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Ukrainian President Condemns Attack on Jewish Student now in Coma
30.08.2005, [22:59] // Jewish Communities //
The Associated Press-- Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on 30 August 2005 condemned the brutal beating of a Jewish student in the Ukrainian capital and ordered senior officials to take personal control of the case.

Thousands Take Part in Inauguration of New Ukrainian Greek Catholic Seminary
30.08.2005, [22:56] // UGCC //
Lviv, 29 August 2005, zenit.org--Thousands of faithful took part in the inauguration of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Seminary of the Holy Spirit in Lviv on 28 August 2005. Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, called the seminary a "gift from God" for the country's reviving martyr-church.

Progressive Judaism Community of Lutsk Joins International Twinning Project
30.08.2005, [22:54] // Jewish Communities //
The UK-based organization Exodus 2000, which cooperates with the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) to support Reform Jewish congregations in the former Soviet Union through “twinning” arrangements with Liberal and Reform congregations in Great Britain, has announced the expansion of its growing partnership network. The Progressive Jewish community in the northwest Ukrainian city of Lutsk is the latest to be added to the list of prospective “twinned” communities. The World Union of Progressive Judaism released the news in its newsletter of 25 August 2005.

Jewish Student Beaten in Kyiv
30.08.2005, [00:46] // Jewish Communities //
Kyiv, 29 August 2005, Interfax-- Two students of the Yeshiva (Jewish school) were attacked by a fascist group not far from the Brodsky Central Synagogue in the center of Kyiv.

Ambassadors of God Defile Orthodox Church in Crimea
30.08.2005, [00:45] // Violation of rights //
Simferopol, 29 August 2005, Interfax - Participants in the music festival “White Nights in Tarhankut” organized by the Ambassadors of God group defiled the Orthodox church dedicated to the Great Martyr Barbara in the Olenevka sea resort on the western coast of southern Ukrainian Crimea.

National Deputy Calls Declaration of Patriarchate Ukrainian Greek Catholics’ Private Business
30.08.2005, [00:43] // UGCC //
Lviv – “One step was taken towards the patriarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC)… Another two still to go,” commented National Deputy Oleksa Hudyma, head of the civic movement For the Patriarchate of the UGCC, on the move of the administrative center of the head of the UGCC to Kyiv on 21 August 2005. Hudyma calls the declaration of the patriarchate of the UGCC the private business of the church. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 26 August 2005.

Neopagans in Kyiv Demonstrate for Rights
30.08.2005, [00:33] // Protest //
Kyiv – On 24 August 2005, on Ukraine’s Independence Day, the neopagans conducted a demonstration, a procession “For the Native Faith” in the center of Kyiv. They wanted not only to attract attention to their religion but also to claim their rights.

Ukrainian Communist Party Leader Defends UOC-MP Orthodox Church
27.08.2005, [02:15] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv, 26 August 2005, Interfax-- Petro Symonenko, leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine, in his new book “State, Religion, People, and Communists’” defends canonical Orthodoxy in Ukraine, that is, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP).

Across Ukraine, Religious Jews Commemorate Prominent Chabad Rabbi
27.08.2005, [02:13] // Jewish Communities //
On 26 August 2005 in the larger Chabad-oriented Jewish communities across Ukraine, Jews gathered at their respective synagogues to mark the yahrtzeit, the anniversary of the death, of one of the more notable rabbis in the history of Ukraine and worldwide Hasidism, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson of righteous memory. He served as the chief rabbi of Dnipropetrovsk in the period prior to World War II and was the father of the seventh and final Lubavitcher Rebbe of Chabad Lubavitch, Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

Synagogue to be Returned to Lutsk Jewish Community
27.08.2005, [02:11] // Jewish Communities //
A decision has been made to restore and return the historic synagogue in northwestern Ukrainian Lutsk for use by the local Jewish community. The news was posted on the website of jewish.ru on 25 August 2005.

Ukraine’s President Hopes for Single Orthodox Church
27.08.2005, [02:08] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – During his address to the nation on Kyiv’s Independence Square on 24 August 2005, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said: “A revived single national Ukrainian Orthodox Church is to conduct the very important mission of returning the nation to its spiritual sources.” Most media sources interpreted these words as an appeal to create such a church.

Religious Leaders among Ukraine’s 100 Most Influential People
27.08.2005, [02:06] // Survey //
Kyiv – On 19 August 2005 the weekly “Correspondent” published its “Top 100” rating of Ukraine’s most influential people. As in 2004, Patriarch Filaret, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate was named by the rating compilers as the most influential religious figure in Ukraine.

President and Religious Leaders Pray for Ukraine
26.08.2005, [00:58] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv-- Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko and his family took part in a prayer service on Ukrainian Independence Day, 24 August 2005, celebrated by leaders of Ukraine’s biggest religious confessions. Volodymyr Lytvyn, speaker of the Parliament, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, State Secretary Olexandr Zinchenko, cabinet members, and other officials attended the service at St. Sophia Cathedral.

Autocephalous Orthodox-Canonical Patriarch Had Forged Documents, Metropolitan States
26.08.2005, [00:54] // Orthodox //
Patriarch Moisei (secular name Oleh Kulyk), head of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church-Canonical (UAOC-C), publicly claimed he had received a mandate on 12 October 2002 from Metropolitan Alexis Nizza, then head of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the Diaspora. On 24 August 2005, the Chancery of the Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America (formerly the UAOC-C) received notification from now retired Metropolitan Alexis Nizza stating that the above-specified mandate [ukase] 3098 is, in the words of Metropolitan Alexis, "A complete forgery."

Donetsk Regional Administration Founds Council of Religious Organizations
26.08.2005, [00:52] // Church-state relations //
The administration of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Region has announced that it will be founding a Council for Leaders of Religious Organizations. This decision was taken during a meeting that involved the region's governor, Vadim Chuprun, and religious leaders from each of the religions practiced in the region. The news was reported on the website of AEN on 22 August 2005.

Donetsk Religious Leaders Issue Joint Appeal on Independence Day
24.08.2005, [23:01] // Interreligious relations //
Donetsk- Religious leaders in the east Ukrainian city of Donetsk took part in a ceremony and festivities marking Ukraine's Independence Day. This event involved many leaders of various religions operating in the region, as well as public figures. To mark Ukraine's fourteenth year of independence, religious leaders joined members of the intelligentsia, artists, politicians, civic leaders and Cossacks at the monument to renowned Ukrainian writer Taras Shevchenko. This news was posted on the AEN website on 24 August.

Ukrainian Jewish Officials Want Legal Crackdown on Anti-Semitism
24.08.2005, [22:57] // Jewish Communities //
By Vladimir Matveyev, jta.org, 23 August 2005, Kyiv— Jewish leaders in Ukraine are protesting what they consider authorities’ inadequate response to a recent spate of anti-Semitic propaganda.

Kherson Governor Proposes Reducing Tariffs for Religious Organizations
24.08.2005, [22:55] // Church-state relations //
Kherson– Borys Sylenkov, head of the regional administration in southern Ukrainian Kherson, proposed that the deputies reduce tariffs for religious organizations acting on the territory of the region. In particular, he suggested establishing a zero rate or reduce to the minimum the rent for the land for religious organizations. pravoslavye.org.ua posted the news on 23 August 2005.

Privatization of Kyiv Worship Buildings Banned
24.08.2005, [22:49] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv– In Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, the second biggest (after Lviv) list of historical and architectural monuments not allowed to be privatized under any circumstances has been compiled. It consists of almost 200 of the greatest monuments and worship buildings of great national value. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 23 August 2005.

Experts Predict No Interdenominational Crisis from Greek Catholic Move to Kyiv
24.08.2005, [22:43] // UGCC //
Kyiv – Experts in the sphere of religion and politics, polled by the Center of Political Research, do not predict any interdenominational crisis caused by the 21 August move of the administration of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) to Kyiv. newsukraina.ru posted the news on 22 August 2005.

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