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A Council without Conciliarity or Rebellion in Odessa 01.04.2009, [13:17] // Analysis & comments //
Yaroslav CHMELNYTSKYI, UOC-KP priest
(Notes of a witness to a local council meeting of the UOC)
It was at a meeting of Ukrainian Orthodox Church delegates in Kyiv on 17 January, which was officially presented as a forward to the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, that I saw for myself that such things happen. The main event of the forthcoming nation wide council in Moscow is the election of a new patriarch. The council’s agenda should also include the status of the UOC, whose bishops asked for autocephaly in 1991, and many other things. Indeed, Ukrainian delegates had much to talk about.
The Market for Church Services 10.11.2008, [08:26] // Analysis & comments //
Artem HOLUBENKO, Orthodox, economist-marketing specialist, lives in Makiivka, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Region, one of the authors of the resource „Khata - a portal of Ukrainians of the Donetsk region” (hatanm.org.ua)
The Long Road in Church Sand-drifts 05.08.2008, [12:56] // Analysis & comments //
By Myroslav MARYNOVYCH, vice-rector of Ukrainian Catholic University, president of Religion and Society Institute
 The Last Outpost of Christianity in Podillya
22.06.2009, [13:26] // Kaleidoscope //
Kam’yanets-Podilskyj charms with its castle, numerous churches of various confessions, natural landscape, and unique history. It is not possible to capture the beauty of this city, which is included as one of the seven wonders of Ukraine, in one account. Thus, our local correspondent Yuliya ZAVADSKA proposes RISU readers a series of materials devoted to Kam’yanets-Podilskyj and its surrounding areas.
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Rector of Kyiv Theological Schools Met with Danish Ambassador to Ukraine
09.12.2009, [16:49] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — On December 4, 2009, the feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple, at the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary, its rector Archbishop Anthonii of Boryspil met with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine Mr. Michael Borg-Hansen and the former bishop of Copenhagen of the Danish Lutheran Church Eric Norman Svendsen.
Chair of UOC-MP Synodal Military Department Greets Academic Research Institute for Training Criminalists and Investigation Officers on its Anniversary
09.12.2009, [16:44] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — The Academic Research Institute for Training Criminalists and Investigation Officers of the Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs marked its 24th anniversary with church solemnities on December 2, 2009. At the invitation of the institute administration, the celebrations were attended by Archbishop Augustine of Lviv and Halych, the Chair of the Synodal Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) for Relations with the Armed Forces and Other Military Agencies of Ukraine, Rev.Vitalii Prykhodko, the rector of the Church of Epiphany at the Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs, and Rev. Victor Yatsenko Chair of the Synodal Department for Pastoral Care of the Penitentiary System.
Opening of Official Website of UGCC in Kazakhstan
09.12.2009, [16:39] // UGCC //
The Information Department of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) received an email with a report stating that the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kazakhstan has launched its official website at the address www.ugcc-kazakhstan.com. It is now possible to get direct information about life and activity of Greek Catholics in Kazakhstan from the web site. The web site of UGCC posted this story on December 7, 2009.
Russian Church Wants "Concrete Steps" From Vatican to Solve Interdenominational Tension
09.12.2009, [16:32] // Inter-Christian relations //
 MOSCOW — According to a report of Interfax of December 7, 2009, the Russian Orthodox Church is not against a meeting between its head, Patriarch Kirill, and Pope Benedict XVI but expects the Vatican to "take "concrete steps to show that there is a desire to be cooperative," the Russian Church's foreign relations chief said on a television program on Saturday.
Former Chief Rabbi of Lviv Detained in Kyiv
07.12.2009, [13:34] // news //
KYIV — On December 3, 2009, Abram Rozental, the former Chief Rabbi of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, a Jewish public figure and Israeli citizen, was detained in Boryspil Airport in Kyiv on suspicion of holding an invalid passport. The web site ua.proua.com received this information from his brother, Rabbi Shmoel Rozental, who accompanied him during the pilgrimage visit.
Reps of Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods: No Presidential Candidate Lives Up to Expectations of Orthodox in Ukraine
07.12.2009, [13:28] // Orthodox //
MOSCOW — On November 24, 2009, an annual conference of the Union of the Orthodox Brotherhoods was held in Moscow. The participants paid much attention to the condition of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine and also discussed the economical condition of the country. According to the participants, no presidential candidate lives up to the expectations of the Orthodox of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Greek Catholics Respond to Climate Movement’s Call
07.12.2009, [13:23] // news //
KYIV — The Ecological Bureau of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church responded to the call of the Climate Movement of Ukraine to the clergy of various churches to support in prayer the organizers of the Conference on the Climate Change to be held in the beginning of December in Denmark. The address of the Climate Movement of Ukraine was previously reported on by RISU. RISU’s Ukrainian-language web site posted this story on December 3, 2009.
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 “I would like in ten years for Ukraine to already have a unified national church!”
13.10.2009 // interview //
Interview with Bishop MAKARII (Meletych), Archbishop of Lviv of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, on the affairs of the UAOC, its relations with the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and inter-Orthodox relations in Ukraine.
 “The Argument that Autocephaly in Ukraine is Impossible Because Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus Constitute One Indivisible Spiritual Space Is Powerless if We Take into Account the History and Modern System of the Orthodox Church”
16.09.2009 // interview //
Interview with Archimandrite Job (Getcha), Doctor of Theology, clergyman of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, on the significance of the primacy of Constantinople, world inter-Orthodox relations, and the issue of Ukraine
 “The patriarch gave the Ukrainian society one of the strongest reintegration messages in all of the history of independent Ukraine”
17.08.2009 // interview //
Interview with Viktor YELENSKYJ, prof. of philosophy, religious studies, publicist, member of expert council of RISU
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Rector of Kyiv Theological Schools Met with Danish Ambassador to Ukraine
09.12.2009, [16:49] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — On December 4, 2009, the feast of the Entrance of the Theotokos to the Temple, at the Kyiv Theological Academy and Seminary, its rector Archbishop Anthonii of Boryspil met with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Ukraine Mr. Michael Borg-Hansen and the former bishop of Copenhagen of the Danish Lutheran Church Eric Norman Svendsen.
Chair of UOC-MP Synodal Military Department Greets Academic Research Institute for Training Criminalists and Investigation Officers on its Anniversary
09.12.2009, [16:44] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — The Academic Research Institute for Training Criminalists and Investigation Officers of the Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs marked its 24th anniversary with church solemnities on December 2, 2009. At the invitation of the institute administration, the celebrations were attended by Archbishop Augustine of Lviv and Halych, the Chair of the Synodal Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) for Relations with the Armed Forces and Other Military Agencies of Ukraine, Rev.Vitalii Prykhodko, the rector of the Church of Epiphany at the Kyiv National University of Internal Affairs, and Rev. Victor Yatsenko Chair of the Synodal Department for Pastoral Care of the Penitentiary System.
Reps of Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods: No Presidential Candidate Lives Up to Expectations of Orthodox in Ukraine
07.12.2009, [13:28] // Orthodox //
MOSCOW — On November 24, 2009, an annual conference of the Union of the Orthodox Brotherhoods was held in Moscow. The participants paid much attention to the condition of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine and also discussed the economical condition of the country. According to the participants, no presidential candidate lives up to the expectations of the Orthodox of Ukraine.
Ukrainian Lutheran Church Admits Two Belarusian Communities
29.10.2009, [14:57] // Lutheran Churches //
 KREMENETS — On October 21-22, 2009, a regular council of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church was held in the town of Kremenets. In addition to technical and internal church issues, the council considered and passed three resolutions, one of which was to admit Belarusian Lutheran communities of the city of Minsk and Zhodino. RISU’s Ukrainian-language webpage posted this story on October 26, 2009.
Ukrainian Baptists Celebrated 400th Anniversary of Evangelical Baptism
02.09.2009, [17:14] // Baptists //
 KYIV — On August 30, 2009, a concert at the Palace “Ukraine” concluded the events marking the celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Evangelical Baptism. An audience of five thousand greeted the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), the First Vice Prime Minister Oleksandr Turchynov, national deputy Volodymyr Stretovych, the head of the Pentecostals Mykhailo Panochko, and other honored guests. RISU's Ukrainian-language webpage posted this story on August 31, 2009.
Ukrainian Baptists Celebrate 400th Anniversary
26.08.2009, [10:41] // Baptists //
KYIV — From the 26 to the 30 of August, 2009, in Kyiv will take place a Pan-Slavic Baptist Conference, marking the 400th year of Baptism. Leaders of Unions of Baptists of countries of the CIS and emigration unions will come to the event. On the last day of the conference, in the National Palace “Ukraine,” there will be a festive evening to celebrate the jubilee. In addition to senior pastors there will be close to three thousand Baptists taking part. More than a thousand of them will be international guests: leaders of missions, pastors, and other honorary guests. This story was posted on RISU's Ukrainian-language website.
Russian Church Wants "Concrete Steps" From Vatican to Solve Interdenominational Tension
09.12.2009, [16:32] // Inter-Christian relations //
MOSCOW — According to a report of Interfax of December 7, 2009, the Russian Orthodox Church is not against a meeting between its head, Patriarch Kirill, and Pope Benedict XVI but expects the Vatican to "take "concrete steps to show that there is a desire to be cooperative," the Russian Church's foreign relations chief said on a television program on Saturday.
Former Chief Rabbi of Lviv Detained in Kyiv
07.12.2009, [13:34] // news //
KYIV — On December 3, 2009, Abram Rozental, the former Chief Rabbi of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, a Jewish public figure and Israeli citizen, was detained in Boryspil Airport in Kyiv on suspicion of holding an invalid passport. The web site ua.proua.com received this information from his brother, Rabbi Shmoel Rozental, who accompanied him during the pilgrimage visit.
Ukrainian Greek Catholics Respond to Climate Movement’s Call
07.12.2009, [13:23] // news //
KYIV — The Ecological Bureau of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church responded to the call of the Climate Movement of Ukraine to the clergy of various churches to support in prayer the organizers of the Conference on the Climate Change to be held in the beginning of December in Denmark. The address of the Climate Movement of Ukraine was previously reported on by RISU. RISU’s Ukrainian-language web site posted this story on December 3, 2009.
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Opening of Official Website of UGCC in Kazakhstan
09.12.2009, [16:39] // UGCC //
The Information Department of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) received an email with a report stating that the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Kazakhstan has launched its official website at the address www.ugcc-kazakhstan.com. It is now possible to get direct information about life and activity of Greek Catholics in Kazakhstan from the web site. The web site of UGCC posted this story on December 7, 2009.
Apostolic Exarch for Greek Catholic Ukrainians of France, Benelux, and Switzerland Visits Brussels
06.12.2009, [17:06] // UGCC //
Recently on an invitation from the delegate of the Belgian Episcopal Commission “Pro Migrantibus” from the parishes of Eastern Catholic Churches in Belgium priest Oleh Zymak, CSSR, Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians of France, Benelux, and Switzerland of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Reverend Bishop Mikhail (Hrynchyshyn) visited Brussels and Antwerp. The program of visit of the bishop, in particular, included a meeting with the Bishop of Brussels Monsignor Joseph D’Kezel. At the reception an exchange of opinions took place about a series of questions of the general interest, remarks were shared about the progress in the development of the UGCC parishes of Brussels, and the possibilities for its further development were discussed. At the conclusion of the meeting Bishop Mikhail gifted a Ukrainian icon to his Brussels brother in episcopacy.
Greek Catholics Were Familiarized with Social Projects of Other Confessions
04.12.2009, [16:37] // UGCC //
KYIV — As part of the Social Days of the UGCC Greek Catholics visited the social projects of other confessions, informed Deacon Ihor Shaban, head of the Commission of UGCC for the assistance of unity between Christians, as was reported by the correspondent SoborNews. For this occasion workers of social structures of the UGCC from Ivano-Frankivs’k, Lviv, Ternopil’, Kharkiv, and Donets’k as well as students of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University went to Kyiv. In their opinion, such meetings are very useful.
30 thousand Crimean Muslims are Under Extremist Influence
30.10.2009, [12:18] // Muslims //
KYIV — According to a report of Interfax information agency of October 28, 2009, with a reference to the Ukrainian issue of Komsomolskaya Pravda daily, up to 30 thousand Crimean Muslims, including 90 percent of Tatars from Alushta, are under the influence of the extremist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir.
Ukraine Detains Three Suspected Islamic Militants
28.10.2009, [11:09] // Muslims //
SIMFEROPOL — On October 27, 2009, Interfax reported that Ukrainian police and Security Service operatives on October 23 detained three men who are accused of Islamic extremism and terrorist plots and are suspected of belonging to an international Islamic militant group after special forces found a cache of explosive materials and detonators, stated Yurij Lutsenko, the Interior Minister.
Babyn Yar Jewish Victims Remembered in Kyiv
30.09.2009, [17:01] // Jewish Communities //
KYIV — Representatives of the Jewish community of Kyiv on September 27, 2009, marked the 68th anniversary of the execution of Jews in Babyn Yar. The event was attended by approximately 150 people including Chief Rabbi of Ukraine Yaakov Dov Bleich.
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Primate of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Conducted Memorial Service for Holodomor Victims of 1932-1933
02.12.2009, [16:11] // Religious ceremony //
KYIV — On the Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Holodomor on November 28, 2009, on the territory of the State Museum "Memorial of Holodomor Victims in Ukraine" (Mazepy St. 15-à, Kyiv) the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine, conducted a memorial service for the innocent victims-compatriots.
Inter-Confessional Prayer for Victims of Holodomor Conducted in Kyiv
01.12.2009, [12:33] // Religious ceremony //
 KYIV — On the Day of Remembrance of Holodomor Victims on November 28, 2009, a joint inter-confessional prayer for the victims of the Holodomor genocidal famine was conducted in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv by the heads and authorized representatives of the churches and religious organizations of Ukraine.
President Yushchenko Takes Part in Events on Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Holodomor
30.11.2009, [11:30] // Religious ceremony //
President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko took part in the memorial events to remember the victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 on Saturday, November 28, 2009.
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