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22 Jule 2014, 09:13 | Scandals, crime |
Country house of Archbishop Clement (UOC KP) burned down in Crimea
On July 21 unknown persons burned down the country house of Archbishop Clement (UOC Kyivan Patriarchate) in the village of Marmara, in the Simferopol region.
9 Jule 2014, 11:11 | Islam |
Mejlis: Crimean Tatars are being pursued
The mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people is going to turn to international organizations in response to Refat Chubarov and Mustafa Dzhemilev’s situation.
8 Jule 2014, 14:00 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine ask the international community to stop religious intolerance of militants in Donetsk and Luhansk region
The statement of the Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine as of 08.07.2014 refers to targeted attacks on evangelical protestants by armed militants accompanied with kidnapping, beating, torture, threats of death, assaults at prayer assemblies, houses of worship, rehabilitation centers and other places of worship and ancillary facilities.
27 June 2014, 19:39 | Church-state relations |
Ukrainian Council of Churches prepare proposals for dialogue with new President
The next meeting of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations will adopt an appeal to President of Ukraine Poroshenko, including a list of current issues of church-state relations.
26 June 2014, 14:53 | Islam |
Deputy director of Islamic Madrassah near Simferopol released
Deputy Director of the Islamic Madrasah in Kolchuhino village of Simferopol region in Crimea Ayder Osmanov was released in a few hours, reports Religion in Ukraine website with reference to Sobytiya.info.
25 June 2014, 12:02 | Islam |
Mufti of Poland comes to annexed the Crimea to discuss problems of Muslims
During the visit, Tomasz Mickiewicz met with the Mufti of Crimea Haji Emirali Ablayev.
13 June 2014, 11:40 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Arson attempt at Mosque in Simferopol
This morning an unidentified man threw a Molotov cocktail at the mosque in the Simferopol district Luhove.
25 April 2014, 14:12 | Religion and society |
Human Rights Activists Notice Negative Trends in Religious Freedom in 2013
The situation in the field of guaranteeing freedom of thought, conscience, and religion has not changed, although there has been an increase in state regulation and limitation of religious freedom, human rights activists published in the Annual Report on Human Rights in Ukraine in 2013, reports the Institute for Religious Freedom.
10 April 2014, 11:49 | Religion and policy |
"Right sector" offered Rabbi of Odessa protection of the synagogue and monument of Holocaust
3 April 2014, 11:18 | International relations |
Prime Minister Yatsenyuk Defends Believers in Ukraine from Oppression in Russia
Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Ukraine will not recognize the Russian annexation of Crimea. However, he outlined the issues that the two countries should address immediately, including in the area of freedom of religion.
20 March 2014, 12:35 | Legislation |
Parliament guarantees rights of Crimean Tatar people as part of Ukrainian state
Ukraine’s Parliament guarantees rights of the Crimean Tatar people as part of the Ukrainian state; a total of 283 MPs out of the 309 registered in the session hall voted for a respective statement on Thursday.
5 March 2014, 10:32 | International relations |
John Kerry Notes Ukrainian Churches’ Enormous Peacekeeping Role During Revolution
On March 4, during his official visit to Kyiv, US Secretary of State John Kerry met with representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations. At the meeting, John Kerry commented on the religious community’s enormous peacekeeping role during the events on Independence Square.
12 February 2014, 11:10 | Church-state relations |
Crimean Muslims Demand Stop to ‘Christian Proselytism’ in Schools
The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Crimea (SDMC) is concerned by the proselytism of Christian preachers in secondary schools, where the majority of the students are Crimean Tatars, Religion in Ukraine reports, with reference to SDMC.
3 February 2014, 16:54 | Land and property problems |
Jewish Community in Lviv Denied Ownership of Synagogue Complex
The Economic Court of Lviv dismissed the lawsuit of the Lviv Jewish religious community Turei Zahav (Golden Rose) against the Lviv City Council, in which the community challenged the decisions of April 14, 2005, and May 5, 2007, on the sale of plots on 28 and 23 Fedorova Street.
16 January 2014, 09:52 | Legislation |
Opposition Introduces to Parliament Bill on Religious Rites
Deputies from Batkivshchyna and one from Svoboda registered in the Verkhovna Rada a draft law amending the Article 21 of the Law “On Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations” (regarding the right of religious organizations and citizens to freely conduct religious rites and ceremonies.
15 January 2014, 16:13 | Church-state relations |
Ministry of Culture Has No Intention of Warning Other Churches of Illegal Worship
The Ministry of Culture does not intend to warn any churches other than the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) of illegal religious activity, director of the Ministry of Culture’s Department of Religious Affairs Mykhailo Moshkola said at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada.
13 January 2014, 11:58 | Church-state relations |
Ministry of Culture threatened to terminate the registration of the UGCC because of the priests' presence on Euromaidan
Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk on 13 January published and commented on the letter from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine on the possible termination of the activities of religious organizations based on their activity on Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) where for two months peaceful protests have been held.
13 January 2014, 09:55 | Land and property problems |
UOC-MP and Pentecostals in Lviv Find Mutual Understanding
On January 11, Bishop Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met with Vasyl Boyechko of the Good Samaritan Ukrainian Christian Mission. They discussed the use of the buildings that are located on military base number 112 on 57-59 Pekarska Street, in Lviv, the press service of the Lviv Regional State Administration reports.
7 November 2013, 09:12 | Interchurch relations |
Relations Between UOC-KP and RCC in Odesa Example of Interdenominational Tolerance
Bishop Mark of Odesa and Balta of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) met with Bishop Ordinary of the Odesa-Simferopol Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) Bronislaw Bernacki.
15 October 2013, 12:59 | Scandals, crime |
Crimean Muslims Say Mosque Deliberately Set on Fire in Crimea
In Crimea, in Saky, October 13, the central mosque was set on fire. The fire damaged the terrace, the imam’s room, and utility rooms. Fortunately, there were no people in the building at the time.

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