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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
7 July 2017, 13:28 | Interview |
6 July 2017, 16:33 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Volhynia, Fatima, and the Donbas
The Russian aggression in the Donbas is neither similar nor analogous to the Polish-Ukrainian war. To imply that that the former is divine retribution for the latter is to misstate the moral equities, for it has been acknowledged that the Volhynian atrocities were mutual.
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
Ukrainians welcome new Bishop of the Eparchy of Saint Nicholas in Chicago | 3 July 2017, 15:38 | Society-digest
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
Ukraine and world
18 July 2017, 13:13 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Peel police investigate small suspicious fire at Ukrainian Catholic church in Canada
12 July 2017, 12:42 | International relations |
“We honor the victims, remembering the tragic events and the understanding of preventing the repetition of terrible events – fratricide. When there is a conflict between Ukraine and Poland, neither party will win,” Deshchytsia said.
10 July 2017, 16:19 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
70th anniversary of the Ukrainian settlement in Australia
Senior officials of Ukraine have congratulated Ukrainians of Australia on the 70th anniversary of the settlement on the Green Continent.
7 July 2017, 10:42 | Faith and weapon |
"Look closely at their faces" - Ukrainian art project at G20
In Hamburg, where the G-20 Summit will begin this Friday, the posters were placed featuring portraits of Ukrainian military, chaplains, volunteers, and doctors who resist Russian aggression in the ATO area. Among the sixty project participants we see the faces of three military chaplains of the UGCC: Fr. Igor Fedorishin, Fr. Taras Kotsyuba and Fr. Andriy Zelinsky.
6 July 2017, 16:28 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
St. John the Baptist Parish in Australia celebrated 65th anniversary
Ukrainians in Australia are celebrating 70 years of Ukrainian immigration, while the Ukrainian Catholic Parish is celebrating 65 years of organized life.
5 July 2017, 17:09 | Ecumenical Patriarchate |
"We are close to you", - Ecumenical Patriarch to Ukrainian journalists
3 July 2017, 09:03 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
UGCC Head visits the most distant parish of Arizona
This parish is the most distant in the Diocese of Chicago - more than 2,800 kilometers from Chicago.
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.