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Four Religious Hierarchs Make Popularity Rating30.04.2004, [17:13] // news //
Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) and Yaakov Dov Bleich, chief rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine, made the journal Korrespondent’s TOP-100 popularity rating of the most influential people in Ukraine. The hierarchs occupied the 11th, 14th, 17th and 39th places respectively. The rating was released on 21 April 2004. According to observers, the rating of religious hierarchs this year is lower compared with 2003, since religious issues have become less important than political ones.
Source: www.uaorthodox.org
3000 Orthodox and Catholics Make Ecumenical Pilgrimage to New Jersey, USA30.04.2004, [15:32] // Inter-Christian relations //
During Easter week, over 3000 faithful of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic churches came to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (UOC-USA) Metropolia Center for the Annual Remembrance Pilgrimage at St. Andrew Memorial Church and Cemetery in South Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA. The news was released on 19 April 2004 by the UOC-USA office of public relations.
Greek Catholic Cardinal Husar Visits Odesa29.04.2004, [19:29] // UGCC //
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), conducted a pastoral visit to southern Ukraine’s Odesa region from 23 to 27 April 2004. He visited communities of local faithful and met with representatives of the state and other religious groups.
Ukraine Needs United Church, Says Orthodox (UOC-KP) Patriarch in Crimea28.04.2004, [10:11] // UOC-KP //
“An independent state, which Ukraine is, must have its own united church and tendencies towards this are becoming more powerful in this country,” stated Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), during his visit to southern Ukrainian Crimea, on 26 April 2004.
Crimean Armenians Commemorate Genocide Victims
28.04.2004, [10:10] // AAC //
Simferopol, Crimea -- The Armenian community of southern Ukrainian Crimea on 24 and 25 April 2004 commemorated the victims of the genocide of the Ottoman Empire against Armenians in 1915, which, according to varying estimates, took 1.5 million lives.
Parliament Registers Bill to Exempt Religious Organizations from Charity Tax
28.04.2004, [10:08] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv -- On 22 April 2004, the Ukrainian Parliament registered a legislative bill, worked out by national deputies Stretovych and Turchynov, on amendments to Article 5 of the Law of Ukraine “On Value-Added Tax,” which regulates charity assistance for religious organizations.
Top Authorities, Orthodox (UOC-MP) Metropolitan Commemorate Chernobyl Heroes27.04.2004, [15:26] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv -- On 26 April 2004, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, Volodymyr Lytvyn, chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament, and Viktor Yanukovych, prime minister of Ukraine, together with Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), commemorated the victims of the tragic explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986. Metropolitan Volodymyr served a memorial service in Kyiv’s Church of the Entrance of Jesus Into Jerusalem, which was built in memory of all the heroes who sacrificed their lives to avert the Chernobyl tragedy. After that, they laid a wreath on the memorial to the Chernobyl heroes. On that day, memorial services for the victims of the Chernobyl tragedy, their families and all who suffered were also held in churches throughout Ukraine.
Source: www.orthodox.org.ua
Kharkiv-Poltava Autocephalous Orthodox Establish Kyiv, Tavria Deaneries
27.04.2004, [15:24] // UAOC //
Kyiv -- On 17 April 2004, the Kharkiv and Poltava eparchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), headed by Archbishop Ihor (Isichenko), issued a decree on the establishment of the Kyiv and Tavria deaneries of the Kharkiv and Poltava eparchy, covering the territories of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, the Kyiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions, and Crimea.
RISU Posts 2004 Statistics
26.04.2004, [17:38] // news //
The statistics supplied by the National Committee on Religious Matters of Ukraine for 2004 are available in English translation as of 26 April 2004.
There are:
general information on Religious Organizations in Ukraine as of 1 January, 2004
and
Number of Religious Organizations as of 1 January, 2004 broken down according to regions of Ukraine
Kyiv Conference Gathers Different Religions to Discuss Problems
26.04.2004, [16:35] // Interreligious relations //
Kyiv -- A scholarly and practical conference entitled “Spiritual Grounds for the Development of Humanity in the Epoch of Globalization and the Ukrainian Prospects,” held in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, on 23 April 2004, gathered representatives of various Ukrainian Christian churches and the chief rabbi of Ukraine. The representatives discussed current problems of the spiritual, moral and cultural development of humanity and Ukrainian society in the context of current global processes.
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