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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.
12 October 2016, 13:46 | Events & people |
| Religious freedom for Ukraine: the contribution of Keston College (1969-89)
In the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv on October 6, Canon Dr. Michael Bourdeaux gave a lecture "Religious freedom in Ukraine: the contribution Keston College (1969-89)."
Expert thought
8 June 2017, 21:28 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Two Drafts — and the Winds of Change
Draft Laws 4128 and 4511 have arisen in the context of a politicization of religion in conditions of the Russian war against Ukraine, and of the flurry of defections from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate
1 June 2017, 11:10 | Open theme |
Lubomyr (Husar) about himself, the Church and the world. Selected quotes
“We all need love”: His Beatitude Lubomyr blessed memory, who lived with 60 years on earth was a priest, becoming the nation's moral authority
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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Cardinal Parolin Says ‘In All Probability’ He Will Visit Moscow Soon | 26 June 2017, 14:04 | Society-digest |
Comment: Ukrainian Cardinals Husar and Slipyj are heroes to Church community | 22 June 2017, 19:42 | Society-digest
Feeling Abandoned, Russian Catholics Appeal to the Pope | 9 June 2017, 15:40 | Society-digest
Ukraine and world
13 June 2017, 11:18 | National religious question |
On the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Vistula Operation Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) has issued the message in which urged to remember the innocent victims of the forced deportation and denounce the evils perpetrated against the Church.
9 June 2017, 15:32 | International relations |
Chairman of Ukrainian Parliament met with Cardinal Pietro Parolin
On June 5, this year, Chairman of Ukrainian Parliament Andriy Parubiy met with Secretary of State of the Holy See (Head of Government) Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
9 June 2017, 10:24 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
| Ukrainians built one of the biggest churches in Brazil
On June 4, the rite of consecration of the Holy Trinity Church for the Ukrainian community was held in the Brazilian municipality of Sao Jose dos Pinhais (Parana), Marcelino settlement. Local Ukrainians have been striving to do this for almost a century.
5 June 2017, 09:28 | UGCC |
Catholic University of America Mourns the Passing of Cardinal Lubomyr Husar
Cardinal Husar was a University alumnus and the recipient of an honorary degree in 2007.
18 May 2017, 10:44 | Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritance
Poles will restore Lviv Cathedral
In particular, it is referred to the Latin Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary costing about UAH 1.47 million; the Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption (the cost of this year's restoration work will be UAH 913,000).
17 May 2017, 09:19 | International relations
Russian religious foundations placed on sanction lists
Among the list of entities subject to the sanctions was Valeriy Kaurov, head of the “Union of Orthodox Citizens of Ukraine,” acting against the territorial integrity of Ukraine. He appears in hacked mail of Kirill Frolov, who planned civil disobedience in Ukraine.
15 May 2017, 13:40 | International relations
15 May 2017, 13:17 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
Head of UGCC to lead a prayer for Ukraine in Italy
Patriarch will visit the grave of the servant of God Maria Teresa Carloni in Urbania, who was closely related to Patriarch Iosyp Slipyy during his Siberian imprisonment and after his release.
14 May 2017, 12:34 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
UOC KP establishes European Exarchates
According to the website, as of May 13, 2017 the UOC-KP in Europe incorporates 44 parishes: Netherlands – 2 parishes, Hungary – 1, Italy - 8 France – 6, Sweden - 5, Germany - 6, Spain - 3, Portugal - 5, Czech Republic - 1, United Kingdom - 1 Lithuania - 1 Finland - 1 Austria - 1 Slovenia - 1, Greece - 1 Switzerland - 1.
11 May 2017, 08:55 | UGCC
Ukrainian Catholic bishops of Canada and USA meet in Glen Cove, NY
The Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada and USA held their annual meeting from May 2nd thru May 4th, 2017 in the Library Building of the Ukrainian Catholic Basilian Fathers at St. Josaphat Monastery located in Glen Cove, NY.
26 April 2017, 13:53 | International relations
UGCC Environment Bureau holds exhibition of children’s drawings in Vienna
On April 24-28, Vienna (Hall of the Catholic student youth, Ebendorferstraße 8) hosts an exhibition of children's drawings of All-Ukrainian competition “Chornobyl disaster 30 years later - what next?”
25 April 2017, 13:24 | Religion and policy
UGCC Patriarch outlines four steps to Russian-Ukrainian reconciliation
Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) of the UGCC said that currently Ukrainian reconciliation with the Russians is impossible because of the war. But talking about peace, seeking for it, praying is never too early.
21 April 2017, 11:50 | Religion and policy
Archbishop of UOC-KP strongly condemns Russia for banning Jehovah's Witnesses
Head of Chernihiv Diocese of the UOC-KP Archbishop Yevstratii (Zorya) commented on banning Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia. Archbishop says that one might disagree the dogmatic teaching of “witnesses” but hanging a label “extremists” as it did in Russia, is unacceptable. Archbishop of Chernihiv said on his Facebook page.
12 April 2017, 10:34 | International relations
UGCC Patriarch condoles Coptic Christians in connection with terrorist attacks
“Our hearts embrace the wounded, the bereaved families, priests and laity of the Coptic Church in Egypt and abroad. Let the blood of innocently killed become the seed of faith in this week, leading us to the Resurrection. May our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, “who rose from the dead, trampling down death by death, and on those in the tombs bestowing life,” illuminate with the everlasting light the victims, give peace to the Church, shelter Your Holiness, your brothers in the episcopate, the priests, consecrated persons and all the faithful and enlighten our hearts with his hope and charity,” Patriarch Sviatoslav said.
10 April 2017, 12:05 | International relations
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemns the attacks on the church in Egypt
“I condemn terrorist attacks in churches of Tanta and Alexandria in Egypt. Ukraine stands side by side with the Egyptian people in their war on terror,” Klimkin says.
27 March 2017, 22:56 | UGCC
Pope receives Canadian Bishops in ad limina audience. Among them Greek Catholics
Four Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops (Edmonton, New Westminster, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg)met with pope Francis in a context of ad limina Apostolorum visit of the Canadian bishops
26 March 2017, 11:21 | International relations
Andrij Waskowycz, President of Caritas Ukraine, addressed the UN regarding the situation in Ukraine
The war has claimed over 10,000 lives, and has injured 23,000 people. 2,000 of those killed were civilians, most of whom died as a result of indiscriminate shelling in civilian areas.
21 March 2017, 10:26 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, who is on a pastoral visit to the Argentine Republic, visited the Embassy of Ukraine in Argentina on March 18.
20 March 2017, 09:31 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
Head of the UGCC Patriarch Sviatoslav is making a pastoral visit to Argentina from March 17 through 28. According to the Information Department of UGCC, within the visit, the patriarch is to call to several communities in different areas of Argentina and Paraguay.
17 March 2017, 10:26 | International relations
Famous Russian journalist calls Patriarch Kirill to accept independence of Ukrainian Church
“The Orthodox Church, which was under the aegis of the Russian imperial throne until 1917, was divided. It is not just the division between the Kyiv Patriarchate in the jurisdiction of Moscow and the Kyiv Patriarchate, headed by Patriarch Filaret. There is also the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and there is the division between Orthodox Churches abroad. The Russian Orthodox Church agreed to restore relations with the Moscow Patriarchate, and some parishes of Russian Orthodox Church abroad were in opposition,” he reminded.