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30 January 2013, 10:24 | Land and property problems |
250,000 Signatures Gathered Against Privatization of Pochayiv Monastery in Ukraine
Deputies Stepan Barna and Oleh Boberskyi presented an address to the President, Speaker and Prime Minister of Ukraine with the request to prevent the adoption of the bill envisaging possibilities to privatize the Pochayiv Monastery
16 January 2013, 12:05 | Religious relations |
Day of Judaism to Be Celebrated in Ukraine for First Time
For the first time, Ukrainian Christians will mark the Day of Judaism on January 17, 2013. The Commission for Promoting Christian Unity of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has initiated the celebration.
16 January 2013, 09:34 | Church-state relations |
Patriarch Sviatoslav Talks About Crisis in Church-State Relations
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk said that the fact that the president signed alterations to the Law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations” compelled heads of churches to talk about a crisis in church-state relations.
15 January 2013, 09:58 | UGCC |
Ukrainian Greek Catholics Pray for Christian Unity
On January 18-25, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church joined the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity held all over the world.
14 January 2013, 10:45 | UAOC |
Archbishop Ihor Isichenko Calls To Tolerate Other Denominations
On 8 January, Archbishop Ihor (Isichenko) of Kharkiv and Poltava of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) visited Poltava and a church in the village of Hlyboka Balka of Reshetyliv District of Poltava Region.
27 December 2012, 09:55 | Legislation |
Council of Churches Ready to Dialogue with Government to Correct Legislative Mistakes
The Secretariat of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations AUCCRO) analyzed possible ways to annul the negative alterations made to the Law of Ukraine “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations.”
27 December 2012, 09:32 | Church-state relations |
Parliamentary Committee on Culture and Spirituality to Be in Charge of Freedom of Worship
The newly elected deputies approved the list and composition of specialist committees in the Parliament.
20 December 2012, 10:48 | Religion and society |
Chief Rabbi of Kyiv Asks Ukrainians Not to Use Old Word for Jews
Chief Rabbi of Kyiv Moshe Reuven Asman asked Ukrainians not to use the word “zhyd” [old: Jew] in public.
11 December 2012, 13:39 | Legislation |
Work Team To Start Elaboration of Amendmentas to Signed Religious Law on 13 December
First Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine, the ex-Head of the State Department on Nationalities and Religions, Yurii Bohutskyi spoke about the reasons why the President signed the notorious alterations to the Law on Freedom of Worship and Religious Organizations and the timing of elaboration of amendments thereto.
11 December 2012, 10:24 | Religion in mass media |
First Manual for Church Press Services Published in Ukraine
The Religious Information Service of Ukraine (RISU) published a book “The Church and Media: Seven Steps to Understanding” for church press services and journalists.
6 December 2012, 21:01 | Legislation |
President Signs Controversial Alterations to Religious Law Despite Calls of Heads of Churches
Ukraine’s President Yanukovych signed Bill 10221 which, in particular, introduces the disputable alterations to the Law of Ukraine on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations.
4 December 2012, 09:28 | Scandals, crime | | |
Crimean Muslims Call Police to Find Mosque Attackers
In the early morning of 1 December, unknown persons attacked a guard at the site of construction of the Assembly Mosque at 22 Yaltynska Street in Simferopol.
17 November 2012, 11:47 | Legislation |
Rep of Kyiv Patriarchate Stresses That Existing Law on Freedom of Worship Suits All Denominations
The Head of the Information and Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Bishop Yevstratii (Zoria) stated that the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations asks Ukraine’s President to veto Bill 1021.
2 November 2012, 09:27 | Church-state relations |
Christian Churches Concerned Over Inefficieny of Dialogue Betweeen State and Church
On November 1, 2012, a meeting of the Council of Representatives of Christian Churches of Ukraine was held under the chairmanship of Senior Bishop of the Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith of Ukraine, Mykhailo Panochko.
15 October 2012, 09:45 | Religious relations |
Reps of Various Denominations Pray for Israel in Kyiv
The World Interdenominational Prayer for Israel was held in Kyiv for the first time but it is planned to do it annually.
5 October 2012, 07:45 | Interchurch relations |
In Yalta Representatives of Various Faiths Study the Art of Coexistence
The conference “The Art of the Coexistence of Christians: History Lessons and Challenges” brought together about thirty experts and practitioners from Ukraine, Belarus, Germany and Poland to discuss the practical dimension of Christian cooperation. The organizer of the meeting, which takes place October 4-6 in Yalta, is the international group Reconciliation in Europe.
7 September 2012, 09:28 | Land and property problems |
Orthodox Fail To Obstruct Building of Greek-Catholic Chapel in Khmilnyky
Despite the protests of the Orthodox against the construction of a Greek-Catholic chapel in the town of Khmilnyk of Vinnytsia Region, the law remains on the side of the Catholics as a denomination cannot prohibit another one to build a church.
14 August 2012, 15:13 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Ecclesiastical court punishes UOC-MP priests who attacked Protestant tent with religious literature
The court ordered these priests to apologize to the other party of the incident that occurred on June 24, 2012, in Orlyne.
3 August 2012, 09:30 | International relations |
US State Department Criticizes Religious Freedom Situation at Local Level in Ukraine
US State Department published a regular report on monitoring of religious freedom for 2011.
30 Jule 2012, 17:13 | National religious question |
Several Denominations Pray for Navy in Sevastopol
On the eve of the Navy Day in Ukraine, representatives of the Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Lutheran Churches and a Muslim community conducted a joint prayer for the naval forces.

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