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/monitoring/76513/Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:06:32 +0300Being a pastor in a country at war means being with people, leading them closer to Jesus and celebrating the liturgy in a way that helps them experience a bit of heaven on earth, Pope Francis told bishops from Ukraine.Monitoringhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/world_news/76511/Mon, 15 Jul 2019 11:50:07 +0300Members of the temporary Commission of the Federation Council for the Protection of State Sovereignty discussed the possibility of creating pro-church civic associations which will help to protect Russia's sovereignty from threats "in the spiritual plane," Kommersant reports.World newshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/76506/Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:16:17 +0300Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew has said that the Local Orthodox Churches will recognize the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and the first Church to do it will be the Greek Church.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/76496/Sun, 14 Jul 2019 09:54:29 +0300Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) has recently received a letter from a Chinese parish of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It was written by the Greek Catholics of Chinese origin.UGCChttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/freedom_of_conscience/76494/Sat, 13 Jul 2019 21:53:59 +0300On July 7, despite the opposition of Russians, the Humanitarian Committee of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, supported the respective amendment of the Ukrainian deputies to the Resolution "A Call for Stronger OSCE Action Against Increased Discrimination of Christians in certain OSCE Participating States, as well as Adherents of Other Minority Faiths." A member of the Ukrainian delegation to the OSCE PA, Viktor Vovk, wrote about it on his Facebook page.Freedom of Consciencehttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/blog/76487/Fri, 12 Jul 2019 18:52:15 +0300https://risu.org.ua/en/index/monitoring/76486/Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:19:38 +0300The following article, which opens with a Ukrainian rabbi describing the conflict in almost eschatological terms during a sermon against the Russians, is drawn from journalist Sam Sokol’s recently published book “Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews.”Monitoringhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/moscow_patriarchy/76485/Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:48:36 +0300On July 9-11, two hierarchs of the UOC (Moscow Patriarchate), including the Head of the Church, Metropolitan Onufriy, came down with sharp criticism of the Tomos for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.Moscow Patriarchyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/land_and_property_problems/76482/Fri, 12 Jul 2019 12:09:09 +0300The District administrative court received a petition from the Kyiv Patriarchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) to secure a claim in which Kyiv Patriarchate of the UOC-KP requests the court to prohibit Kyiv City State Administration and Kyiv City Council (KMP) from transfer of real estate to other entities.Land and property problemshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/confessional/orthodox_relations/76480/Fri, 12 Jul 2019 11:44:55 +0300The official website of the UOC-Moscow Patriarchate spread the news "Kinot of the Holy Mountain appealed to the Greek Foreign Ministry to protect Mount Athos from provocations of Ukrainian schismatics", which provided readers with incomplete information about the incident, thus disorienting the readers. This practice of reporting on the events related to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has become traditional for the website of the UOC-MP, Religion in Ukraine reports.Inter-Orthodox relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religious_holidays/76476/Fri, 12 Jul 2019 08:51:06 +0300St. Peter was called Simon before joining Christ. He was an average fisherman. Married with two children. It was Jesus who named him Peter. The Lord called Peter to apostolic service once the latter's faith and determination took shape.Religious holidays and traditionshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/culture/religion_in_massmedia/76474/Thu, 11 Jul 2019 16:49:56 +0300Even when covering Vladimir Putin's visit to the Vatican, Russian propaganda media could not resist publishing fakes. Thus, on July 5, pro-Kremlin media reported that Pope Francis presented Vladimir Putin with the medal "Guardian Angel of Peace". The main sources of this information are Ramzan Kadyrov and Putin's press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.Religion in mass mediahttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/vatikan/76472/Thu, 11 Jul 2019 13:32:31 +0300A new Exarchy has been erected to provide for the pastoral care of Ukrainian Greek-Catholics living in Italy, Vatican.news reports.Vaticanhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/ukraine_and_world/international_relations/76470/Thu, 11 Jul 2019 12:19:19 +0300A recent UNESCO session of the World Heritage Committee made a decision on the way of writing in English of the name of the Kyiv-based UNESCO World Heritage Site.International relationshttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/76463/Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:58:59 +0300The Pope's visit to Ukraine, the granting of the Patriarchate to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the beatification of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky became closer to realization after a recent meeting with the Pope. This belief was expressed by the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav in an interview with the Italian media outlet ACI Stampa. The text of the interview was distributed by the Information Department of the UGCC.UGCChttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/76461/Wed, 10 Jul 2019 21:54:02 +0300During a meeting with the Pope in the Vatican, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church invited the Pontiff to visit Ukraine. "I'll think about it," was the Pope's answer.UGCChttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/catholics/ugcc/76460/Wed, 10 Jul 2019 21:29:41 +0300"The churches live by their own prejudices against each other... People understand that there are dogmatic, theological and spiritual differences between Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants, but they do not understand why the Orthodox themselves are divided among themselves," the Primate added. Division in Orthodoxy is a big problem for Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, in an interview for the Italian media outlet ACI Stampa after the meeting of the UGCC hierarchs with Pope Francis.UGCChttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/76452/Wed, 10 Jul 2019 12:19:07 +0300The Orthodox Church of Ukraine urges believers to take part in the vote in the elections to Verkhovna Rada on July 21 and make a responsible choice. This is said in a statement issued by the press service of the Kyiv Metropolis of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Ukraine.Religion and societyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/community/religion_and_society/76444/Wed, 10 Jul 2019 10:03:11 +0300The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the court should respond to the interview that Patriarch Emeritus Filaret of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine gave to Russian propagandists in Kyiv.Religion and societyhttps://risu.org.ua/en/index/all_news/orthodox/ocu/76440/Tue, 09 Jul 2019 14:55:57 +0300Archbishop Yevstratiy (Zorya), representative of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, spoke about what Moscow-2 wants to achieve, or why Russia is playing along with honorary Patriarch Filaret 24/7.Orthodox Church of Ukraine