Expert thought
21 September 2018, 08:45 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Filaret in Washington: Prepared for Putin’s Provocations
If the Ecumenical Patriarchate recognizes the UOC-KP as a canonical Church …. the struggle between Moscow and Constantinople for primacy in the Orthodox world will end, and the church of Moscow will revert to its proper status as a daughter of the church of Kyiv.
19 September 2018, 12:54 | Interview |
| The dialogue regarding the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church and the appointment of its exarchs to Ukraine for this purpose, has resulted in opposition from the Moscow Patriarchate and their break in concelebrating with the hierarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, has recently been one of the main topics of conversation that do no cease in Ukrainian society and Media.
Religious Studies
25 September 2018, 14:21 | Religious studies |
The first local ecclesiastical community, formed immediately after the Baptism of Vladimir and Kyivans in 988, was organized as a metropolis under the direct authority of the Ecumenical Patriarch, possessing, according to the Taktikon of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118), the 60th place among the Dioceses of the Church of Constantinople and bearing the title "Metropolis of Kyiv and all Russia."
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
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Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
25 August 2018, 14:04 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
UGCC Bishop became Chief Chaplain of Union of Ukrainian Youth in Australia
The Ukrainian Youth Association in Australia got its Chief Chaplain in the person of the Eparch of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, Bishop of Petro Stasyuk (Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church), the site of the Union of Ukrainian Youth reports.
22 August 2018, 10:44 | Ecumenical Patriarchate |
His Eminence Archbishop Daniel will travel to Constantinople on August 29, 2018 in order to take active part in the proceedings of the Council of the Hierarchs of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
22 August 2018, 09:36 | National religious question |
Ukrainian Church in Australia to pray for Ukraine simultaneously with the whole world
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Parish in Ardeer in Australia will take part in the international Prayer for Ukraine. This is reported by Ukrinform.
13 August 2018, 13:42 | UGCC |
In Sloatsburg, NY, Head of UGCC led Assumption pilgrimage and spoke about Ukraine
Assumption pilgrimage in Sloatsburg, NY, on Mount Mary, the location supervised by Sisters Servants of the Immaculate Virgin Mary was held on August 12.
8 August 2018, 10:30 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Patriarch of the UGCC participated in Convention of the Knights of Columbus opening
The 136th Convention of the Knights of Columbus began on August 7 in Baltimore city. The theme of this year's Convention is Knights of Columbus - Knights of Mercy. Patriarch Sviatoslav took part in the Mass on the occasion of the opening of the Convention which was led by Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William E. Lori. It was in Baltimore that the founder of Knights of Columbus, the righteous Fr. Michael J. McGivney was ordained to priesthood. It is reported by the Department of Information of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.
7 August 2018, 09:27 | UGCC |
UGCC head on pastoral visit to USA
The visit of Patriarch Sviatoslav, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, to the United States began on August 6. The Hierarch will hold a series of important meetings in Baltimore, Stamford, Stockton, and Philadelphia. The visit will end on August 22, the Department of Information of the UGCC reports.
1 August 2018, 11:45 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Metropolitan Anthony: UOC-USA at the moment has no intention to join Ukrainian Local Orthodox Church
Upon receipt of the Tomos of autocephaly, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-USA will remain a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and will not join the One Local Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Anthony (Scherba) of the UOC-USA said this in an interview with the Voice of America.
9 July 2018, 09:25 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
In the course of the working trip to Poland, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko took part in the opening of the Memorial to Ukrainians killed by the Polish “farmers’ battalions” and the units of the Home Army in 1944 in Sahryń village.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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”.
23 April 2018, 09:52 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
He made this appeal to representatives of Ukrainian organizations in Canada at a meeting in Toronto, according to Ukrinform.
16 April 2018, 13:44 | UGCC |
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia and appoints Auxiliary Bishop Andriy Rabiy of the same Archeparchy as Apostolic Administrator sede vacante of the Ukrainian Archeparchy of Philadelphia until the appointment of the new Archeparch, USCCB informs.
16 April 2018, 10:11 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
During the sessions, the new Directorate was elected: Fr. Marco-Yaroslav Semegen, Mykola Rudnytsky, Oksana Kobuley, Ihor Shust, Roman Kuzik, and the Board of the Society, which includes: Iryna Kurilets, Secretary; Halyna Keller, Treasurer; Albert Kipa, Vice-Chairman.
5 April 2018, 20:57 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine
Construction of Holodomor Memorial Begins in Toronto
The construction is expected to be finished in early October and the Holodomor Memorial will be unveiled on the afternoon of Sunday, October 21, 2018. “There won’t be a very tall monument there, but it will be a place where one could come and think quietly about the horrific genocide that happened in Ukraine 85 years ago, and honor all the fallen Ukrainians,” said Oksana Rewa.
20 March 2018, 10:25 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
| Zenon Chorkawyj - renown Ukrainian Catholic priest in Australia - passed away aged 82
On the 17th December 2017 Catholic Church Ardeer Parish Celebrated 50 years of Priesthood for Father Mitrat Zenon Chorkawy.
17 March 2018, 15:50 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Talking about a successful transformation of Ukraine into a democratic state, Head of UGCC stressed out that we need to crave for solidarity and subsidiarity, so state may not control everything.
28 February 2018, 22:32 | Other protestants
"Mennonites have had their moments of horror. One of those was in the 16th century when 4,000 Mennonites were burned at the stake. But this is the second great atrocity in Mennonite history," Loewen said.