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Deputies Concerned Over Icon Preservation In Lviv National Museum30.05.2003, [23:47] // Church-state relations //
30 May 2003 (RISU.org.ua) – Lviv. Taras Chornovil, national deputy of Ukraine of Viktor Yushchenko’s “Our Ukraine” faction, has asked Myron Yankiv, head of the regional state administration in western Ukrainian Lviv, to look into the situation with the icon collection at the National Museum in Lviv that were transferred from the city’s Armenian Cathedral. “Invaluable masterpieces are currently preserved in horrible conditions,” said Chornovil.
Reserve Director Wants Peaceful Settlement With Orthodox (UOC-MP) Monks29.05.2003, [21:56] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv 29 May 2003 Serhii Krolevets, director general of the national reserve of the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves, commented on the current situation with the reserve’s museum building, seized by a group of monks and faithful on 19 April 2003. He said that bringing the local Orthodox (UOC-MP) community to court would only be the last resort in solving the conflict. RISU’s Ukrainian site posted Krolevets’ comments and more news about the situation on 29 May 2003.
Churches Concerned Over New Religious Bill Submitted To Parliament
29.05.2003, [00:53] // Church-state relations //
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine recently submitted another legislative bill “On the Amendments to the Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organizations” to the Ukrainian Parliament. This happened after churches and religious organization expressed their reservations concerning the bill, which was worked out by the National Committee on Religious Matters. This news was reported by Oleksandr Zaiets, director of the Institute of Religious Freedom, on 27 May 2003.
Orthodox (UOC-MP) Missionary Congress Starts In Kyiv29.05.2003, [00:52] // UOC-MP //
The 1st All-Ukrainian Congress for Missionaries, held under the slogan “We Will Be Saved Through Love and Unity,” started work with the blessing of Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on 27 May 2003. Approximately 140 delegates from 31 UOC-MP eparchies of Ukraine and also guests from Russia and Belarus are participating in the congress, which is organized the by the Synodal Department for Religious Education, Evangelization and Missionary Work of the UOC-MP.
Catholics From Ukraine Participate In European Ecological Conference In Poland
29.05.2003, [00:51] // Conference //
A conference entitled “The Formation of Responsibility for Creatures and Balanced Development” was held in Wroclaw, Poland, from 15 to 18 May 2003. It was organized by the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CEEC) and gathered 60 delegates from 22 countries of the world, including Greek and Roman Catholics from Ukraine. The conference was part of a series of CEEC meetings on ecology that have already been conducted for five years.
90-Year-Old Synagogue In Kharkiv Revived
28.05.2003, [20:39] // Jewish Communities //
Brooklyn, New York, 25 May 2003, Lubavitch Online Update--If the walls at 12 Pushkinskaya Street could talk, what would they say? It would be a heart-wrenching tale of tears, hope, and broken trust, eerily paralleling the tumultuous history of the Jewish people. But last week there was cause for celebration in Kharkiv's central synagogue, as 2,000 people gathered to witness a new beginning for the 90-year old sanctuary. S. Olidort reported in a news story from Kharkiv, published by Lubavitch Online Update, from the Lubavitch Development Fund, Brooklyn, New York, on May 25, 2003.
Reconstruction Of Ancient Church Begins In Kyiv28.05.2003, [01:03] // UOC-MP //
Archaeological and reconstruction work on the Church of the Presentation, Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), started in Kyiv’s Podil neighborhood on 24 May 2003. Archpriest Vitalii Kosovskyi, dean of Kyiv for the UOC-MP, who initiated the restoration of this ancient church some years ago, served a prayer service in gratitude.
Baptists In Odesa Reject School Curriculum
27.05.2003, [21:48] // Baptists //
A conflict between authorities in the village of Shevchenkovo, Kilikiya district, southern Ukrainian Odesa region, and representatives of the local Baptist community has aggravated as the latter prohibit their children from attending classes in school. This news was reported on 26 May 2003.
Problems Of Byzantine Studies and Patristics Discussed In Kyiv
27.05.2003, [21:47] // Conference //
The Ukrainian Center of Byzantine Studies and Patristics held a round table meeting on “Problems in the Development of Byzantine Studies and Patristics in modern Ukraine” on 23 May, 2003 in Kyiv. The participants included religious figures, scholars, theologians, architects, and journalists.
Crimean Karaites Hold Congress In Yevpatoria27.05.2003, [02:33] // Karaite //
The 2nd International Congress of Crimean Karaites was held from 23 to 24 May 2003 in southern Ukrainian Yevpatoria, Crimea. Organized by the Association of Karaites of Ukraine and Crimea, the congress was part of the celebration of the days of Karaite culture in Crimea.
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