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29 May 2013, 20:11 | Events & people |
UKRAINIAN DIASPORA IN AUSTRALIA – 65 YEARS
The XIV National Ukrainian Festival will take place in Sydney from 7–9 June 2013 under the slogan “Past, Present, Future!”
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18 June 2013, 13:00 | James Siemens' column |
On being Ukrainian Greek Catholic, or, Why a Twenty-First Century Canadian of Pan-European Extraction Would Choose the Church on the Dnieper
First of all, when I enter the Liturgy of my Church, I know that I am stepping into a piece of divine drama that has been unfolding on the same stage, and according to the same directions, for close to two thousand years. As a Protestant friend of mine once commented after she had experienced her first Divine Liturgy: ‘I feel like I am at least a thousand years closer to Jesus’.
4 June 2013, 12:00 | James Siemens' column |
With what shall we evangelise? Ukrainian Greek Catholics and their role in the Universal Church
For Ukrainian Christians have something the world wants, and by its faithful celebration, will set fire to the light that draws all people unto God. Then the world may say as they encounter it, as did St Wolodymyr’s courtiers, that they ‘…knew not whether they were in heaven or on earth’.
3 June 2013, 15:56 | Analysis |
A Brief Reflection On The Urgency Of Language And Inculturation Within The UGCC Abroad
I am a Ukrainian Greek Catholic without Ukrainian roots, and an American married to an Austrian living in country where my native tongue is not spoken and serving in a Ukrainian parish, whose traditions, language, saints and culture are very dear to my heart.
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20 June 2013, 12:31 | International relations |
Patriarch Sviatoslav to Announce Statement on Volyn Tragedy Together with Archbishop Jozef Michalik
A joint declaration of the Catholic Church in Poland and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Volyn tragedy will be announced during a visit to Poland by the head of the UGCC Sviatoslav Shevchuk.
20 June 2013, 10:22 | Church-state relations |
Deputies Propose to Strengthen Partnership between State, School and Church
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on June 18, 2013, registered Bill 2340 on amendments to some Ukrainian laws of on the relations between the state, school, and church.
19 June 2013, 12:30 | Restoration, maintainance of cultural inheritance |
UNESCO Leaves Sophia Cathedral and Kyiv Cave Monastery on World Heritage List
UNESCO has decided to leave St. Sophia Cathedral and the Kyiv Cave Monastery on the World Heritage List, Minister of Culture of Ukraine Leonid Novohatko said today at a press conference, a UNIAN correspondent reports.
18 June 2013, 13:02 | Charismatics |
UCEC Says Information about Split in Church Is Exaggerated
In response to a recent statement by a number of clergy who left the Ukrainian Christian Evangelical Church (UCEC), the UCEC issued a statement regarding the situation. The UCEC believes that information about the split in the church is exaggerated, the correspondent portal Religion in Ukraine reports.
18 June 2013, 12:18 | Interchurch relations |
UGCC Explains Why Accusations of Proselytism Are Groundless
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) is primarily concerned about the pastoral care of its faithful, who for various reasons live in all regions of the country, and is not engaged in proselytism, as is wrongly stated by representatives of other churches.
18 June 2013, 10:08 | Charismatics |
Ukrainian Christian Evangelical Church Splits
Representatives of 235 churches of 345 have signed a statement of withdrawal from the Ukrainian Christian Evangelical Church (UCEC), headed by Bishop Leonid Padun, a member of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, Invictory reports.
17 June 2013, 14:26 | Karaimstvo, small ethnic religions |
New Leader of Crimean Karaites to Seek Return of Simferopol Kenesa
The new head of the association said that his priorities are to protect the Karaim sanctuary – Chufut Kale – and to return to the Karaims the Simferopol kenesa (house of worship of Karaites). “When we achieve this, I will consider my work satisfactory and complete,” said Kalfa.
16 June 2013, 11:30 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
Pope Francis Appoints Special Envoy to Attend 1025th Anniversary of Baptism of Ukraine-Rus Celebrations
14 June 2013, 16:33 | Inter-Orthodox relations |
Patriarch Filaret Does Not Hold Any Grudges Against Current UOC-MP Head
The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) has repeatedly spoken critically of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, but he does not say anything offensive about Metropolitan Volodymyr (Slobodan), Primate of the UOC-MP.
14 June 2013, 14:33 | Moscow Patriarchy |
Russia Day to Be Celebrated in Kyiv Cave Monastery
Celebrations marking Russia Day will be held on June 14 on the territory of the Kyiv Cave Monastery National Historical and Cultural Preserve.
14 June 2013, 13:00 | Interchurch relations |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church-MP Not Happy about UGCC’s Pastoral Care in Eastern Ukraine
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) acknowledges that there are no conflicts with the Greek Catholics of Galicia, but in other regions of Ukraine the relations with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) are not straightforward.
13 June 2013, 09:05 | Religious holidays and traditions |
Eastern-Rite Christians Celebrate Feast of the Ascension on June 13
The Feast of the Ascension is one of the twelve major feasts of the church year and is directly connected with the holiday of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the fortieth day after Easter.
11 June 2013, 18:48 | National religious question |
Interesting Cultural Program Being Prepared for Celebration of 1025th Anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus
Kyiv is preparing for a very important holiday, the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus, which will be celebrated on July 27, the head of the Kyiv City State Administration (KCSA) Oleksandr Popov announced.
11 June 2013, 16:18 | UGCC |
London’s top Ukrainian landmark turns 25
2013 marks the 25th anniversary since the statute of St Volodymyr was erected in London’s leafy Holland Park. The bronze monument on a marble pedestal was unveiled in 1988 to celebrate the millennium of Christianity introduced in Kyiv, capital of modern-day Ukraine, by St Volodymyr in the year 988.
11 June 2013, 12:55 | Freedom of Conscience |
Ombudsman Lutkovska Draws Attentions to Violations of Freedom of Religion
11 June 2013, 12:10 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch Shevchuk: Moscow Must Hear Metropolitan Anthony's Words about the Stable Relations between the Greek Catholics and Orthodox in Galicia
Cardinal Kurt Koch, the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, noted that in recent times the number of accusations of proselytism against Greek Catholics in western Ukraine from the Orthodox has significantly decreased.
10 June 2013, 15:01 | Interchurch relations |
Cardinal Kurt Koch on the Dialogue Between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
Archbishop Kurt Koch, who since 2010 has headed the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, gave a lecture at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv on June 10 on “Prospects of the Ecumenical Dialogue Between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches" and answered a number of questions.
10 June 2013, 10:14 | UGCC |
Ukrainian Catholic University Recognized as Best Social Investment in Lviv Region
During the second International Investments and Innovations Forum, which took place in Lviv on July 6, the winners of the Investor of the Year 2012 competition were awarded. The winner of the category of Best Social Investment was the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU).
9 June 2013, 10:45 | Interchurch relations |
Cardinal Koch in Lviv (photos)
Head of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch visited Lviv during his trip to Ukraine. Together with the Metropolitan of Lviv of the Roman Catholic Church, Archbishop Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki, Primate of Archbishop Grigoris Buniatyan, Primate of the Ukrainian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Sviatoslav (Shevchuk)he took part in the Vespers in Armenian church on June 8th.
8 June 2013, 09:59 | Interchurch relations |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church-MP Say Issues between Greek Catholics and Orthodox Should Be Solved Directly, Not in Moscow
The Commission of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) for Promoting Christian Unity and the Economic Commission of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in partnership with the Institute of Thomas Aquinas held a roundtable "Ukraine in the Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue" on June 7 in Kyiv.
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