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UOC-MP files complaint with OSCE on persecutions of believers in Kotyuzhyny | 6 September 2017, 14:44 | Protests and conflicts
UOC-KP community in Kostyantynivka forced under the authority of the Moscow Patriarchate | 6 September 2017, 11:31 | Protests and conflicts | |
Persons involved in the attacks on the temple of the UOC-KP must be imposed sanctions | 5 September 2017, 14:05 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Church is planned to be turned into a communal grave | 5 September 2017, 10:15 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
President Poroshenko calls to stop attacks on the Ukrainian Church in Crimea | 4 September 2017, 11:10 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Expert thought
16 August 2017, 09:23 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Fears and Phobias
Ukrainian autocephaly is a threat to the Moscow Patriarchate’s control of East Slavic Orthodoxy. And the Moscow Patriarchate’s ecclesiastical control over Orthodoxy in Ukraine and Belarus is an important element of the Kremlin’s political control over those countries.
7 July 2017, 13:28 | Interview |
Timothy Snyder about history, Church, and Ukraine
Religious Studies
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.
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Pilgrims return to abandoned coal town for worship and fellowship | 29 August 2017, 17:45 | Society-digest |
Pa. town just a memory, but thriving parish now a pilgrimage site | 25 August 2017, 15:26 | Society-digest
What an academic institute in Canada means for Ukrainian Catholics | 25 August 2017, 15:19 | Society-digest
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25 July 2017, 17:19 | Reports | |
“Faith and Light” celebrates 25th anniversary of special friendship
Members of the Faith and Light movement try not only to serve the poor, do something for them, but to stay beside them, to become friends for them.
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)."
29 September 2016, 16:42 | Reports | |
Ecumenical Social Week in Lviv: Church cannot remain indifferent to problems of IDPs
The round table themed “Role of the church in addressing problems of IDPs,” held on September 28 IX under the Ecumenical social week
28 March 2016, 11:36 | Reports |
Ukraine is the territory that united Muslims and Christians
On March 24, a round table was held in Odessa on the occasion of the 350th anniversary of the visit of a famous Turkish traveler, historian and geographer Evliya Çelebi to southern Ukraine and Crimea.
20 January 2016, 12:00 | Reports | |
Parallel childhood: Christmas dinner for Transcarpathian Roma People
Christian youth organized for young Roma and their families Christmas feast in Transcarpathia. However, it is not a one-time event, but their constant support and socialization.
19 December 2015, 11:44 | Reports |
Holocaust Museum to be set up at Chernivtsi cemetery
The House of Farewell in the Jewish cemetery will be renovated. Germany allocates a part of the funds for this. The museum can start working in three or four years.
25 August 2015, 13:11 | Kaleidoscope | |
French organist records his CD album in Ukraine to help ATO fighters
19 June 2015, 12:44 | Reports | |
Torah and churches of Lemkivshchyna: historical memory drama
6 May 2015, 18:18 | Kaleidoscope | |
There is no Judas in Ukrainian version of the Last Supper
While Yuri processes everything that got into the shot in Donbas, his work, which he named ‘The Last Supper’, became incredibly popular on web. The military and a priest are sitting at the Easter table.
27 April 2015, 10:46 | Kaleidoscope | |
Ter Nerses Shahnazaryan: "We teach children to respect the Armenian traditions and be law-abiding citizens of Ukraine"
Armenians all over the world mark 100 years of the genocide of their people. Wherever they live, they share memories and pray. The Armenian diaspora exists in many settlements worldwide.
31 March 2015, 13:34 | Kaleidoscope | |
Transcarpathian Romani People: 30 years with God
On April 8 the International Romani Day is marked all over the world. The Romani from Transcarpathian regions have recently celebrated the anniversary of their Christian community.
23 March 2015, 16:07 | Reports |
Jews, Christians and Muslims in Odessa discussed how to unite the country
Its was organized by the Center for Interfaith and Inter-religious Dialogue “Libertas” of Lviv.
19 February 2015, 16:12 | Kaleidoscope | |
Famous SadgoraSynagogue in Chernivtsi will open this year
17 February 2015, 11:59 | Events & people | |
Frozen conflict. 20 years after the war in Yugoslavia
20 years ago, the war in Bosnia and Hercegovyna (B&G) was ended. Without exception, that war has touched every family.
16 February 2015, 12:07 | Reports | |
Cardinal Husar: "You cannot make peace with someone who does not want peace."
4 February 2015, 18:15 | Kaleidoscope | |
Ivano-Frankivsk Maltese grants a field kitchen to Mariupol
The team of Maltese Aid Service volunteers from Ivano-Frankivsk returned from Mariupol. 12 people have worked 12 days. They left a fitted kitchen and trained volunteers.
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