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  • 11 June 2014, 13:24 | Church-state relations | 

    Prayer breakfast at the Ukrainian parliament

    Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast under the auspices of the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov was held on Wednesday with participation of representatives from the church, NGOs and religious organizations of Ukraine, as well as foreign guests, diplomatic missions and the people’s deputies of Ukraine, Press Service of Verkhovna Rada informs.

  • 10 June 2014, 19:09 | UGCC | 

    Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops: 'Ukraine is on Pilgrimage - Thank You for Walking With Us'

    The members of the Permanent Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church addressed the Catholic Bishops Conferences, priests, religious and the faithful of the Church.

  • 10 June 2014, 11:10 | Greece-catholic eparche of Mukachevo | 

    Papal envoy to commemorate post-Soviet freedom of Greek Catholics in Ukraine

    Pope Francis has named Cardinal Jozef Tomko, the retired Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, as his special envoy to mark the 25th anniversary of the restoration of religious liberty for the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo, which is located in southwestern Ukraine.

  • 8 June 2014, 09:10 | Religious holidays and traditions | 

    Christians around the world celebrate today Pentecost

    The main significance of Pentecost for the Church is the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus on the fiftieth day after the Resurrection.

  • 7 June 2014, 11:26 | National religious question | 

    Poroshenko sworn in as president

  • 6 June 2014, 14:46 | Vatican | 

    Prayer for Peace on June 8

    The pope has sent a letter to the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine for all Catholics and people of good will to join them in a prayer for peace.

  • 4 June 2014, 19:16 | Extraordinary situations | 

    15,000 flee Donetsk - regional authorities

    Some 15,000 people have left Donetsk amid ongoing hostilities between Ukrainian government forces and the armed proponents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, Donetsk Regional Administration reports.

  • 4 June 2014, 18:52 | National religious question | 

    Crimean Tatar Leader was granted the Solidarity Prize in Warsaw

  • 3 June 2014, 18:03 | Vatican | 

    Secretary of State of the Holy See: Kyiv Is Not Entering but Returning to Europe

    Secretary of State of the Holy See Pietro Parolin, during his visit to Warsaw where he participated in the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the first democratic elections in Poland and the restoration of diplomatic relations between Poland and the Holy See, made ​​a number of public statements to the media about Ukraine.

  • 3 June 2014, 17:34 | National religious question | 

    All-Ukrainian Council of Churches Wish New President Wisdom in Public Affairs and Peace-Building

    The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations congratulated President-elect Petro Poroshenko on his victory in the presidential election.

  • 2 June 2014, 12:53 | Inter-Orthodox relations | 

    Metropolitan Olexander (Drabynko): "Orthodox Militia of Donbass" has "nothing in common" with the Orthodox faith

    The self-defense forces in southeastern Ukraine do not have broad support and are "separatists," Metropolitan Alexander (Drabinko), secretary of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, said.

  • 2 June 2014, 11:23 | Vatican | 

    Pope Francis prays for peace in Ukraine

  • 1 June 2014, 14:56 | Religion and policy | 

    Church of Kyiv Patriarchate attacked in Crimea

  • 30 May 2014, 17:45 | UGCC | 

    UGCC bishop: 'If a new government ensures freedom of speech and religion, it will meet democratic criteria'

    Ukrainian Catholics have welcomed the landslide victory of Petro Poroshenko, a former foreign minister, in Sunday’s presidential election, and predicted a return to democratic governance and national unity.

  • 29 May 2014, 10:33 | Religion and policy | 

    Patriarch Kirill accuses Ukrainian Greek-Catholics of Russophobia

    “The Ukrainian Greek-Catholics Church is engaging in direct political activities, unfortunately, using sharp Russophobic slogans and statements and making sharp statements against the Russian Orthodox Church in its public declarations,” the patriarch said at a meeting in the Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday.

  • 28 May 2014, 13:27 | Scandals, crime | 

    Polish priest kidnapped in eastern Ukraine freed a day after he was reported missing

  • 28 May 2014, 10:38 | Scandals, crime | 

    Catholic priest kidnapped in Donetsk

  • 27 May 2014, 16:17 | UGCC | 

    A former Mennonite church building is being restored and transformed into a Greek Catholic church.

    The Mennonite church in the former village of Schoensee (now Snigurovka) was built in 1909. During the Soviet era, when Mennonites were forced to leave, the building was used for storage and then fell into disrepair, Ron Rempel and Mennonite World Conference inform.

  • 27 May 2014, 14:46 | UGCC | 

    New auxiliary bishop of Ivano-Frankivsk

  • 26 May 2014, 14:23 | Scandals, crime | 

    Orthodox priest among detained terrorists in Luhansk region

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