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Baptists Summarize 2002 And Plan For 200328.02.2003, [11:52] // Baptists //
During a meeting of the All-Ukraine Union of the Association of Evangelical Baptists (AUU AEB) on 18 February 2003, the Evangelical Baptists summarized their activities in Ukraine in 2002 and made plans for the current year.
70-Year-Old Husar Is Most Trusted Hierarch
27.02.2003, [15:20] // UGCC //
Ukrainian tv channel “1+1” announced on 26 February 2003 that Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, is rated the most trusted hierarch among all the confessions in Ukraine. Cardinal Husar turned 70 that day. As he is on a pastoral visit to England after his trip to Canada, the cardinal will celebrate his birthday in Lviv with a Divine Liturgy on 2 March, with the participation of Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, apostolic nuncio in Ukraine.
Sources: tv channel “1+1”; press service of the UGCC
Ukrainian President Honors Greek Catholic Cardinal27.02.2003, [12:59] // Church-state relations //
On 26 February 2003, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma signed a decree to award Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the order of Yaroslav the Wise for his significant contribution towards the restoration of spirituality, consolidation of the ideas of mercy and accord in society, and long-time fruitful religious work. Cardinal Husar celebrated his 70th birthday on this day.
Source: www.president.gov.ua
Autocephalous Orthodox Archbishop Addresses Famine’s 70th Anniversary
27.02.2003, [12:58] // UAOC //
On 25 February 2003, Archbishop Ihor (Isichenko) of Kharkiv and Poltava of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) released a pastoral address on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Soviet-imposed famine in Ukraine in 1932 and 1933. The UAOC announced March as a month of prayer in memory of the famine victims.
International Conference On “Sects” Opens In Cherkasy
27.02.2003, [12:55] // Conference //
An international conference dedicated to the issues of protection of families and individuals from so-called “totalitarian sects” opened in central Ukrainian Cherkasy on 24 February 2003. Representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), scholars, doctors and law enforcement officers from Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia came to participate in the conference.
Roman Catholic Bishop Passes Away27.02.2003, [12:53] // RCC //
Bishop Jan Olszanski, former ordinary of the Kamianets-Podilskyi diocese of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) passed away on 23 February 2003. The funeral was held in Kamianets-Podilskyi on 25 February 2003 with the participation of hierarchs and priests of the RCC and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
Ukrainian Lutheran Synod Held In Kyiv
27.02.2003, [12:51] // Lutheran Churches //
The Synod of the Ukrainian Lutheran Church was held in the Ukrainian capital city, Kyiv, on 18 February 2003.
Husar Ends Pastoral Visit To Canada
25.02.2003, [17:04] // UGCC //
On 24 February 2002, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), finished his 18-day pastoral visit to Canada. He visited some of the country’s 500,000 Greek Catholics in Winnipeg, Ottawa, Hamilton, Woodstock, Toronto and Montreal. Some highlights of the trip follow.
First Roman Catholic Diocesan Press Service Established In Ukraine
25.02.2003, [10:59] // RCC //
On 22 February 2003, Roman Catholic Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki issued a decree to establish the press service of the Odesa and Simferopol eparchy of the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) and appointed Oleksandr Dobroier his press secretary.
Nigerian Pentecostal Pastor Claims Stay In Ukraine Legal
24.02.2003, [13:29] // Pentecostals //
Pastor Sunday Adelaja, a Nigerian citizen and head of a Pentecostal church called the Embassy of the Blessed Kingdom of God for all Nations, maintains that he is legally staying in Ukraine. According to an announcement posted on the church’s website on 22 February 2003, letters with documents confirming Pastor Adelaja’s legal stay in Ukraine have been sent to Ukrainian government agencies, the mass media, and Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). These documents would contradict information spread through the Ukrainian mass media during the past month.
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