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Easter Breakfast For Needy Held in Lviv30.04.2003, [17:39] // Charitable activities //
1 thousand lonely and homeless residents of western Ukrainian Lviv ate a traditional Easter breakfast around a festal table set for them at the Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. George. This occurred on 27 April 2003, Easter day according to the Julian calendar.
Pentecostals Picket Radio-TV Station
23.04.2003, [18:37] // Pentecostals //
The Pentecostal community “Word of Truth” has been picketing the editorial office of the radio-television company “Hok” in Komsomolska, central Ukrainian Poltava region, for 10 days. “Word of Truth” claims that the station broadcast biased reporting about their community and is demanding air time to respond, or threatens to take the company to court. The press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) posted the news on 22 April 2003.
Orthodox (UOC-MP) To Work Together With Ministry of Health23.04.2003, [18:35] // UOC-MP //
Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) and Andrii Pidaiev, Ukraine’s minister of health care, signed an agreement of mutual cooperation on 22 April 2003 in Kyiv. Cooperation will include the organization of medical assistance for invalids, training nurses, charitable activities, and pastoral support for patients at cancer wards.
Orthodox (UOC-KP and UOC-MP) Hierarchs Send Easter Greetings
23.04.2003, [18:34] // UOC-KP //
The Easter greeting of Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) was released by the church’s press service on 15 April 2003. The greeting of Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), was also recently released. Excerpts from both follow.
Husar Sends Easter Greetings23.04.2003, [14:43] // UGCC //
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, released his Easter greeting on 17 April 2003. The full text follows.
Orthodox (UOC-MP) Metropolitan Consecrates Insignia Of Chornobyl Union23.04.2003, [11:12] // UOC-MP //
At the request of the Chornobyl Union of Ukraine (CUU), Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, consecrated the official standard of the union in the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves. The metropolitan also blessed the CUU order, entitled “The Cross of Chornobyl,” and approved the design of the union’s icon “The Savior of Chornobyl.” This news was reported on 21 April 2003.
Orthodox (UOC-MP) Faithful Seize Museum Of Kyivan Monastery Of The Caves23.04.2003, [11:09] // UOC-MP //
A group of monks and faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) seized a museum building of the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves, blocking the main entrance and other doors and holding museum employees inside, on 21 April 2003.
Filaret Talks On Social Work Of The Orthodox Church (UOC-KP)
23.04.2003, [10:22] // UOC-KP //
Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), recently gave an interview to Klara Gudzyk, of the Kyiv newspaper The Day. The interview, which follows in its entirety, was published in the Day Weekly Digest on 22 April 2003.
President Greets Roman Catholics On Easter
22.04.2003, [09:35] // Church-state relations //
On 21 April 2003, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma sent Easter greetings to Ukraine’s Roman Catholics, who celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus Christ according to the Gregorian calendar the day before. The president wished them spiritual peace, serenity, family calm, happiness and good health. “On this day, every Christian compares his deeds, and whole life, with the Lord’s commandments. Love of neighbor, mercy, patience and forgiveness will always remain the greatest virtues of our society, whose development is inseparable from Christian traditions and morals,” said President Kuchma.
Source: www.president.gov.ua
Orthodox Deputies Association Formed In Parliament22.04.2003, [09:34] // Church-state relations //
An association of Orthodox deputies, which unites 157 national deputies of Ukraine, was recently established in the country’s parliament. Henadii Vasyliev, assistant to the head of the Ukrainian Parliament, made this announcement during the last parliamentary session in April. This news was reported on 20 April 2003.
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