International relations |
Putin has lost Ukraine, US diplomat says
"They [Russian leaders] are driving the Ukrainian people away from their historic relationship with Russia," Kurt Volker, the US state department's special envoy on Ukraine, told press in Brussels on Thursday (11 October).
5 October 2018, 10:00 | International relations |
European Baptist Federation representatives meet with Poroshenko after the trip to Donbas
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with representatives of the Council of the European Baptist Federation, who spoke about Russian aggression against the country, the press service of the Head of State reported. It was cited by Segodnya.
5 October 2018, 09:01 | International relations |
US Senate recognized Holodomor in Ukraine as genocide
The United States Senate has recognized the Holodomor of 1932-1933 as a genocide of the Ukrainian people, the embassy of Ukraine in Washington reports.
28 September 2018, 10:48 | International relations |
Bishop Bohdan Dzyurah, the secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, spoke at the 22nd International Renaissance Congress on the topic “Memorial and Awakening. Ways to reconciliation in Europe” held on September 26-28 in Berlin, Religion in Ukraine reports, citing the official website of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
27 September 2018, 08:16 | International relations |
“Ukraine, like nobody, knows the price of this tragedy. This November we will mark 85th Anniversary of one of the deadliest crimes of the 20th century – the crime of Holodomor, mass starvation in Ukraine artificially organized by the Stalinist regime. It took lives of several millions of Ukrainians,” President Petro Poroshenko said in his speech during the General Debate of the 73rd session of the UN GA.
27 September 2018, 08:07 | Apostolic Nunciatura |
The official website of the Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine made an amendment to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine that the Holy See respects the decision of the Ukrainian people to establish the One Local Church.
26 September 2018, 10:41 | International relations |
Vatican respects the decision of Ukrainian nation to create the one Local Church
25 September 2018, 10:30 | International relations |
Head of UGCC thanked Mayor of Vilnus for supporting UGCC and Ukrainian community
In the context of the completion of the visit of Pope Francis to Lithuania on September 24, Patriarch Sviatoslav met with the Mayor of Vilnius, Mr. Remigijus Šimašius.
20 September 2018, 10:25 | International relations |
Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate Filaret is on a visit to the United States of America. On September 19 he visited the US Department of State.
19 September 2018, 10:40 | International relations |
Mustafa Dzhemilev tells how he persuaded Erdogan of the necessity of autocephaly
The leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev, said that he had intensively discussed with the Turkish president, Recep Erdogan, the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He said this in an interview with BBC, according to TSN.
12 September 2018, 10:19 | International relations |
President met with United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
President Petro Poroshenko met with United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Samuel Brownback who is on a working visit to Ukraine. It was reported by the website of the President of Ukraine.