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Tikhon Kulbaka, former hostage of Russian terrorists On September 30, under the educational project ‘Informatics and Applied Security Center of the city’ in Lviv, Father Tikhon Kulbaka spoke about his captivity, the power of prayer in war, and whether there is interreligious conflict in Donbas. 29 May 2014, 15:52 | Kaleidoscope | | Brodsky Synagogue at the heart of the Ukrainian capital Located in the city center, the ancient synagogue named Lazar Brodsky and the former theater attracts a lot of views, but no one dares to enter it. However, the members of the Jewish community are ready to answer all the guests’ questions. Thus, recently a delegation of the Youth Association of Religious Studies has visited it to learn more about the monument of art. Expert Opinions 20 October 2014, 09:40 | Andrew Sorokowski's column | Russia and the Uniates The issues of the Church Union and Ukrainian independence are connected in the official Russian mind. For Moscow, the very idea of Ukraine is a violation of East Slavic unity, while the Union that resulted in the Greek-Catholic Church is a betrayal of Orthodox solidarity. The underlying premise is that Moscow is the arbiter and guarantor of both. 26 September 2014, 14:31 | Comments | Nuncio to Ukraine Gives Overview of Church's Most Pressing Needs Considers Plight of Priests, Religious in Crimea and Throughout Nation 22 September 2014, 16:25 | Andrew Sorokowski's column | The Right To Resist The Maidan was a defensive collective action of citizens. It sought to defend the people from state action directed against justice -- extra-judicial abductions, torture and killings. 20 September 2014, 18:19 | Comments | Bleeding Wound in a Political Heart Orthodox and Catholics have made great strides in their pilgrimage of mutual understanding and have shown themselves capable of engaging in fruitful ecumenical dialogue. 12 September 2014, 09:43 | Olena Panych's column | EVANGELICAL EMIGRATION AND UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN CONFLICT Religious Studies 23 November 2011, 17:09 | Religious studies | FOUR ISLAMIC LIONS ON THE CRIMEAN SAVANNA A Review of Trends in Contemporary Islam in the Crimea Latest news Voters should check whom they elect, and populists should be punished, says His Beatitude Liubomyr | 21 October 2014, 11:13 | Religion and policy | Council of evangelical protestant churches of Ukraine warns Ukrainians against vote-selling | 21 October 2014, 10:58 | Religion and policy | Prayers for the end of war in Donbas raised in Maidan | 20 October 2014, 10:03 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage | Head of Church categorically rejected Moscow's accusations of aggravation of the Union problem | 17 October 2014, 12:04 | Interchurch relations | Chief legal adviser of the UOC (MP) tries to prove the UOC-KP is guilty of raiding | 17 October 2014, 11:37 | Inter-Orthodox relations | Arseniy Yatsenyuk instructed Ministers to cooperate more closely with the Church in the social sector | 17 October 2014, 10:50 | Monitoring of religious freedom | President instructs the Cabinet to develop national human rights policies | 17 October 2014, 10:22 | Church-state relations | Pastor Serhiy Lytovchenko released from captivity of Donetsk fighters | 17 October 2014, 09:55 | Freedom of Conscience | Feast of Intercession Celebrated in Ukraine as Religious and National Holiday | 14 October 2014, 08:58 | Religious holidays and traditions | Catholic Church in Dnipropetrovsk Consecrated After Returning to Roman Catholics | 13 October 2014, 13:19 | Temples, church property | Religious Procession to be Held in Lviv to Mark Anniversary of UGCC’s Legalization | 13 October 2014, 12:34 | UGCC | Russian special services plan provocations in Ukraine on Holy Protection, the UOC-KP press-center’s stated | 10 October 2014, 17:55 | UOC KP | Historical paths of the UOC (MP) and the ROC are to part: believers from Volyn send a letter to Metropolitan Onufriy | 10 October 2014, 14:02 | National religious question | Arseniy Yatsenyuk said the government will not allow stirring religious hatred in Ukraine | 10 October 2014, 10:20 | Church-state relations | Canada’s Ambassador for Religious Freedom visits Ukraine | 9 October 2014, 22:55 | Freedom of Conscience | Odesa Jewish community denied harassment of Jews | 9 October 2014, 18:56 | Judaism Cross installed in place of Lenin’s statue at Svobody Square in Kharkiv removed | 9 October 2014, 11:00 | Religion and policy | In Uzhgorod Theological Academy and students of the UOC (MP) and the UOC-KP will study together | 9 October 2014, 10:00 | Theology and religious education | Don Cossacks seize a UOC KP church in Luhansk | 6 October 2014, 14:54 | Extraordinary situations | The UOC (MP) claim their parishioners were forcedly placed under jurisdiction of the UOC-KP, the latter denies the claim | 6 October 2014, 13:32 | Inter-Orthodox relations | Prime Minister Yatsenyuk Asks UOC(MP) for Help in Donbas | 3 October 2014, 16:03 | Church-state relations | Speaker of Ukrainian Parliament Suggests that All-Ukrainian Council of Churches Sets Date of Common Prayer for Ukraine before Elections | 3 October 2014, 13:42 | Church-state relations | UGCC Bishop Dziurakh: Despite efforts of Moscow Patriarchate, ecumenical dialogue goes forward | 2 October 2014, 18:21 | Interchurch relations | Chapel in memory of deceased Ukrainian soldiers consecrated in Kolomyia | 2 October 2014, 10:16 | Temples, church property | In Zaporizhzhia UOC (MP) restores hospital for persons wounded in ATO | 2 October 2014, 10:06 | Charity, social service | Fate of Two Young Muslims Kidnapped In Crimea Remains Unknown | 1 October 2014, 16:53 | Islam | Patriarch Bartholomew is asked to save the Ukrainian Church from the ‘Russian world’ | 1 October 2014, 13:04 | Inter-Orthodox relations | International Conference "Politics, Ethics, and Theology The Challenges for Ukraine and Europe" to be held in Paris | 30 September 2014, 18:50 | Announcements | Separatism rose in Donbas also because the Church failed to form values, Donetsk historian Igor Todorov believes | 30 September 2014, 10:18 | Religion and society | 7th Ecumenical Social Week 'Responsibility of a Christian in Modern Society' | 29 September 2014, 12:37 | Religion and society | International Theological Conference 'The Knowledge of God: East and West - Dogmatic and Spiritual Dimensions' | 29 September 2014, 12:03 | Announcements | In Horlivka armed men kidnapped an Adventist pastor from the house of worship during the Holy Communion | 29 September 2014, 10:49 | Freedom of Conscience | Nuncio Gullickson: Russian Actions Destabilize Ukraine, Harm Catholic Church | 25 September 2014, 14:48 | Apostolic Nunciatura | Patriarch Svistoslav visited the Australian Parliament | 25 September 2014, 12:30 | International relations | Pope Francis Calls for 'Biblical Welcoming' of Immigrants | 25 September 2014, 10:15 | World news | Ukrainian patriarch visits Canberra, pays tribute to MH17 dead | 24 September 2014, 19:22 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine | Rights of Muslims and UOC-KP are violated in Crimea, Jewish community ceases to exist in Donbass, according to human rights defenders | 24 September 2014, 10:35 | Freedom of Conscience | Almost 11,500 Hasidim have already arrived in Uman | 23 September 2014, 10:13 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage | Ukrainian and Russian youth held a symbolic reconciliation action in Auschwitz | 22 September 2014, 10:50 | International relations | In Mariupol an ecumenical prayer was held to stop war | 22 September 2014, 10:13 | National religious question | Latest photos and video «Це інакше, як чудом Божим не назвеш» — солдат 51 ї бригади про своє врятування photo 1 /1 Go to photo gallery Blogs 5 October 2014, 20:15 | Those who have ‘played church’ too long 24 Jule 2014, 11:36 | May we unite in spirit and deed to confront the evil besetting Europe and the world 23 June 2014, 14:02 | 22 червня - 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Релігійний вимір. All blogs Monitoring 17 October 2014, 13:42 | Society-digest | A Conversation with His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk Cardinal Dolan speaks with His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, about the Church in the Ukraine. 8 October 2014, 09:30 | Society-digest | Notre Dame honors Russia's new martyrs 3 October 2014, 22:55 | Society-digest | Ukraine: Christians threatened with firing squads and pastors held hostage Reports of rebels threatening churches with firing squards, storming church services and holding pastors hostage are just some of the stories that have emerged from rebel-held regions of eastern Ukraine in recent months. 3 October 2014, 22:39 | Society-digest | East Ukraine: People are praying and weeping – because they feel utterly helpless Mariupol, East Ukraine, late September 2014. Officially, there is a truce between the pro-Russian separatists, based around Donetsk and Lugansk, and the Ukrainian army. 29 September 2014, 15:12 | Society-digest | Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk Met with Ukrainian Community in U.S.A. Poll There currently no active polls Рrevious polls Loading... © RISU - Religious Information Service of Ukraine, 2001-2013 RISU is a project of the Institute of Religion and Society of the Ukrainian Catholic University The items contained in the Religious Information Service of Ukraine may be used, in part or in their entirety, by quoting the source. created by