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Parliamentarian Asks Pope To Address Anniversary Of Ukrainian-Polish Conflict31.03.2003, [15:25] // Church-state relations //
In a meeting with Pope John Paul II on 28 March 2003, Volodymyr Lytvyn, head of Ukraine’s Parliament, asked the pontiff to address the Ukrainian and Polish peoples on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of a bloody interethnic conflict in Volyn, now in northwestern Ukraine.
Baptists Present Book “20 Centuries of Christianity”
31.03.2003, [15:20] // Baptists //
The All-Ukraine Union of the Association of Evangelical Baptists (AUU-AEB) held a press conference on the premises of the UNIAN news agency on 19 March 2003 to present their new three-volume book “20 Centuries of Christianity.”
Orthodox (UOC-KP) Patriarch Filaret Wants To Unite Orthodox
31.03.2003, [11:33] // UOC-KP //
The various branches of the Orthodox churches in Ukraine must unite despite objections from the Moscow Patriarchate, Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), has said. Discussions on unification between his church and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) are ongoing and there are no major problems there, Filaret said. The following is an excerpt from an interview Filaret gave to Oleksandr Rushchak, published in the Ukrainian newspaper Segodnya in Russian on March 28, 2003 and published in English by the BBC Monitoring Service, UK, on March 29, 2003:
Communists Demand Return Of Monastery To Orthodox [UOC-MP] Church
28.03.2003, [10:46] // Church-state relations //
The Communist Party of Ukraine has released a statement accusing the Pylyp Orlyk Institute of Democracy (POID) and the US-Ukraine Foundation of ignoring a decree of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issued on 19 November 2002 and discrediting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). According to the statement, the foundation and institute had been warned in advance of eviction from the building of the Monastery of the Holy Presentation of the Lord (UOC-MP) by 23 February 2003. The press service of the UOC-MP posted this news on 26 March 2003.
New Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishop Named For Chicago
28.03.2003, [10:42] // UGCC //
CARNEGIE, PA., USA (AP) -- The pastor of a Ukrainian Greek Catholic church in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, has been named bishop of the church's eparchy with the largest territory, based in Chicago, Illinois, according to an Associated Press news story on March 26,2003.
Local Official Comments On Religious Situation In Transcarpathia
28.03.2003, [10:30] // Church-state relations //
During a briefing on 25 March 2003, S. Yovzhyi, head of the Department of Religious Matters in the far western Ukrainian Transcarpathian region, reported that over the years of Ukraine’s independence the number of religious organizations in the region has doubled.
Orthodox (UOC-KP) Support Peaceful Resolution Of Iraq Conflict27.03.2003, [11:13] // UOC-KP //
Patriarch Filaret Denysenko, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), said that his church is seriously concerned over the outbreak of war in Iraq and stressed that any conflicts should be solved peacefully by the whole international community. This news was reported on 25 March 2003.
Communist Leader Says Kyiv Monastery Should Belong To UOC-MP Orthodox27.03.2003, [08:40] // Church-state relations //
Petro Symonenko, head of the Communist Party of Ukraine, recently sent a letter to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, asking to transfer the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). The complex is now a national monument in government possession. The press service of the UOC-MP posted the news on 26 March 2003.
UCU Vice-rector Says Greek Catholic Patriarchate “Normal Development”
27.03.2003, [08:38] // UGCC //
“The desire of Greek Catholics to bring the status of their church up to the patriarchal level is a testimony to the normal development of an Eastern Church,” according to Prof. Myroslav Marynovych, vice-rector of external affairs and director of the Institute of Religion and Society at the Ukrainian Catholic University. Marynovych talked about this and other issues in an interview with RISU given on 22 March 2003.
Orthodox Metropolitan (UOC-MP) Asks Faithful To Pray For Peace
27.03.2003, [08:36] // UOC-MP //
Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), called upon the faithful to pray for peace after the military conflict in Iraq broke out. This news was reported by the press service of the UOC-MP on 23 March 2003.
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