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Primate of Ukrainian Orthodox Church Conducted Memorial Service for Holodomor Victims of 1932-193302.12.2009, [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.
Art Festival of Handicapped Children Held in Kyiv
02.12.2009, [16:06] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — On November 26, 2009, on the occasion of the International Day of Disabled Persons and with the blessing of the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine, the Art Festival of Handicapped Children and Youth “Let's Believe in Ourselves” was held.
Greek Catholics invite to ecumenical prayer
01.12.2009, [21:08] // UGCC //
In the Greek Catholic parishes, on the Remembrance Day of victims of the Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, memory prayers for the deceased were held. According to Deacon Ihor Shaban, the head of Commission of the UGCC for assistance of unity between the Christians, it is very important that the society remembers the Ukrainian martyrs and values those gifts which the Lord gives us today. The web site of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church posted this story on 28 November, 2009.
Days of Remembrance for Victims of Holodomor of 1932-1933 Conducted in Paris
01.12.2009, [20:50] // Foreign relations //
On the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Holodomor – the 1932-1933 famine-genocide in Ukraine – a series of events were held in Paris. The web site of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) posted this story on 26 November, 2009.
Sisters Servants Organized Literary Evening Devoted to Lina Kostenko
01.12.2009, [14:56] // news //
KYIV — On November 21, 2009, at the House of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate in Kyiv, a literary-musical evening devoted to the works of Lina Kostenko, organized by the sisters Maryana Shiposh and Olya Petrashyk, took place. The event gathered many admirers of the works of the poetesses among which was also the youth community of the Church of Saint Nicolas the Wonderworker.
Patriarchal Synod of Bishops of the UGCC Started its Work01.12.2009, [14:50] // UGCC //
LVIV — “When we obtain a plenitude of the Sacrament of Priesthood, a triple task appears before us: to be a teacher, a person who blesses, and a pastor for the people who have trust in us. These tasks can be analyzed and discussed to find which of them is the most important. But, presumably, first of all we have to consider the words of Jesus Christ, directed to the teacher of law whom asked Him about the most important commandment. The Lord answered that the most important commandment is to love God and thy neighbour,” Patriarch Lubomyr said in his sermon for the occasion of the Patriarchal Synod of Bishops. Exactly this, according to the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), is the most important in the service of a bishop: to love God more than all and to love thy neighbour as thyself.
Inter-Confessional Prayer for Victims of Holodomor Conducted in Kyiv01.12.2009, [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.
Metropolitan Volodymyr Awarded Kyiv Police Executives
01.12.2009, [12:29] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — On November 25, 2009, the primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate received the executives of the Kyiv police at his residence at the Kyiv Cave Monastery.
Extended Session of Holy Synod of UOC-MP Held
01.12.2009, [12:23] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — On November 24, 2009, in the session hall of the Kyiv Cave Monastery (block 45) the extended session of the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) started its work under the leadership of its head, Metropolitan Volodymyr. The session consists of two parts: in part one the heads of the Synodal departments and commissions were to make reports on the activity of their agencies carried out throughout 2009.
Parish of St. Josef Remains Owner of Church in Dnipropetrovsk30.11.2009, [13:34] // news //
KYIV — The Supreme Court of Ukraine confirmed the right of ownership of the Roman Catholic parish in Dnipropetrovsk. On November 26, 2009, the court declined the appeal of the corporation Dugsbery and announced its decision to leave unchanged the previous decisions of the courts, which recognized the right of ownership of the church building to the Catholics.
International Conference on Orthodoxy in Ukraine Held in Kyiv30.11.2009, [13:31] // Conference //
KYIV — On November 19-20, 2009, with the blessing of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr, an international conference “Patriarchal visit to Ukraine: answering the challenges of the time” was held in Kyiv. Ministers, theologians, scholars from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Poland discussed in the context of the patriarchal visit the development of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine and in the “eastern-Slavic space” in general. In addition to internal church problems, the participants dealt with the questions of resistance to “schismatics,” “Catholic expansion,” and “sectarians.” RISU’s Ukrainian-language web site posted this story on November 23, 2009.
Orthodox and Catholics to Prepare a Common Position on Dialogue with EU
30.11.2009, [11:56] // Inter-Christian relations //
BRUSSELS — According to a report of the Interfax information agency of November 27, 2009, Orthodox and Catholics intend to work together to form a dialogue with the European Union.
Synod of UOC-MP Specified Conditions of Dialogue with “Non-Canonical” Churches30.11.2009, [11:49] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — “The purpose of our dialogue with the non-canonical church groups is not a desire for canonical separation from the fullness of the Rus Church but an aspiration to restore the church unity,” reads the Address of the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) to Faithful Children passed during the extended session of its synod of November 24, 2009. In this document the leadership of the church clearly set out its position as to the unification of Ukrainian Orthodoxy and stressed the conditions of that process. First of all, it repeated its position that “the way to restore the unity is through repentance, that is a graceful ‘change of mind’ and way of life of those who are in separation” and that “the only acceptable model of restoration of church unity and unification of all Orthodox Christians in the within the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, that is the return of the separated ones to where they came from.”
Kyivan Patriarchate’s Rep: Dialogue with UOC-MP is Not the Only Possible Way30.11.2009, [11:41] // Inter-Christian relations //
KYIV — Representatives of the Kyivan Patriarchate commented on the decision of the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) of November 24, 2009, as to the preparation of a dialogue with the Kyivan Patriarchate. “One had ambivalent impressions from these decisions. On the one hand, it is positive that the process of preparation for the dialogue can be continued and that it will not be abandoned. For before the session of the Holy Synod, there were fears that radical opponents of the dialogue in the synod will pass resolutions which would make the further process of communication of the work team impossible,” commented the spokesman of the Kyivan Patriarchate, head of its information and publishing department, Bishop Yevstartii (Zoria). “On the other hand, there are also negative tendencies: the documents passed by the synod are filled with the rhetoric of the past. Such words were used ten-fifteen years ago. If anyone hopes that one can overcome the division of the Ukrainian Church in this manner, one is greatly mistaken,” continued the bishop.
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.
Metropolitan Volodymyr Greeted Yulia Tymoshenko on Her Birthday
30.11.2009, [11:24] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — The head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Volodymyr, greeted Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko in writing on her birthday. The web site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate posted his address on November 27, 2009. Please see the text of the address below.
UOC-MP Primate Met With Newly Appointed Ambassador of Greece to Ukraine
30.11.2009, [11:21] // UOC-MP //
KYIV — On November 26, 2009, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Volodymyr, met with Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of Greece to Ukraine Georgis Georguntsos, who recently was appointed to this office.
The Vatican’s New Policy on Garbage – an Example to Follow
26.11.2009, [12:45] // Catholic //
At a time when many cities of the world have considerable problems with domestic waste, the Vatican state, already for the second year, is successfully carrying out a program of separating and recycling garbage.
Deputies Call to Finance Print of Textbooks on Christian Ethics
26.11.2009, [12:39] // Church-state relations //
KYIV — Ukrainian deputies supported an initiative regarding the necessity of budget financing in 2010 for the printing of the Fundamentals of Christian Ethics textbooks. Thirteen deputies representing the Motherland of the Yulia Tymoshenko faction, Our Ukraine-National Self-defense faction, and Lytvyn’s block, which constitute the ruling coalition in the Supreme Council of Ukraine, have forwarded an address in this regard to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The address was initiated by Volodymyr Stretovych of the Christian Democratic Union. RISU received this information from the Institute of Religious Freedom. RISU’s Ukrainian language posted this story on November 23, 2009.
Ownership of Dnipropetrovsk Catholic Church is Considered by Court Again
26.11.2009, [12:35] // Conflict //
DNIPROPETROVSK — The Supreme Economic Court of Ukraine on November 19, 2009, started the consideration of a cassational appeal of the American company “Dugsbery, Inc.,” which does not agree with the decisions of the courts on the recognition of the eastern Ukrainian Dnipropetrovsk Roman Catholic community’s right of ownership to the city’s Church of St. Josef.
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Analysis & comments
We are losing! … The Positions of the Moscow Patriarchate in Ukraine Look Losing under Any Scenario of the Celebration of the 1020th Anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus
23.07.2008, [17:51] // Analysis & comments //
Oleksandr SOLDATOV, Portal-credo.ru, 15 July 2008 (original in the Russian language)
One year after the judgment Svato-Mykhaylivska Parafiya [St. Michael’s Parish] v. Ukraine: Background and consequences
23.07.2008, [17:48] // Analysis & comments //
Hennadii DRUZENKO, vice-president of the Institute for European Integration, legal adviser for Ukrainian Parliamentary Committee on European Integration
On the 1020th Anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’-Ukraine
21.07.2008, [16:53] // Analysis & comments //
This year our Metropolitanate, the Kyivan, once the largest by territory, is celebrating 1020 years from the time of its official baptism. This is a holy day not only for Kyiv but for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The history of Ukrainian Christianity is long and fairly complicated, and not unambiguous from the historical point of view; not infrequently everything did not go as Constantinople and Kyiv would have liked. There were moments of misunderstanding, but never in its more than 1000-year history did our spiritual daughter, the Kyivan Metropolitanate, reject its connections with its Mother, the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
23.07.2008, [17:51] // Analysis & comments //
Oleksandr SOLDATOV, Portal-credo.ru, 15 July 2008 (original in the Russian language)
One year after the judgment Svato-Mykhaylivska Parafiya [St. Michael’s Parish] v. Ukraine: Background and consequences
23.07.2008, [17:48] // Analysis & comments //
Hennadii DRUZENKO, vice-president of the Institute for European Integration, legal adviser for Ukrainian Parliamentary Committee on European Integration
On the 1020th Anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’-Ukraine
21.07.2008, [16:53] // Analysis & comments //
This year our Metropolitanate, the Kyivan, once the largest by territory, is celebrating 1020 years from the time of its official baptism. This is a holy day not only for Kyiv but for the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. The history of Ukrainian Christianity is long and fairly complicated, and not unambiguous from the historical point of view; not infrequently everything did not go as Constantinople and Kyiv would have liked. There were moments of misunderstanding, but never in its more than 1000-year history did our spiritual daughter, the Kyivan Metropolitanate, reject its connections with its Mother, the Patriarchate of Constantinople.
D i g e s t
Archbishop Hilarion shares with Pope his concern about Orthodox dioceses in Ukraine destroyed by the Uniates
22.09.2009, [11:04]
Interfax, September 21, 2009
Patriarch Kirill Wears Watch Worth 30 Thousand EUR
10.08.2009, [09:58]
Russian Patriarch's visit to Ukraine a triumph, say top aides
10.08.2009, [09:16]
22.09.2009, [11:04]
Interfax, September 21, 2009
Patriarch Kirill Wears Watch Worth 30 Thousand EUR
10.08.2009, [09:58]
Russian Patriarch's visit to Ukraine a triumph, say top aides
10.08.2009, [09:16]
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