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Interreligious Believers Pray For Ukraine29.03.2002, [09:48] // Interreligious relations //
The faithful of many of Ukraine’s various religious groups prayed for the future of the country on 26 March 2002, supporting an initiative which came from Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of Ukraine’s Batkivshchyna (“Homeland”) political coalition.
Kyivan Orthodox Accuse Moscow Orthodox Of Provocation In Vinnytsia
29.03.2002, [09:35] // UOC-KP //
Mir religii, 26 March 2002 The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) accused adherents of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) of provoking disorders that occurred on 24 March 2002 in the village of Kalynivka in the Vinnytsia region.
BBC Covers Clash of Kyivan and Moscow Orthodox In Vinnytsia
29.03.2002, [09:33] // UOC-KP //
Following is a transcript from BBC Monitoring International Reports of 25 March 2002 regarding a clash between believers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate in the Vinnytsia region (central Ukraine).
Church In Honor Of Firefighters To Be Built In Kyiv
28.03.2002, [12:47] // UOC-KP //
Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate consecrated the site for a church in the Obolon district of Kyiv on 22 March 2002. The Church of the Burning Bush is going to be the first church erected in honor of firefighters who have died while doing their duty. Oleksandr Omelchenko, mayor of Kyiv, and the administration of the Kyivan fire prevention office also participated in the ceremony.
Source: http://part.org.ua
Secular and Religious Education Discussed At International Conference
28.03.2002, [12:45] // Conference //
The State Committee on Religious Matters, together with the all-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, the Ministry of Education of Ukraine and the Educational Programs Center conducted an international scholarly conference, “Secular and Religious Systems of Education: Common Goals in Ukrainian Society,” on 21-22 March 2002 in Kyiv. The perspective of cooperation between the systems of secular and religious education as well as their possible coexistence were the major topics for discussion at the conference.
Communists Claim Registration Of Kyivan Orthodox Church Unlawful26.03.2002, [15:13] // UOC-KP //
A press conference on the appeal of national deputies of Ukraine’s Parliament to the General Prosecutor’s Office concerning the allegedly unlawful registration of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) in 1992, was held in UNIAN (a national news agency) on 22 March 2002. The theft of property belonging to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), along with a protest later sent to the General Prosecutor’s Office, were also touched upon at the press conference.
Kuchma Signs Decree On Restoration Of Religious Rights26.03.2002, [14:42] // Church-state relations //
Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine, signed a decree “On Urgent Measures for Combating the Negative Consequences of Totalitarian Policies of the Former Soviet Union regarding Religion and Restoration of the Violated Rights of Churches and Religions Organizations.” This news was reported by the Department of Information and Public Relations of the presidential administration on 21 March 2002.
Election Committee Warns Priests
22.03.2002, [11:34] // news //
The head of the Lviv regional branch of the Election Committee of Ukraine, Roman Koshovyi, announced that he knows of numerous cases when priests have been doing political campaigning for certain candidates or political parties during religious services. He said this at a press conference held on 19 March 2002 in Lviv.
Center of Patristics and Byzantine Studies To Open In Kyiv
22.03.2002, [11:32] // UAOC //
A constituent conference of the Ukrainian Center of Patristics and Byzantine Studies was held on 14 March 2002 in the building of the patriarchate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) in Kyiv. It summarized almost a year of work in establishing the center, which was started at the initiative of the Kyivan eparchial synod on 5 April 2001.
Theology Recognized As Academic Discipline In Ukraine
22.03.2002, [11:23] // news //
The Governmental Committee on Social, Scientific and Humanitarian Development at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine passed a resolution on 11 March 2002 according to which theology is now included on the list of academic disciplines.
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