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12 May 2014, 13:13 | Kaleidoscope | |
Chernivtsi Restores the Pieta
Already in a year a statue of the Mother of God holding Her Son in her arms will rise in the central square of the capital of Bukovyna in honor and eternal memory of the Heavenly Hundred.
28 March 2014, 15:05 | Reports |
SDMU “Ummah” Mufti Said Ismagilov: Ukrainian Muslims Don’t Live Separately in Ghettos, Russian Aggression Unites Us
Ukrainian Muslims are deeply integrated into society, while our Russian brothers don’t have such freedom. Also there is no talk of a split among the Muslims of Crimea, as Russia alleges, the Mufti of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine "Ummah" Said Ismagilov said at a meeting at the Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy in Kyiv on March 25. Scholars who attended the meeting asked the mufti to share his thoughts on the events in Crimea and interreligious cooperation in Ukraine.

24 May 2014, 11:52 | Comments |
St. John Paul Ii And Ukraine-Holy See Relations
Concerning the Holy See’s response to the Maidan movement, the Ambassador stressed the Ukrainian government’s appreciation of the “wise and balanced position of the Holy See regarding these events” and added that she is grateful for Pope Francis’s continued prayers and gestures of “solidarity with the Ukrainian people.”
17 May 2014, 17:00 | Analysis |
Ukrainian Orthodoxy in Toronto: A Model for Dialogue, A Symbol of Courage
Following the academic tradition, this symposium featured several panels consisting of lectures and responses on core issues in the Ukrainian Orthodox milieu.
9 May 2014, 12:27 | Interview |
Father Vitaliy Eismont About Uoc (Mp): I Felt Myself Deceived By My Own Church
5 May 2014, 14:19 | Analysis |
Crypto-Nazism and Support for Russia
Most of what I have observed is driven, I suspect, by the fact that so much of the good that happened on Maidan has been lost to the diabolical spin of Russian propagandists.
2 May 2014, 16:12 | Comments |
Myroslav Marynovych: It Is Still Not Too Late For Patrirch Kirill To Stop The “Sheep” From His Flock On The Territory Of Ukraine
The whole world in one voice is talking about Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine, yet the Patriarch does not see or perceive this.

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

Orthodox priest among detained terrorists in Luhansk region | 26 May 2014, 14:23 | Scandals, crime |
Common Declaration signed by Pope Francis and the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew | 26 May 2014, 11:52 | World news |
Prayer Tent in Donetsk Attacked | 23 May 2014, 17:32 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Orthodox patriarch does not represent us in meeting Pope, says metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev | 23 May 2014, 16:52 | Moscow Patriarchy |
Ukrainian military servicemen meet with Pope Francis | 22 May 2014, 16:20 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
UOC-MP confirms that Yanukovich’s regime sought to remove Metropolitan Volodymyr from Primate’s post | 22 May 2014, 12:17 | Scandals, crime |
Turchynov to meet Ukrainian religious leaders tomorrow | 21 May 2014, 17:42 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils |
Joseph Zisels: The Level of Anti-Semitism in Ukraine is Low and Gradually Decreasing | 21 May 2014, 17:00 | Religion and society |
General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine started investigation into unlawful pressure on UOC-MP Metropolitan Volodymyr by Yanukovych and Zacharchenko | 21 May 2014, 13:30 | Church-state relations
Terrorists in Sloviansk Free Local Evangelical Bishop | 20 May 2014, 15:37 | Scandals, crime |
Ukraine proclaims May 18 as Day of Crimean Tatars' Rights | 17 May 2014, 14:24 | Islam |
Berel Rodal: Russian propaganda uses Jewish question as a weapon of war | 17 May 2014, 13:05 | National religious question
Conference “Ukraine: Thinking together” started in Kyiv | 17 May 2014, 11:22 | Community |
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry denies banning entry to Metropolitan Hilarion | 15 May 2014, 13:39 | Moscow Patriarchy
Ukrainians become more religious | 15 May 2014, 11:08 | Social questioning |
Lviv students hosted more than a thousand students from Eastern Ukraine | 14 May 2014, 17:54 | Religion and society |
Ukrainian language edition of Lily Hyde's book ‘Dream Land’ | 13 May 2014, 19:20 | Religion and society |
Ecumenical Patriarch: 'Ukraine is in every beat of our heart' | 13 May 2014, 18:45 | Ecumenical Patriarchate |
Moscow Patriarchate Synodal Information Department statement on Ukraine’s entry ban for Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk | 13 May 2014, 09:21 | International relations |
Ukrainian Catholic metropoly in Brasil established | 12 May 2014, 13:17 | Vatican |
Metropolitan Hilarion forbidden from entering Ukraine | 11 May 2014, 11:40 | International relations |
Orthodox Priest Killed in Donetsk Region | 9 May 2014, 14:32 | Religion and policy |
Ukrainian Muslim Organisations Appeal to Presidential Candidates | 8 May 2014, 12:55 | Islam |
Crimean Tatar leader awarded Poland's 'Solidarity Prize' | 8 May 2014, 12:04 | Community
UGCC Bishops Urge to Pray for Presidential Elections | 6 May 2014, 09:37 | Religion and policy |
Pope Francis: Regina coeli appeal for Ukraine | 4 May 2014, 18:59 | Vatican |
In Sloviansk unknown people tried to use Protestant church as a point for a sniper | 2 May 2014, 23:23 | Scandals, crime | |
Book on Persecution of Ukrainian Catholics under Soviet regime published in English | 2 May 2014, 14:56 | UGCC |
“The mission of the Church is neither political nor social-economic but, above all, it is a religious one.” Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh) | 2 May 2014, 14:47 | UGCC |
Patriarch Kirill: Russian Orthodox Church must not serve political interests | 1 May 2014, 15:42 | Moscow Patriarchy |
No real increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Ukraine | 1 May 2014, 14:17 | Judaism |
Ecumenical Patriarch criticizes nationalist tendencies within Eastern Orthodoxy | 30 April 2014, 18:30 | Ecumenical Patriarchate |
Monument to Unknown Hero of Maidan to Be Built at Askold’s Grave in Kyiv | 30 April 2014, 10:47 | National religious question |
On Sunday Lvivians to Pray for Their City and Unity of Ukraine | 30 April 2014, 10:27 | National religious question |
FSB Says Crimean Tatars Must Submit to Russian Rule, Face Prison, or Risk ‘Disappearance,’ Cemilev Says | 29 April 2014, 17:46 | Community |
Patriarch Bartholomew Sure There Is No Alternative to Orthodox-Catholic Dialogue | 29 April 2014, 12:20 | Interchurch relations |
Ukrainian Catholic Church In America Weighs In On Crisis In The Eastern Ukraine | 28 April 2014, 19:30 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Supporters of Hizb ut-Tahrir Islamic Organization Fleeing Crimea | 28 April 2014, 13:17 | Islam |
Saint John Paul II visit to Ukraine (photos) | 27 April 2014, 12:26 | Vatican |
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk visits Vatican (updated) | 26 April 2014, 16:28 | Vatican | |

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14 May 2014, 15:59 |
Days of Anna Yaroslavna in France on May 17-18, 2014
9 May 2014, 13:50 |
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5 May 2014, 14:48 |
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22 May 2014, 16:55 | Society-digest |
Allowing Liberty to ‘Live’ in Ukraine
In an exclusive Register interview, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar provides insights about his nation’s spiritual and political challenges as Ukraine prepares for its May 25 presidential election.
21 May 2014, 16:45 | Society-digest |
Kremlin Playing with Orthodox Terrorism Just as Tsars Did with Black Hundreds, Mitrokhin Says
21 May 2014, 16:20 | Society-digest |
Canada seeks to advance religious freedom with Holy See
Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom, Andrew Bennett, was in the Vatican this week to discuss with Curial officials ways in which the Canadian government and the Holy See can work jointly to promote religious freedom and to address religious persecution worldwide.
14 May 2014, 18:26 | Society-digest |
Growth of Ukrainian Catholic University the epitome of hope in country's troubled times
14 May 2014, 18:19 | Society-digest |
An Archbishop of Destiny

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