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First Orthodox Spiritual Clinic Opens in Kyiv
28.04.2006, [18:12] // Orthodox //
Kyiv – The first Orthodox clinic where patients will be treated by methods of Orthodox monasteries has appeared in Kyiv. Medical practices and treatises were collected all over Ukraine and Russia for six years. Now they claim they can cure any illness. kyivpress.info posted the news on 26 April 2006.

Arraid Association Criticizes TV Program on Islamic Extremism in Crimea
28.04.2006, [18:11] // Muslims //
Kyiv – A TV program broadcast on 18 April 2006 claims that Arraid, the Ukrainian Muslim Interregional Association of Civic Organizations, is financially supporting Islamic extremists in southern Ukrainian Crimea. Arraid has released an open letter to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, the mass media, and the Ukrainian nation denying this claim. arraid.org posted the news on 20 April 2006.

Ukrainian Media Gives “False Information,” Says Christian Association
28.04.2006, [18:00] // Speech, greeting, press release //
Kyiv – The “mass media… spreads false and distorted information about the activity of religious organizations in Ukraine.” So claims the Novomedia Association of Christian Journalists, Publishers and Linguists. novomedia.org posted the news on 20 April 2006.

Ukraine Defense Minister Regulates Religious Needs of Armed Forces
27.04.2006, [17:34] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – To satisfy the religious needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Anatolii Hrytsenko, Ukraine’s minister of defense, signed a corresponding directive. The official site of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense reported this on 24 April 2006.

Ukrainian President Concerned about Church Land in Kyiv
27.04.2006, [17:32] // Construction //
Kyiv – “Ukraine’s president is concerned that lately there have been problems with the allotment of land for the construction of churches in Kyiv. An example of this is the situation regarding the Muslim mosque and land for the construction of an Armenian Apostolic church on Podol Street,” said Markian Lubkivskyi, head of the Main Service of Humanitarian Policies, on 21 April 2006.

New “Righteous of the World” Announced in Ukraine
27.04.2006, [17:31] // Jewish Communities //
Lviv – On 25 April 2006 in western Ukrainian Lviv in the name of the state of Israel 18 families from the west of Ukraine were declared “Righteous of the World.” During World War II each family saved from 1 to 9 Jews, risking their own lives. The awards and medals to the Righteous of the World were presented by Naomi Ben-Ami, Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine.

Priest not Proven Guilty of Beating Jehovah’s Witnesses
27.04.2006, [13:13] // Conflict //
Smila, Cherkasy - The local court in Smila, in central Ukraine’s Cherkasy region, has finished hearings in the case of Fr. Oleksandr Hladchenko of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), who was accused of stirring up religious hostility and assaulting representatives of the Jehovah’s Witnesses who were preaching in the village of Berezniaky in 2005 before Easter. The presiding judge admitted that the investigation did not prove the full guilt of the suspect, with key facts remaining unproven. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 26 April 2006.

Wahhabism Strengthening among Crimean Tatars, Says Civic Leader
27.04.2006, [13:11] // Muslims //
Crimea – In the struggle for the independence of the Crimean Peninsula the Crimean Tatars are more often coming under the influence of extremist religious ideas, including Wahhabism, a radical Islamic trend. So said Oleksii Dobychin, leader of the Breakthrough movement, which defends the rights of the Russian-speaking population in Crimea. maranatha.org.ua posted the news on 25 April 2006.

Roman Catholic Bishop Asks 2 Odesa Christian Councils to Unite
27.04.2006, [13:09] // RCC //
Odesa – On 24 April 2006, Roman Catholic Bishop Bronislaw Bernacki published a statement in which he announced that he is leaving the Spiritual Council of Christian Denominations of southern Ukraine’s Odesa region, created in 2003 and headed by him since then. The bishop has asked that the two Christian councils in the region, one exclusively composed of Protestants and the other also including Orthodox and Catholics, to join forces.

Kharkiv Terrorism Shocks Autocephalous Orthodox
27.04.2006, [13:06] // UAOC //
Kharkiv – On 23 April 2006 Archbishop Ihor (Isichenko) of the Kharkiv-Poltava Eparchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Renewed) [UAOC(R)] released an address in which he condemned the terrorist explosions which took place on 22 April at a Kharkiv supermarket, calling the incident “brutal and cynical.”

Pagan Temple Built in Kyiv
27.04.2006, [13:03] // Construction //
Kyiv – The religious organization Family Fire of the Native Orthodox Faith on 23 April 2006 established a pagan temple on Castle Hill in the center of Kyiv. High Wizard Vitalii Kurovskyi of the organization said that soon the site will be a center of pilgrimage for his fellow believers and so he suggests that a whole complex called “Island of the Gods” be created there.

Ukrainian President Receives Communion in UOC-KP Orthodox Church
26.04.2006, [17:16] // Church-state relations //
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko received holy Communion from Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyivan (UOC-KP) Patriarchate, during the celebration of Julian-calendar Easter on 23 April. Earlier the head of state belonged to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). kyivweekly.com writes that it is known that there is public enmity between the clergy of these churches that has been reflected in the country’s political sphere. kyivweekly.com posted the news on 26 April 2006.

Ukrainian Orthodox abroad Address 20th Anniversary of Chornobyl Disaster
26.04.2006, [17:11] // Speech, greeting, press release //
The Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops Beyond the Borders of Ukraine has released a text on the 20th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, which is on 26 April 2006. The complete text follows.

Easter Greetings from RISU
19.04.2006, [19:24] // Speech, greeting, press release //
The staff of RISU wishes all our visitors a blessed and happy Easter 2006! For the Easter greetings of the Permanent Conference of Ukrainian Orthodox Bishops Beyond the Borders of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, see links BELOW.

Moscow Words of UOC-MP Orthodox Archbishop of Lviv Were Distorted, Says Church
19.04.2006, [19:22] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv— According to the official site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), the words of UOC-MP Archbishop of Lviv Auhustyn (Markevych) at the meeting of the World Russian People’s Council in Moscow on 4 April 2006 were taken out of context “for sensation.” The archbishop was quoted as saying, for example: ”We expect certain steps from Russia as a party waiting for the command to engage in the battle.” Though the source of the news was interfax-religion.com, a picture of RISU’s web page accompanied the text on the UOC-MP site.site orthodoxy.org.ua posted the text on 19 April 2006, a complete translation of which follows.

Remains of Soviet Victims Found near Lviv Church
19.04.2006, [19:20] // Reportage //
Lviv—In the soil of the courtyard of the Church of St. Josaphat in the center of Zhovkva, in central Ukraine’s Lviv region, human bones have been found. According to previous information, these people were victims of the NKVD, predecessor of the Soviet security structure KGB, in the 1950s. Radio Liberty broadcast the news on 18 April 2006.

Religious Leaders of Crimea Want “Psychic Healers” Forbidden
19.04.2006, [19:13] // Interreligious relations //
Simferopol— In a statement to be sent to Ukraine’s Parliament, the Interreligious Council of Crimea, Peace: God’s Gift, expressed its request that the activities of so-called “healers,” “psychics,” and other “doctors of folk medicine” be legally forbidden, saying that these activities give great trauma to the souls and bodies of Ukrainians. The statement was signed on 13 April 2006 by representatives of eight traditional religious groups of southern Ukrainian Crimea, who also discussed other topics at their regular session.

“Judas Gospel” won’t Trouble True Believers, says UOC-MP Orthodox Chancellor of Kyiv
19.04.2006, [19:11] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv—Publicizing the apocryphal Gospel of Judas will not decrease the number of true followers of Christ in the world. So said Archimandrite (Abbot) Antonii, chancellor of the Kyiv Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), commenting on the appearance on the Internet of an English-language version of one more apocryphal gospel, and also its spread in 14 languages, including Russian. orthodox.org.ua posted the news on 10 April 2006.

Evangelicals React to “Whole List” of Ukraine Media Articles Calling Them “Destructive”
19.04.2006, [11:37] // Evangelical //
Kyiv—There is “a whole list of articles published in the Ukrainian media in which Evangelical churches are treated like dangerous, totalitarian, destructive sects.” In response, Sergei Belbovets, president of the Christian media group ІNVІCTORY MEDІА, has released a statement in defense of Evangelical activities. invictory.org posted the news on 17 April 2006.

State Awards UOC-MP Metropolitan of Kharkiv
19.04.2006, [11:35] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv—Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has decreed that Metropolitan Nykodym (Rusnak) of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) will receive the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, fourth degree. According to president.gov.ua, the metropolitan received the award “for his many years of fruitful activities for the church and charity, his significant personal contribution to strengthening the idea of harmony in society, and on the occasion of his 85th birthday.” pravoslavye.org.ua posted the news on 17 April 2006.

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