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/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/74470/Fri, 25 Jan 2019 13:00:34 +0200The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav, held a working meeting with the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, during which the parties discussed the situation in the socio-political and religious life of Ukraine. The meeting was held at the initiative of Marie Yovanovich, the Department of Information of the UGCC reports.International relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/74467/Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:21:26 +0200The Church of Cyprus plans to recognize Metropolitan Epifaniy. “The time will come for His Beatitude Epifaniy to visit Cyprus and to concelebrate with us,” Archbishop Chrisostomos said, Cerkvarium reports, citing the Greek media outlet Phos Phanariou, Light of the Phanar.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/74468/Fri, 25 Jan 2019 12:20:03 +0200Crimea's Supreme Court jailed 49-year-old Muslim Renat Suleimanov for four years for meeting with others in mosques to discuss their faith. Three others were given suspended sentences. All were accused of membership of the Tabligh Jamaat missionary movement, banned in Russia. All denied any "extremism".Monitoringhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/ocu/74454/Thu, 24 Jan 2019 14:50:55 +0200On January 23, the clergymen of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate together with several men of athletic physique disrupted the meeting of the parishioners in the village of Pysarivka, Vinnytsia region which discussed the issue of transition to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.Orthodox Church of Ukrainehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/ocu/74448/Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:44:27 +0200The head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metroplitan Epifaniy (Dumenko), said that after the official enthronement scheduled for February 3, the Holy Synod will hold its first meeting.Orthodox Church of Ukrainehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/ocu/74444/Thu, 24 Jan 2019 10:36:01 +0200The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine, awaits the recognition of the OCU by the Greek Orthodox Church, after which his visit to Athens will take place. RBC-Ukraine reports this citing the Metropolitan's interview with the Greek media outlet TaNea.Orthodox Church of Ukrainehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/74442/Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:42:08 +0200All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christian Baptists published a guide for Ukrainians Elections-2019: Whom To Choose? The document, signed by the Head of the ACC, Valerii Antoniuk, sets out 5 criteria according to which Christians, as conscious citizens of the country, should make a right choice of candidates for public offices.Religion and societyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/constantinople_patriarchy/74439/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 14:00:25 +0200The official website of the Ecumenical Patriarchate listed the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as yet another local church.Ecumenical Patriarchatehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/74432/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:04:49 +0200The great Ukrainian scholar defends the election of metropolitan Epifaniy and autocephaly as a flight from "post-Soviet Egypt" and "ideological slavery" under Moscow. Addressing the problems of the population, in a situation of war that has lasted five years, will also help to unite with priests and bishops of the Moscow Patriarchate.Monitoringhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/protestants/74431/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:56:25 +0200On January 22, the Ministry of Justice registered the civic association All-Ukrainian Council. Evangelical Churches, known religious and public figures initiated the foundation of this association, the Institute of Religious Freedom reports.Protestantshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/74428/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:36:36 +0200The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations appealed to a number of institutions to facilitate the release of captive Ukrainians, political prisoners and other hostages held in Russia and in the occupied territories of Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.International relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/uoc/74429/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 11:33:46 +0200The signature collection campaign against the transfer of St Panteleimon Monastery to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is ongoing in the churches of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate in Odessa, although there is no reliable information about the intention to transfer the monastery to Constantinople, Religion in Ukraine reports citing Depo.Odesa.UOC (MP)https://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/moscow_patriarchy/74423/Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:10:21 +0200Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church loses not only spiritual support, but also big money. The cause of such losses was the establishment of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.Moscow Patriarchyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/apostolic_nunciatura/74416/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:01:51 +0200On January 21, 2019, Pope Francis received Claudio Gugerotti, the titular Archbishop of Ravello, Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, at a private audience.Apostolic Nunciaturahttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/scandals/74415/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:52:30 +0200On January 21, at the request of the Uman local prosecutor's office, the Uman district court ordered a custodial security measure for two US citizens, who on January 19 partially destroyed the gypsum sculpture of Jesus Christ on the shore near the Megometr plant, 04744.info reports.Scandals, crimehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/church_state_relations/74413/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:06:09 +0200During the solemn ceremony on the occasion of the Day of Unity of Ukraine and the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Act Zluky between the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic, President Petro Poroshenko conferred the highest state award - the title of Hero of Ukraine and the Order of the State to Patriarch Filaret.Church-state relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/legislation/74411/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:10:03 +0200President Petro Poroshenko thanked the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and its Chairman Andriy Parubiy for the fact that the Parliament had supported the appeal to the Ecumenical Patriarch on granting the Tomos of autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and adopted the necessary legislative basis for the process of unification into the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine to be peaceful.Legislationhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/state/national_religious_question/74410/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:00:03 +0200During the speech on the occasion of the Day of Unity of Ukraine and the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the Act Zluky between the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic the President emphasized the importance of the spiritual foundation of our independence.National religious questionhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/vandalism/74406/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:03:55 +0200In the town of Bershad, Vinnytsya Oblast, a priest of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate drove out of the church a woman who was baptized in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and prayed in Ukrainian, not allowing her to become a godmother for a newborn child.Religious intolerance and vandalismhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/74405/Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:37:27 +0200President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko met with Secretary-General of the Jerusalem Patriarchate Archbishop Aristarchos of Constantina and visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.International relations