5 May 2017, 14:05 | Journalistic investigations |

Historical memory or legal rights: Baptists in Volyn struggle for the future of an ancient church

The ruins of the old church in the district center of Rozhische in Volyn have become the subject of controversy between the Protestants and the Orthodox. The temple was built in the nineteenth century by the Baptists, “the Soviets” expropriated and placed manufacturing plants in the church.

17 February 2017, 18:33 | Events & people |

Heroes of our time. A story of a missionary from Avdiyivka

How does it feel - to abandon ambitions or favorite work and go to the east of Ukraine, in the thick of war at the age of 20-22?

21 December 2016, 14:35 | Kaleidoscope |  | 

Ternopil amateur gives second life to rundown churches

The craftsman has also made architectural models, recreating the original appearance of the temples that have survived altered, and his plans include the creation of a museum of architectural models.

14 December 2016, 11:55 | Reports | 

Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti about Vatican diplomacy, Ukraine and Syria

The Vatican’s international relations have their own unique history of diplomacy and influence the course of events. The special status of a mini-state, its uniqueness often allows exerting influence in places and in ways that are inaccessible to secular diplomats.

12 October 2016, 13:46 | Events & people |  | 

Religious freedom for Ukraine: the contribution of Keston College (1969-89)

In the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv on October 6, Canon Dr. Michael Bourdeaux gave a lecture "Religious freedom in Ukraine: the contribution Keston College (1969-89)."

7 July 2017, 13:28 | Interview | 

Timothy Snyder about history, Church, and Ukraine

6 July 2017, 16:33 | Andrew Sorokowski's column | 

Volhynia, Fatima, and the Donbas

The Russian aggression in the Donbas is neither similar nor analogous to the Polish-Ukrainian war. To imply that that the former is divine retribution for the latter is to misstate the moral equities, for it has been acknowledged that the Volhynian atrocities were mutual.

7 July 2016, 13:11 | Religious studies | 

Ukrainain Orthodoxy on the eve of Pan-Orthodox Council. Part III

The history evidences: the Local Churches that were historically associated with earthly empires were uninterested in the canonical establishment of local churches under their jurisdictions, and therefore usually granted autocephaly to churches only under the pressure of historic circumstances. No exception is the Moscow Patriarchate, which has incorporated the Orthodox Church in Ukraine since 1686.

5 July 2016, 14:22 | Religious studies | 

Ukrainian Orthodoxy: path to recovery of Church unity. Part II

Ukrainian Orthodoxy and Ukrainian society suffer from division. The majority of Ukrainian Orthodox believers belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate. The rest of the Orthodox community of Ukraine has chosen a different path of self-proclaimed autocephaly. However, neither the first nor the second path is optimal for the Orthodox Church in Ukraine to date.