http://risu.org.ua/en/indexhttp://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index16984http://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/orthodox_world/57663/Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:23:13 +0300“In a time of political uncertainty, economic suffering and social and cultural crisis, men and women of good will must reach across the divisions that have separated them and become peacemakers refusing to be caught up in the whirlwind of hatred and death that violence sustains…”Orthodox worldhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/57659/Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:21:28 +0300No one should need persuading that what’s happening in Ukraine right now is alarming. A fragile cease-fire between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces could unravel at any moment, and even more lives may be at risk this winter as the country scrambles to make up for lost Russian gas.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/ukrainians_outside_of_Ukraine/57656/Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:53:01 +0300For the first time in the history Patriarch Sviatoslav will visit Ukrainian’s living in Australia. The two weeks visit will begin on September 16.Ukrainians outside of Ukrainehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/57641/Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:01:32 +0300Uman expects more than thirty thousand pilgrims. They come with the intention to celebrate the Jewish New Year and visit the grave of his spiritual leader Rabbi Nachman, but they will also help Ukrainian soldiers with money.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/57642/Fri, 12 Sep 2014 15:58:08 +0300The Catholic parish in the Crimean capital Simferopol appears to be about to lose its parish priest, a Polish citizen, just as 18 of the Muftiate's invited Turkish imams have already been forced to leave.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/rcc_in_ukraine/57639/Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:52:06 +0300A Catholic parish in Crimea will lose its priest in October, because the Russian government has not renewed the residency permit of the Polish-born pastor.RCC in Ukrainehttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/57630/Fri, 12 Sep 2014 09:26:43 +0300Heads and representatives of churches and religious organizations in Ukraine and Russia supported the efforts of the international community aiming “to halt the bloodshed, to establish peace in Ukraine on the basis of universally recognized principles of international relations”.International relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/57629/Thu, 11 Sep 2014 17:57:31 +0300Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/other_confessions/judaism/57624/Thu, 11 Sep 2014 12:13:10 +0300Despite the difficult situation in Ukraine, more than 35 thousand Hasidic pilgrims from 25 countries will come to Uman, Cherkasy region, this year to celebrate the new year 5775 Jews Rosh Hashanah on September, 24.Judaismhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/exclusive/photogallery/risu_video/57616/Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:50:53 +0300Videohttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/57605/Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:29:44 +0300Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine and Ukrainian settlements from South and North America, Australia and Europe who gathered at the Holy Synod in Lviv, September 10, appealed to the world community with the words: "Ukraine is bleeding!"International relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/57603/Wed, 10 Sep 2014 10:47:20 +0300The first signs of Prudentópolis, after miles of pine and Araucaria forests and wheat fields under the blue and cloudless sky, are the Byzantine domes of its churches. Then, after crossing into the city proper, the names on the storefronts—Klosowksi, Zubreski, Bohaczuk, Techy — offer final confirmation: you have reached the heart of Ukrainian Brazil.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/57598/Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:47:21 +0300For Catholics in the southeast Ukrainian Diocese of Odessa-Simferopol, ongoing Russian control of Crimea has created serious challenges and “incredible devastation,” a local bishop said.Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/57595/Tue, 09 Sep 2014 13:44:47 +0300The German Conference of Catholic Bishops called on international politicians to protect the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. In their appeal bishops said that according to the Budapest Memorandum, the United States, Britain and Russia were the guarantors of the integrity of Ukraine, the agency Kirchensite.de informs.International relationshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/57594/Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:55:52 +0300Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/57592/Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:10:04 +0300Society-digesthttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/57589/Tue, 09 Sep 2014 12:00:34 +0300Gennady Mohnenko, Pastor of the Church of Good Changes from Mariupol and Director of the Pilgrim Republic Foundation, wrote on his Facebook page a story about his friend – a pastor, whose name he does not disclose for obvious reasons.Religion and policyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/temples_church_property/57585/Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:55:06 +0300Mercenaries of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic (which the Ukrainian court names a terrorist organization) on September 8 occupied the building of the Church in Anthracite (Luhansk region). Armed men with two priests of the Orthodox Church entered the meeting house and demanded that all leave the church.Temples, church propertyhttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/about_us/editorialnews/57578/Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:10:34 +0300The RISU team invites its readers to join the fundraising campaign for the soldiers in the ​​ATO zone and those stationed on the border with the occupied Crimea.Editorial newshttp://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/scandals/57577/Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:53:53 +0300In the Russian-occupied Crimea officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia exert psychological pressure on the priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, stated Archbishop Klyment of Simferopol and Crimea (Pavlo Kusch).Scandals, crime