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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.
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14 June 2018, 08:38 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Five Objections to a Patriarchate – and Five Responses
… in view of the prospect of an autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox patriarchate … recognition of a UGCC patriarchate may be timely.
1 June 2018, 13:26 | Analysis |
All roads lead to Rome. Thoughts following the meeting between the Pope and Metropolitan Hilarion
Rome certainly is the universal See of the Church, even if some do not admit this outright or unequivocally. All roads lead to Rome, even for those who think that they go opposite direction or their own “special way”.
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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Why is Rome sidelining the Ukrainian Catholics? | 19 June 2018, 19:33 | Society-digest |
Ambassador Gingrich accuses Russia of persecuting minorities | 19 June 2018, 17:42 | Society-digest |
Ukraine’s Greek Catholic chief sees ‘no choice’ but dialogue with Russia | 19 June 2018, 17:38 | Society-digest |
Ukraine and world
19 June 2018, 15:31 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
UGCC develops new centers in the USA
The Council, led by Bishop Bohdan (Danyla), ordinary bishop of Saint Josaphat Eparchy in Parma of the UGCC, focused on the renewal of parishes and the creation of new missions in those parts of the diocese, where the UGCC still has no structures.
19 June 2018, 09:56 | Church-state relations |
During his visit to Israel Ukrainian external affairs minister meets Patriarch Theophilos III
On June 18-19, 2018 in Jerusalem, the Eleventh Session of the Joint Ukrainian - Israeli Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation is held under the со-chairmanship of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin.
14 June 2018, 15:03 | International relations |
War in Ukraine is a civilizational conflict, head of the UGCC to Vatican diplomats
On June 13, a conference on religious freedom in Ukraine was held at the American Embassy at the Apostolic Capital. The main speaker was Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) of the UGCC. The meeting was held at the initiative of Callista Gingrich, US Ambassador to the Vatican, according to the Department of Information of the UGCC.
13 June 2018, 12:40 | International relations |
Religious leaders draft an appeal to support Ukrainians held as prisoners in Russia
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) will appeal to the leadership of Russia to release Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov and other political prisoners of the Kremlin. The relevant documents are being drafted by the Secretariat of the AUCCIO on the results of the meeting of representatives of the confessions, which was held on June 12, the Institute of Religious Freedom reports.
13 June 2018, 11:17 | International relations |
The head of the UGCC, Patriarch Svyatoslav (Shevchuk), was reported as saying this in an interview with the Polish Catholic Information Agency, the Department of Information of the UGCC reported.
4 June 2018, 19:29 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
Ukrainian Orthodox community in Chicago, across U.S. to mark church’s centennial
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America is celebrating its centennial this year, and Chicago is one of the spots where there will be ceremonies.
4 June 2018, 13:42 | International relations |
Patriarch Bartholomew had a personal meeting with believers aspiring for the One Local Church
On May 26 to 30, 2018, the initiative group of Ukrainian believers made a visit to Istanbul and submitted to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew an appeal to support the Tomos of autocephaly of the UOC.
4 June 2018, 10:29 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Poroshenko hopes for tomos on autocephaly to local Orthodox church in Ukraine by end of July
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he hopes that the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate will green-light granting a tomos, an official church document, on autocephaly to the Orthodox church in Ukraine by the 1030th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus, which will be celebrated on July 28, 2018.
31 May 2018, 11:54 | International relations |
US ambassador discussed Ukrainian issue with the head of the Church of Greece
US Ambassador to Athens Jeffrey Pyatt met with Archbishop Ieronimos, head of the Greek Orthodox Church on May 29, according to the Greek media outlet Romfea.
30 May 2018, 10:02 | International relations |
| “We must distinguish between political leadership and moral edification. Politicians address issues in their plane, spiritual leaders must rely on wisdom and inspiration of the Spirit of God. Our task is to help unity, not to create divergence between the state and the Church,” said the Patriarch.
29 May 2018, 09:50 | International relations |
Russian mother of three flees to Ukraine because of religious persecution in Russia
A Russian woman, mother of three children, asked for a refugee status in Ukraine because of the religious persecution in the Russian Federation. This is reported by the newspaper Syohodni, citing the press center of the State Border Guard Service.
27 May 2018, 10:07 | International relations |
UGCC calls to protect a Ukrainian seaman faced with death penalty in Iran
The Marine Apostolate of Ukraine calls to protect a Ukrainian seaman, Andriy Novichkov from Odessa, who is facing a death sentense in Iran, the UGCC website reports.
26 May 2018, 23:58 | International relations |
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy, while in Georgia on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the First Republic of Georgia, noted that the restoration of autocephaly is keeping step with the restoration of statehood. At a briefing, he said he would discuss the issue of supporting autocephaly of Ukraine and with the President of Georgia, with the Head of Parliament and with His Holiness Patriarch Ilia II, because "the support of the Georgian Orthodox Church is highly important for Ukrainian autocephaly.” This is reported by the official website of the Ukrainian Parliament.
23 May 2018, 18:43 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
New Orthodox Ukrainian church consecrated in Sacramento
On Sunday, May 20, 2018, His Eminence Archbishop Daniel of the Western Eparchy of the UOC of the USA consecrated Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Sacramento, CA, UOC in the USA web page informs.
11 May 2018, 11:28 | International relations |
The Russian-occupied separatist parastates of the Lugansk People’s Republic (LNR) and Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine remain heavily militarized war zones policed by parallel ministries of state security.
11 May 2018, 11:18 | International relations |
Ukrainian state does not officially support denial of Holocaust or Nazi glorification, VAAD alleges
The Association of Jewish Community Organizations and Communities of Ukraine (VAAD) responded to a letter from US congressmen expressing anxiety about the situation with anti-Semitism in Poland and Ukraine.
9 May 2018, 10:21 | International relations |
Metropolitan Onufriy explained US Ambassador how the unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy should be restored
On May 8, Metropolitan Onufriy accepted the United States Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine Marie Jovanovic at her request. This was reported by the Information and Educational Department of the UOC (MP).
4 May 2018, 20:07 | International relations |
The State Of New York Recognized The Holodomor As Genocide Of The Ukrainian People
One more state joined in the recognition of the Holodomor as genocide of Ukrainians
1 May 2018, 10:56 | International relations |
Polish nationalists attack volunteers renewing the ancient Greek Catholic cemetery
The Association of Ukrainians in Poland (OUP) expresses hope that the persons who have attacked the members of the Magurycz camp will be punished in accordance with effective law. This is reported by the publication “Nashe Slovo”.
27 April 2018, 11:38 | International relations |
Russia restricts religious freedom in Crimea
Russian repressive laws have “significantly reduced religious freedom” in the annexed Crimea, in particular, Russia has refused to register the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate on the peninsula. This is stated in the annual report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), which documented violations of freedom of religion in 28 countries of the world in 2017, Radio Liberty has reported.