Expert thought
13 September 2019, 14:53 | Open theme |
Ukrainian autocephaly. After one year
All this past year the CEMES foundation worked on a scholarly project, which examined the Ukrainian crisis from a theological, historical and canonical perspective, always in relation to the triptych: Primacy-Conciliarity-Autocephaly.
10 September 2019, 11:16 | Viktor Yelenskyi's column |
Interference impossible to ignore, or what should the state do with religious policy?
All states of the world have in place a policy regarding religion and associations that citizens set up based on this religion's ground. The atheistic government of China and theocratic government of Iran, the mighty United States and tiny Andorra – just every one of them.
Religious Studies
22 November 2018, 14:51 | Religious studies |
In the context of recent events in the Orthodox world, disputes over the boundaries of church institutions often arise between the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Kyiv and Moscow. Ukraine accuses Russia of misappropriating the territory of the Kyiv Metropolis.
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?
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Monitoring
World cannot overcome the current crisis by neglecting the destiny of Ukraine – Soviet dissident | 29 November 2019, 11:00 | Society-digest |
The Ecclesiastical Motherhood of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine | 25 November 2019, 15:16 | Society-digest |
The Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine: Ecumenical Perspectives | 25 November 2019, 15:09 | Society-digest |
International relations
29 November 2019, 10:52 | International relations |
Ukrainian pilgrims in Israel handed over to the Chapter of Memory of the Yad Vashem Institute the requests to recognize Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky as a Righteous Among the Nations.
27 November 2019, 13:18 | International relations |
UCU discusses features of the Ukrainian IT sector with French ambassador to Ukraine
On November 25, Etienne de Ponsen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Ukraine, visited the Ukrainian Catholic University. For the guest, the meeting was the first official visit to Lviv, so, according to him, it was interesting to visit one of the best universities in the city and the country.
26 November 2019, 11:38 | International relations |
Festival " Ukrainian Christmas" to be held in Tokyo
The two-day festival "Ukrainian Christmas" will be held on December 21-22 in Tokyo. This is stated on the page of the community of Ukrainians in Japan "Krayany" on Facebook, according to UKRINFORM.
26 November 2019, 11:05 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Petro Poroshenko urges international community to support the independence of OCU
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which was revived due to the Tomos, is the basis of Ukraine's independence and resistance against the spiritual aggression of the Kremlin.
19 November 2019, 13:33 | International relations |
Religious and public figures draft a plan to release the remaining Kremlin prisoners
Religious and public figures, as well as representatives of the authorities and international organizations, discussed further cooperation in the release of Ukrainian citizens, prisoners and prisoners as a result of Russian aggression, and their return to public life.
17 November 2019, 10:00 | International relations |
In Lviv, Yad Vashem is requested to recognize Andrei Sheptytsky as Righteous Among the Nations
On November 16, participants of the international scientific conference “Father Klymentiy Sheptytsky (1869-1951): the life and spiritual path of the blessed Catholic Church" appealed to the Israeli national memorial of the Holocaust and Heroism of Yad Vashem with a request to recognize the Righteous Metropolitan Andrei as the Righteous Among the Nations.
14 November 2019, 11:01 | International relations |
All materials on Crimeans as part of the Russian "Cases of Hizb ut-Tahrir" were transferred to the international courts, the Deputy permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the ARC, Tamila Tasheva reported in live braodcast of Krym.Realii radio, the Radio Liberty Project.
13 November 2019, 11:28 | International relations |
As part of his visit to Austria, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the head of the UGCC, visited on November 12 the Abbey of Klosterneuburg, which was founded at the beginning of the XII century by Saint Leopold III, the patron Saint of Austria. The head of the UGCC spoke about the war in Ukraine, which almost daily replenishes its list of dead and wounded. He shared his impressions of a recent visit to a military hospital in Kyiv, where hundreds of soldiers are healing their wounds.
13 November 2019, 08:50 | International relations |
Metropolitan Epifaniy and Ambassador of Greece discussed the prospects of developing OCU
On November 12, Primate Epifaniy of the OCU met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Greece in Ukraine Vasilios Bornovas. This is reported by the press service of the OCU.
12 November 2019, 11:33 | International relations |
UGCC Patriarch met with Austrian politicians and foreign minister
On November 11, 2019, Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church met with foreign Minister Alexander Schalenberg during his visit to Austria. This is reported by the Information Department of the UGCC.
7 November 2019, 10:52 | International relations |
Lavrov accuses US of recognizing OCU
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the United States of recognizing the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
5 November 2019, 12:20 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
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| Daughter of a prominent UGCC priest becomes an ambassador of Canada to Ukraine
Larysa Galadza, a professional diplomat, became a new ambassador of Canada to Ukraine. She is a daughter of a well-known Greek Catholic priest from Canada, Roman Galadza, who is originally from Terpopillya.
3 November 2019, 10:30 | World news |
Metropolitan Hilarion complains about the enemies of Moscow who disrupted his meeting with Pompeo
Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Moscow Patriarchate's Department of External Church Relations, accused the opponents of the Russian Church of the fact that on October 22 meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo did not take place.
25 October 2019, 12:27 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Metropolitan Epifaniy spoke in the USA about the persecution of the OCU in Crimea and Donbas
Metropolitan Epifaniy, Primate of the OCU, spoke at the US Institute of Peace, where he spoke about the tasks and challenges facing the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
9 October 2019, 09:18 | Charity, social service |
Germany allocates EUR 7 million for community development in Ukraine
On October 8, 2019, UKRINFORM hosted a press conference themed “7 million euros for community development in Ukraine: grants from German government agencies”.
8 October 2019, 10:41 | International relations |
Kurt Volcker will be replaced by a graduate of lesser Basilian Greek Catholic Seminary
72-year-old Michael Kostiv can become a special representative of the US State Department on Ukraine instead of Kurt Volcker.
3 October 2019, 10:08 | International relations |
Fake from Lavrov: “US is pressuring Orthodox Churches to recognize OCU”
On October 2, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking at the XVI annual meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, said that the United States " is putting pressure on the Orthodox Churches in the Middle East and North Africa, demanding that they recognize the new church entity in Ukraine.
1 October 2019, 09:32 | International relations |
On September 30, the civic association “Internews-Ukraine” presented the study “More than religion: what the mass media in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine report about the autocephaly of the Church of Ukraine”.
11 September 2019, 10:06 | International relations |
A Transcarpathian separatist priest requested the support of the President of the Czech Republic
In early September, President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman received a delegation of seven in Prague Castle, who claimed to "represent the interests of the Ruthenians seeking their autonomy in Ukraine."
10 September 2019, 11:52 | International relations |
UN prohibits Russian occupants to evict the OCU community from their church in Simferopol
The UN Human Rights Committee has banned Russia to evict the OCU community from their temple in occupied Simferopol. An expert of the Regional Center for Human Rights Serhiy Zaets wrote about it on Facebook, UNIAN reports.
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