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Confrontation in the Center of Kyiv: Clergymen of Various Denominations Are on Maidan | 11 December 2013, 09:47 |
11 December 2013, 09:47
Confrontation in the Center of Kyiv: Clergymen of Various Denominations Are on Maidan
Archbishop Lubomyr Husar: The True Ukraine Stands on Maidan | 27 November 2013, 11:02 |
27 November 2013, 11:02
Archbishop Lubomyr Husar: The True Ukraine Stands on Maidan
Council of Churches calls participants of protests and the state authorities to keep peace | 27 November 2013, 09:08 |
27 November 2013, 09:08
Council of Churches calls participants of protests and the state authorities to keep peace

14 December 2013, 10:39 | Reports |
Pastor Ralph Huska: ‘Just Don’t Revert to Violence’
The evening of December 9, when a clash between protesters and troops of the Interior Ministry was waiting to happen, Ralph Huska, a pastor of St. Catherine's German Lutheran Church on Lutheran Street located in the middle of the events, stood between the rows of troops, not letting blood to spill. He shared his impressions from this event with a RISU reporter after evening prayers in the Lutheran church.
4 December 2013, 11:23 | Reports | | |
Religious Maidan: Clergy in Defense of Peace and Justice
Protests in Kyiv go on and the clergy of different denomination are taking part in these events. They have gone beyond the walls of their churches and joined the protesters. Every day of the rally on Maidan priests serve Liturgies, hear the confessions, and just stay with people.

17 November 2013, 18:55 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Association Agreement would benefit Europe, says Filaret
An Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union would benefit not only the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches, but European society as well. This was one of the points that Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) made during a luncheon address last Thursday at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC
5 November 2013, 10:25 | Interview |
Father Vasyl Hovera: ‘In Kazakhstan One Feels the Mystery of the Persecuted Church'
We spoke to Father Vasyl about the past and present of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kazakhstan.
22 October 2013, 11:00 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Vocation Location
In his public address in New York last October 5, sponsored by the Ukrainian Patriarchal Society, Bishop Borys Gudziak spoke of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church’s various strengths and weaknesses, as well as the threats it faces and the opportunities it should not overlook.
23 September 2013, 11:58 | Comments |
Culture Wars or Facing Challenge of Modernity
Here in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world of eastern Christians (I'm reading a book, with lots of historical background included, on the Copts in Egypt and their plight), much the same issue is couched in terms of Church facing the challenge of modernity.
23 September 2013, 10:40 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
What the Pope Really Said
Pope Francis has done far more than the sensationalist press and uninformed public may have expected. He has not provided assurance to either “liberals” or “conservatives.” He has not given us leave to return to our comfort zone. Rather, he has challenged us to embark on an exciting and unpredictable journey to the limits of our experience. “One should not bring the frontier home,” he says, “but live on the frontier and be audacious.” For “God is always a surprise.”

23 November 2011, 17:09 | Religious studies |
FOUR ISLAMIC LIONS ON THE CRIMEAN SAVANNA
A Review of Trends in Contemporary Islam in the Crimea

Patriarch Shevchuk to Russians: ‘This is not madness – it is a manifestation of civic community in Ukraine’ | 17 December 2013, 10:20 | National religious question |
Patriarch Shevchuk Advises Government on How to Resolve the Situation with Maidan | 17 December 2013, 09:54 | National religious question |
Kyiv Churches Call on Parishioners to Go to Maidan | 16 December 2013, 10:36 | National religious question |
EuroMaidan Rally Begins with Ecumenical Prayer | 15 December 2013, 14:17 | National religious question |
Bishop Borys Gudziak: ‘We Encourage Everyone to Protect the Ukrainian People against Violence, Injustice, Corruption’ | 13 December 2013, 19:01 | UGCC
At Roundtable Clergy Warn Authorities Against Deceiving and Persecuting the People | 13 December 2013, 16:43 | National religious question |
German Evangelical Lutheran Church Concerned about Government’s 'Apogee of Aggression' | 13 December 2013, 09:50 | Lutherans |
Head of UGCC and Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Condemn ‘Priest’s Extremist Speech’ | 13 December 2013, 09:26 | Religious relations |
Three Ex-Presidents of Ukraine and December First Initiative Group Discussed Ways to Overcome Crisis in Ukraine | 12 December 2013, 14:22 | National religious question |
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar: ‘We cannot condone the government if the government does not behave properly’ | 12 December 2013, 14:04 | National religious question |
Board of Ukrainian Union of Evangelical Christian Baptists Calls on People to Pray for Ukraine | 11 December 2013, 15:31 | National religious question |
Roman Catholic bishops strongly condemned attempts to disperse Maidan | 11 December 2013, 14:30 | National religious question |
Group of Patriotic Priests from UOC-MP Supports Closer Ties with Christian Europe | 11 December 2013, 14:12 | National religious question |
Ukrainian Catholic University Calls for Civil Disobedience Against President and His Government | 11 December 2013, 10:36 | National religious question |
Patriarch Filaret condemned forceful dispersal of Euromaidan | 11 December 2013, 10:21 | National religious question |
Confrontation in the Center of Kyiv: Clergymen of Various Denominations Are on Maidan | 11 December 2013, 09:47 | National religious question |
Nine hours straight protersters are keeping defense at Independence Square. Many priests there | 11 December 2013, 08:38 | National religious question | | |
Synod of the UGCC declared support and solidarity with all those on the Maydan Square | 11 December 2013, 07:20 | UGCC | |
Apostolic Nuncio: Euromaidan Embodies What Is Ailing in the World Today | 10 December 2013, 17:29 | National religious question |
AUCCRO Condemns Violence Committed Against Peaceful Demonstrators and Against Law Enforcers | 10 December 2013, 15:31 | National religious question |
Patriarch Filaret: Violence Against Peaceful Demonstration Is a Sin | 10 December 2013, 11:46 | National religious question |
Bishop Borys Gudziak Calls on Family and Friends of Security Forces to Help Them Come Round | 10 December 2013, 09:42 | National religious question |
International Federation of Catholic Universities condemned the use of violence against peaceful demonstrators in Ukraine | 6 December 2013, 15:17 | International relations |
Polish bishops expressed prayerful solidarity with the Ukrainian people | 6 December 2013, 14:15 | International relations |
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew prays for Ukraine | 6 December 2013, 11:23 | International relations |
St. Nicholas comes to protesters | 5 December 2013, 21:08 | Sacral art |
Chapel on Independence Square | 5 December 2013, 19:49 | National religious question | |
Pentecostals announced a month of prayer for Ukraine | 5 December 2013, 16:36 | National religious question |
The hierarchs of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada urged fellow citizens to show solidarity with their brothers and sisters in Ukraine | 5 December 2013, 11:22 | National religious question |
Yuriy Lutsenko: Ukrainian Churches Can Be Intermediary in Dialogue Between Opposition and Authorities | 4 December 2013, 16:01 | Religion and policy |
UOC-MP Spokesman Answers Question Why Priests of This Church Are Not on Maidan | 4 December 2013, 09:26 | National religious question |
Lviv Bishop of the UOC-MP: It Is Painful to Watch Violence and Hatred Gain Momentum | 3 December 2013, 10:20 | National religious question |
Maltese Aid Service Field Kitchen Goes to Maidan in Kyiv | 3 December 2013, 10:00 | National religious question |
Chair of the Council of Church Elders of Evangelical Christians Reminds Those in Power ‘You Do Not Control the People, the People Control You’ | 2 December 2013, 13:06 | National religious question |
Ukrainian Catholic University: 'Violence Is Appalling – No Matter Who Commits It’ | 2 December 2013, 11:05 | UGCC |
Council of bishops of the UOC of the USA: 'Will Democracy in Ukraine Survive in the Face of Government Aggression?' | 2 December 2013, 09:23 | Religion and policy |
Evangelical Baptist Union of Ukraine Calls on Christians Pray for Peaceful Resolution of Current Conflicts in Ukraine | 1 December 2013, 22:45 | National religious question |
German Lutherans of Ukraine Call on Ukrainians to Make All Efforts for Peaceful Resolution of Conflict | 1 December 2013, 13:00 | National religious question |
Ukrainian churches leaders have condemned the anti-constitutional coup at Maidan | 30 November 2013, 18:37 | Church-state relations |
Marynovych (UCU): if Vilnius deal goes bust we must look for new ways to fight the regime | 28 November 2013, 12:27 | Religion and policy |

13 December 2013, 14:37 | Society-digest
Pope Francis can be a player in Ukraine's identity crisis
6 December 2013, 01:06 | Society-digest |
Kiev Protesters See Potent Ally Under a Spire
4 December 2013, 18:37 | Society-digest |
Ukrainian Church an example of 'synodality' for Pope
20 November 2013, 15:04 | Society-digest |
“Ecumenism from the bottom up: Now Vatican II is coming into effect”
I said some time ago that in the Ukraine we are guilty of leaving ecumenism in the hands of diplomats, politicians or theologians. Now we need to preach it in the parishes and get faithful used to the idea that they must not do anything that may put their Christian brothers in a difficult situation.
18 November 2013, 22:53 | Society-digest |
Cardinal calls for ‘intelligence of heart’ at interreligious forum

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