https://risu.org.ua/en/indexhttps://risu.org.ua/php_uploads/images/sitecontent/ContentFileLogo_EN_5.gifhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index16984https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/72104/Mon, 06 Aug 2018 14:57:56 +0300The feast of Transfiguration is celebrated on August 6 by Christians who observe Gregorian calendar. This celebration dates back to IV century.Religious holidays and traditionshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/72097/Mon, 06 Aug 2018 10:14:55 +0300The office of the Secretary General of the Holy Synod of the Constantinople Patriarchate reported that the meeting of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow would be held at the request of the latter.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/72095/Mon, 06 Aug 2018 08:12:26 +0300Each summer since 2011, the Napa Institute has served as an important gathering place for American Catholic leaders seeking to develop new strategies and to discuss critical challenges facing the Church and its faithful. In past years, featured speakers have included Cardinals Timothy Dolan and Christoph Schonborn, papal biographer George Weigel, and presidential contenders Rick Santorum and Carly Fiorina.Monitoringhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/72082/Sat, 04 Aug 2018 10:29:15 +0300One of the most sustained attacks on Christianity in history started with the Russian Revolution (1917) and continued until the collapse of the Soviet regime in 1991, – writes Bishop Peter Stasiuk in Church and Life.Monitoringhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_policy/72075/Fri, 03 Aug 2018 11:27:36 +0300Special services of the Republic of Belarus start to closely watch Muslims who have relatives in Odessa and Kherson regions, as well as in Kyiv. This was reported on Facebook by Ukrainian MP Refat Chubarov, UNN reports.Religion and policyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/72074/Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:57:40 +0300The statements about the "seizure of churches", the possibility of a “civil war” once the Tomos of autocephaly is issued are an example of the Kremlin’s misinformation, a lie that is part of a hybrid war against Ukraine.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/72073/Fri, 03 Aug 2018 10:52:38 +0300The USA supports the Tomos of the One Local Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Valeriy Chalyy, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, said this in an interview with Ukrinform, reports RBC-Ukraine.International relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/72068/Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:16:30 +0300The Holy Synod of the Constantinople Patriarchate is set to discuss the Ukrainian issue in September, according to Oleksandr Sagan, a Ukrainian religion expert.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/national_religious_question/72067/Thu, 02 Aug 2018 11:32:59 +0300When asked by the journalist of Priamyy TV-Channel if Ukraine received autocephaly, say, 5-10 years ago how would this affect Ukraine's development, Patriarch Filaret replied that the ongoing war would not have happened. The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate also emphasized that Russians and Ukrainians are not one and the same people.National religious questionhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/72047/Wed, 01 Aug 2018 11:45:21 +0300Upon receipt of the Tomos of autocephaly, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-USA will remain a jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and will not join the One Local Orthodox Church. Metropolitan Anthony (Scherba) of the UOC-USA said this in an interview with the Voice of America.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/interchurch_relations/72046/Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:30:13 +0300Patriarch Filaret answered a question posed by a reporter from the Priamyy TV Channel whether the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church was involved in the process of obtaining the Tomos of autocephaly.Interchurch relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/72045/Wed, 01 Aug 2018 10:12:10 +0300Patriarch Filaret clarified in an interview to the Priamyy TV-Channel which Church should own the main Orthodox shrines of Ukraine.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc_kp/72042/Wed, 01 Aug 2018 09:43:37 +0300Head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate Filaret told the Priamyy TV-Channel how the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church -- if announced -- would affect the positions of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine.UOC KPhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/72041/Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:52:55 +0300Fifteen projects across Canada and the United States were recognized for outstanding application of architectural copper and copper alloys at the 2018 North American Copper in Architecture (NACIA) awards, presented by the Copper Development Association (CDA) and the Canadian Copper & Brass Development Association (CCBDA). The awards program celebrated a range of building types, including educational facilities, government buildings, and religious structures.Monitoringhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/constantinople_patriarchy/72038/Tue, 31 Jul 2018 14:57:06 +0300A session of the Episcopate Assembly of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to be held on September 1-3, reports fanarion.blogspot. The reason for the meeting is indicated as “the issues concerning the Mother Church and Orthodoxy will be considered.”Ecumenical Patriarchatehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/72028/Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:02:22 +0300Liudmyla Fylypovych, a well-known religion expert, excludes the possibility that after receiving the Tomos religious wars for church buildings will break out in every Ukrainian village and city as some pro-Russian politicians predict.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/land_and_property_problems/72015/Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:47:05 +0300The issue of the building of the Youth Theater takes center stage in Chernihiv. Now, the Jewish community of the city is trying to return this building because it is a former synagogue.Land and property problemshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/72010/Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:25:12 +0300The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada on Monday July 23rd launched its year-long celebration of its 100th anniversary in the place where it was founded, at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral in Saskatoon.Monitoringhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/constantinople_patriarchy/72008/Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:07:45 +0300Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew supports the decision to establish an independent Church in Ukraine, and the Kremlin has no arguments left to influence Constantinople.Ecumenical Patriarchatehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/society_digest/72006/Sun, 29 Jul 2018 21:54:09 +0300The model minority is the racial version of uniatism. On its face, the mythos of the model minority is about the success of racial minorities, usually Asian Americans in current discourse, but also African Americans, Native Americans, and Latinx Americans too, if one were to be honest about what folks from Samuel Chapman Armstrong to Booker T. Washington to Richard Rodriguez have been about.Society-digest