Religious Information Service of Ukrainehttps://risu.org.ua/en/indexhttps://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifRISUhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index16984https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/ukrainians_outside_of_Ukraine/69759/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:24:59 +0200A Ukrainian library has been opened in Ankara, Turkey"Finally, our dream has come true. The Ukrainian library has been opened in Ankara. The library includes 1,500 copies of fiction and study books," the report reads.Ukrainians outside of Ukrainehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/69758/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:18:59 +0200St. Andrew’s Society Supports Elderly Refugees in Mariupol, UkraineThe Society has raised and funded over $1.3 million projects in Ukraine. The major effort most recently supported by St. Andrew’s Society has focused on charitable outreach.Society-digesthttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/69757/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:07:10 +0200Mustafa Dzhemilev: Russian methods of repression in Crimea worse than Soviet timesSociety-digesthttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc/69756/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:33:53 +0200Priests of UOC of Moscow Patriarchate reportedly pray for militants in Donbas, bless arms – mediaPriests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate in occupied Donbas reportedly condemn the Ukrainian Anti-Terrorist Operation conducted in the country's east to counter Russian aggression, according to Gazeta.ua.UOC (MP)https://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/69755/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 18:15:24 +0200Equilibrium and IgnominySociety-digesthttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/69746/Wed, 17 Jan 2018 12:57:33 +0200Freed Ukrainian Professor On The Hardest Two Years of His LifeSociety-digesthttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/69730/Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:03:48 +0200Cardinal Pietro Parolin listed as nominee for the Distinction of Blessed Omelyan KovchUGCChttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/terrorism/69711/Mon, 15 Jan 2018 10:12:04 +0200Sviatohirsk Lavra of UOC-MP sheltered militants and arms, says general-mayor of Ukrainian Armed ForcesFrom the very beginning of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, terrorists and ammunition were located in the churches of the UOC (the Moscow Patriarchate), in particular in the Sviatohirsk Lavra in Donbas.Terrorismhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/vatikan/69695/Fri, 12 Jan 2018 15:02:26 +0200Pope Francis will visit Ukrainian Catholic St. Sophia Cathedral in RomeIn a sign of his concern for one of the world’s most chronic, and often neglected, conflict zones, Pope Francis will travel cross-town in Rome on Sunday, Jan. 28, to visit the Basilica of Santa Sofia and meet the Ukrainian Greek Catholic community which worships there, in what served for decades as their “Mother Church” during the period of Soviet domination in Ukraine, Crux informs.Vaticanhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/blog/69692/Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:02:09 +0200https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/news_regions/krym_news/69689/Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:09:18 +0200Human rights situation in occupied Crimea deteriorated significantly in 2017, - human rights defenders"The figures cited in this report may not reflect the full extent of human rights violations as some of these facts have not been made public and remain concealed," the human rights activists emphasize.Krymhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/national_religious_question/69688/Fri, 12 Jan 2018 10:31:34 +0200The Head of the UGCC took part in the international flash mob «United Ukraine» to support unity of UkraineThe Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk joined the IV international flash mob «United Ukraine» before the Day of Unity of Ukraine, January 22, UGCC press office informs.National religious questionhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/young_people/69681/Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:15:55 +0200Regional Taize meeting to be held in LvivThe prior of the world-famous Ecumenical Community of Taizé, brother Alois, during the European Youth Summit held in Basel (Switzerland), announced that the regional meeting of Taizé will be held in Lviv. It will take place from April 28 to May 1, reports credo.pro.Children young people and religionhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/vatikan/69673/Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:04:56 +0200Pope mentions Ukraine in his address to diplomats accredited to the VaticanOn Monday Pope Francis delivered a speech before ambassadors representing the 185 nations with which the Holy See has diplomatic relations.Vaticanhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/69672/Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:29:45 +0200Moscow-led church in Ukraine refuses to bury boy from Kiev branchDeath of a baby crushed by a man jumping from apartment block exposes religious divide in the Orthodox Christian countrySociety-digesthttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/69670/Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:03:39 +0200Russia is destroying 16th Century Crimean Tatar Khan’s Palace in occupied CrimeaSociety-digesthttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/protests/69661/Wed, 10 Jan 2018 10:41:23 +0200Ukrainian group C14 has promised new protests against the UOC Moscow PatriarchateAccording to participants of the event, the walkout was against separatists headquarters and FSB. The huge banner said FSB go away from Lavra.Protests and conflictshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/expert_thought/authors_columns/asorokowski_column/69646/Mon, 08 Jan 2018 23:28:14 +0200Two ChristmasesShifting Orthodox Christmas to December would symbolize a distancing from the Russian Orthodox Church and thus from Russia herself. It would mean a rapprochement with the West...Andrew Sorokowski's columnhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/blog/69643/Mon, 08 Jan 2018 16:11:58 +0200https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/69633/Mon, 08 Jan 2018 09:15:35 +0200Pope Francis in the letter to the Head of UGCC: "I sincerely ask for peace and mercy for beloved Ukraine"UGCC