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30 April 2020, 12:05 | Reports | | |
"Let us stand together with those fighting for Truth...": Key ideas of the webinar
On April 28, the UCU Institute of Religion and Society hosted a video conference via Zoom online service. The document's creators presented it to the general public and answered the participants’ questions. Here is an overview of the main points of the conference.
22 April 2020, 10:44 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Is the Russian Orthodox Church Really Pro-Life?
The Russian Orthodox Church has attracted Christians from countries like the United States because of its pro-life statements. One would expect that its supporters in Ukraine deal with the Coronavirus in a manner consistent with this position.
30 March 2020, 16:39 | Interview | |
Peter M. Phillips: "The idea of Digital Theology is to look at both digital culture and theology and ask how one speaks to the other"
RISU spoke with Dr Peter Phillips about the modern Bible online, the Church in the media, and Christian bots
23 March 2020, 18:11 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
The Cochlear Controversy
Science does not, of course, disprove religion; it only disproves superstitition.
14 March 2020, 19:34 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
Plague and Piety
…more detailed prescriptions from … bishops, and energetic execution of these directives by both clergy and laity, will help limit the spread of COVID-19 through the Coronavirus. It may also dispel some of the lingering public suspicion about the Church’s alleged indifference to science.
27 February 2020, 12:12 | Viktor Yelenskyi's column | |
Patriarch Bartholomew and his time
On the 80th anniversary of the 270th Archbishop of Constantinople — New Rome and the Ecumenical Patriarch
2 January 2020, 15:59 | Analysis |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church 2019 – results of the year
The past year has highlighted two main areas of development. First, it is the recognition of the OCU, actual first, by virtue of concelebration of individual clergymen, and further at the level of Synodal decisions and concelebration of the Primates. Secondly, the transformation of the ROC into a mono-national church
1 January 2020, 18:38 | Kaleidoscope | |
Small steps to a big goal: St Nicholas house of Mercy launched in Lviv
In Lviv, the chapel of St. Nicholas of the House of Mercy was consecrated, and the fundraising for the repair and arrangement of premises was launched.
28 November 2019, 09:24 | Kaleidoscope | |
The four seasons at the monastery of Chevetogne
The Monastery of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Chevetogne, Belgium, was founded in 1925. This Catholic monastic community lives according to two rites — Latin and Byzantine. The monastery sees its vocation in promoting the unity of Christians — Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky played a particular role in its foundation.
2 October 2019, 12:22 | Reports |
Experts discuss diaspora churches in America
Among the events at a conference entitled “Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Organized Ukrainian American Community” was a panel of speakers on “The Ukrainian American Community and Religious Life.” Prominently placed near the beginning of the day-long program held at the Princeton Club in New York City last Saturday, September 21, the morning panel was chaired by Andrew Sorokowski representing RISU.

22 November 2018, 14:51 | Religious studies |
Moscow’s canonical raiding
In the context of recent events in the Orthodox world, disputes over the boundaries of church institutions often arise between the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Kyiv and Moscow. Ukraine accuses Russia of misappropriating the territory of the Kyiv Metropolis.
25 September 2018, 14:21 | Religious studies |
A Different Approach to the Ecclesiastical Discussion about Ukraine
The first question that arises concerning Ukraine is this: with what right and based on which holy canons, does Russia today claim the ecclesiastical and administrative dependency of the Metropolis of Kyiv?

Two UCU teams enter the international competition finals on the development of artificial intelligence held by Microsoft | 16 May 2020, 18:04 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Russian propaganda about annexed peninsula uses religion | 16 May 2020, 13:58 | Religion and policy |
The Head of UGCC: the coronavirus pandemic is a radical call of God to people: stop waging wars against each other | 15 May 2020, 22:01 | Religion and society |
Department of Religious Affairs develops an algorithm for restoring liturgical activities of religious organizations | 15 May 2020, 17:28 | Authorities Religious Affairs |
The Head of the UGCC met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine | 15 May 2020, 17:05 | Church-state relations |
In Zaporizhzhia, Christians of different Churches and Muslims prayed for an end to the pandemic | 15 May 2020, 14:11 | Religious relations |
Bishops of UGCC and RCC demand that Ukrainian authorities ban surrogate motherhood and international child trafficking | 14 May 2020, 13:18 | Church-state relations | |
"Channel 5" reveals details of the ongoing investigation of 10 icons missing from Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra | 13 May 2020, 13:34 | Scandals, crime |
The police conducting official investigation into gathering data about the members of the Ivano-Frankivsk Jewish community | 13 May 2020, 11:00 | Judaism |
AUCCRO suggests the government ease quarantine restrictions for religious organizations | 12 May 2020, 12:12 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils |
Hellenic Republic Council of State rejects the demand of pro-Moscow organizations to cancel the recognition of the Autocephalous Church of Ukraine by Greek Church | 12 May 2020, 10:23 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
“Courts” in Crimea refuse to release “Jehovah’s witness” Filatov under house arrest | 11 May 2020, 14:07 | Freedom of Conscience |
German gravestones vandalized in Chernihiv | 11 May 2020, 13:02 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Vasyl Losten, Bishop Emeritus of the UGCC Diocese of Stamford, turns 90 this day | 11 May 2020, 10:54 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Head of the UGCC on Mother's Day: Mother is a word that inspires in everyone optimism and hope | 10 May 2020, 10:19 | Religious holidays and traditions |
Head of the UGCC on May 8: Only those who have healed their wounds are capable of reconciliation | 8 May 2020, 22:00 | National religious question |
Roman Catholic Bishops ask the government to allow a greater number of believers at liturgies | 7 May 2020, 12:36 | Religion and society |
Government initiates the transfer of the OCU Cathedral in Simferopol to state ownership | 6 May 2020, 19:03 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
Another coronavirus outbreak in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: 17 new cases | 6 May 2020, 13:34 | Religion and society |
The President of Ukraine and Prime Minister greeted His Beatitude Sviatoslav on his 50th birthday | 6 May 2020, 09:16 | Church-state relations |
Metropolitan Epifaniy congratulated Head of the UGCC on his 50th birthday anniversary expressing hope for development of mutual relations between OCU and UGCC | 5 May 2020, 17:22 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch of the UGCC: “I ask God to give me the strength to repay the loan I have been receiving for 50 years” | 5 May 2020, 09:56 | UGCC | |
Helping those in need will be the best gift for me, His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the eve of his anniversary | 4 May 2020, 14:53 | UGCC |
Today, you can watch live stream of an exclusive interview with His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the occasion of his fiftieth birthday | 4 May 2020, 12:22 | UGCC |
German researchers found a document to facilitate the recognition of Andrey Sheptytsky as Righteous Among the Nations | 3 May 2020, 13:12 | International relations |
Survey launched among Bukovyna believers on readiness to rally against the Lavra seizure from UOC-MP | 1 May 2020, 10:05 | UOC (MP) |
7th session of the Patriarchal Sobor postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic | 1 May 2020, 09:32 | UGCC |
Petition for the transfer of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra to the OCU hits 25,000 signatures | 29 April 2020, 15:07 | Church-state relations |
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom advise that DOS "blacklist" Russia for Crimea and Donbas | 29 April 2020, 09:58 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
The police are investigating where a COVID-infected American pilgrim was buried in Uman | 28 April 2020, 12:09 | Scandals, crime |
We should not get used to the suffering of our soldiers, Bishops of the UGCC #Healing_wounds_of_war | 28 April 2020, 10:52 | UGCC |
Any crisis can be beneficial – UGCC Bishop Borys Gudziak comments on the post-quarantine reality | 27 April 2020, 14:41 | UGCC |
20 more seminarians of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra contracted coronavirus | 27 April 2020, 13:30 | Religion and society |
Head of the UGCC and UWC leadership discuss global support for Ukrainian communities | 27 April 2020, 12:48 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
UGCC Nun and UCU graduate becomes the first Ukrainian woman to defend a doctorate thesis in theology in the Middle East | 25 April 2020, 17:18 | UGCC |
Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine defines the format of the "quarantine" Ramadan | 24 April 2020, 10:04 | Islam |
AUCCRO opposes the introduction of gender ideology in Ukrainian legislation | 23 April 2020, 13:07 | AUCCRO, inter-confessional councils |
UOC-MP Metropolitan of Ternopil and Kremenets confirmed tested positive for COVID-19 | 23 April 2020, 09:20 | UOC (MP) |
Coronavirus detected in 12 monks of Holosiyiv monastery and one monk of Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra | 22 April 2020, 13:02 | Religion and society |
Maidan showed the best and the coronavirus - the worst in people, the Head of the UGCC explained these opposites | 22 April 2020, 10:12 | Religion and society |

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4 May 2020, 20:47 | Religious-digest | |
A Vatican Memo, Sheptytsky, and the Holocaust
Recently, a German scholar, Hubert Wolf, gave a "spoiler" interview in which he spoke of previously unearthed documents from Vatican archival collections of 1939–1958, which had been opened briefly this past March. I myself had an opportunity to view some of the newly available files before Italy and te Vatican shut down, due to the Coronavirus quarantine.
28 April 2020, 11:19 | Society-digest |
Mounting religious persecution as Russia imposes monopoly on faith in occupied Crimea
This year alone, three Crimean Imams have faced prosecution for praying in their own mosques, with Russia claiming this to be ‘unlawful missionary activity’. Serhiy Filatov, a Jehovah’s Witness from Dzhankoy is imprisoned, awaiting his appeal against a six-year prison sentence for having worshipped with others in his own home.
29 March 2020, 11:36 | Society-digest |
The Orthodox Church & Social Teaching
In January the Ecumenical Patriarchate approved a social document, titled For the Life of the World, that formulates guiding principles for the role of the Orthodox Church—and the responsibility of Orthodox Christians—in the modern world.
13 March 2020, 13:15 | Society-digest |
Time to reject the myths of Andrei Sheptytsky – opinion
At Sheptytsky’s request, many Jewish children were hidden away in various monasteries. Hiding people in the metropolitan’s palaces or monasteries put the lives of all those residents at risk.
11 March 2020, 17:14 | Kaleidoscope-digest |
Building Trust through Dialogue in Ukraine
When Taras Dzyubanskyy founded the Libertas Centre for Interconfessional and Interreligious Dialogue in Lviv in May 2013, Ukraine was at relative peace. Less than a year later, violent protests had toppled the government as a result of Russian claims to the Crimean Peninsula.

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