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Ukrainian Politician Reports on Meeting with Constantinople Patriarch
28.02.2006, [18:34] // Church-state relations //
Chernivtsi – While presenting his team for the election campaign to the local councils in southwestern Ukrainian Chernivtsi on 22 February 2006, Olesandr Zinchenko, former state secretary of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, did not avoid church and religious issues. Zinchenko expressed his attitude towards religion and told about the aim of his recent visit to Istanbul and meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I. According to the politician, the only aim of that meeting was to negotiate the opening of a court of the Patriarchate of Constantinople in Kyiv.

Ukrainian Parliament Rejects Law on Registration of Religious Organizations
28.02.2006, [18:32] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – On 21 February 2006, the Ukrainian Parliament considered and rejected the law “On the introduction of changes to Ukraine’s law “On state registration of juridical and natural people, business people.” (registration number 4389-1). The Institute of Religious Freedom reports that a new edition of the law did not solve the problem of “double” registration of organizations and so could not find the necessary support in Parliament.

Social-Christian Party of Ukraine to Hold Pre-Election Prayer “Marathon”
28.02.2006, [18:31] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – Up until the day before Ukraine’s parliamentary elections, the Social-Christian Party of Ukraine will conduct a prayer marathon, “30 Days that will Change Ukraine’s Destiny.” The event will take place from 25 February to 25 March, as Protestant Bishop Valerii Reshetynskyi reported on 21 February 2006.

UOC-KP Orthodox Forum in Ternopil Addresses President and Constantinople Patriarch
28.02.2006, [18:28] // UOC-KP //
Ternopil – On 21 February 2006, with the blessing of Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), the UOC-KP Eparchy in western Ukrainian Ternopil conducted the First Ternopil Regional Church-Civic Forum “For a National Ukrainian Orthodox Church.” Present at the forum were more than 400 clergy and laity from all parishes of the eparchy. The participants sent addresses to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I.

New Auxiliary Bishop Ordained for Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, US
28.02.2006, [18:27] // UGCC //
Philadelphia, USA— Monsignor John Bura was ordained auxiliary bishop for the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia on 21 February 2006 in the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia. Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, was the principal consecrator.

Stamford Eparchy in US Has New Ukrainian Catholic Bishop
28.02.2006, [18:25] // UGCC //
In a solemn ceremony presided over by Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Bishop Paul Patrick Chomnycky was installed as the fourth bishop of the Eparchy of Stamford, succeeding Bishop Basil H. Losten. The two-hour ceremony began at 12 noon on 20 February 2006 in the Chapel of St. Basil College Seminary in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.

Communists “Consistent Ally of Orthodox,” Says Union of Brotherhoods of Ukraine
25.02.2006, [13:11] // Church-state relations //
Luhansk –The Communist Party is the most consistent ally of the Orthodox. So said Valentyn Lukianyk, head of the Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods of Ukraine (UOBU). pravoslavye.org.ua posted the news on 23 February 2006.

Autonomous Orthodox Ask US Embassy to Help Church in Ukraine
25.02.2006, [13:09] // Violation of rights //
Metropolitan Ioan (Notaro), prime bishop of the Autonomous Ukrainian Orthodox Church in America (AUOC-A), on 22 February 2006 sent a letter to James Heller, first secretary attaché at the US Embassy in Kyiv, asking for an investigation of the registration of the church by Ukraine’s government. Among the claims of the letter is that the bishops of the church “have been harrassed by members of the” Security Service of Ukraine. The full text of the letter follows:

UOC-MP Orthodox “Spiritual Basis” of Ukraine, Say National Democrats
25.02.2006, [13:07] // Church-state relations //
Zaporizhzhia – The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) is the “spiritual basis” of Ukraine. So said Vitalii Zhuravskyi, a leader of the National Democratic Parties Bloc and head of the Christian Democratic Party of Ukraine. pravoslavye.org.ua posted the news on 22 February.

Old Believers of Moscow and Romania to Meet in Kyiv
25.02.2006, [13:05] // Orthodox //
Kyiv – According to portalcredo.ru, hierarchs of the Old Believers’ Church from Moscow and Romania were to meet in Kyiv on 22 February 2006. The capital of Ukraine was chosen as it is half-way between Moscow and Braila, Romania, where the residence of the church’s metropolitan of Bilokrynytsia is located.

Zaporizhzhia Eparchy Office of UOC-MP Orthodox Attacked
25.02.2006, [13:03] // Conflict //
Zaporizhzhia – Fr. Dymytrii, secretary of the Zaporizhzhia Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), was taken to the hospital with the diagnosis “craniocerebral injury” and “hypertonic crisis” after a gang of youngsters attacked the eparchial administration on 21 February 2006.

Cooperation between Ukrainian Priests and Military Interests Foreign Chaplains
25.02.2006, [13:01] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – Over 80 participants from 33 countries gathered in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, to share their experiences as military chaplains. Archbishop Auhustyn (Markevych) of Lviv and Halych told about the pastoral and missionary work of priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) in Ukrainian military units. orthodoxy.org.ua posted the story on 21 February 2006.

New Buildings to “Compete” with Churches in Kyiv
25.02.2006, [12:59] // Construction //
Kyiv – On 20 February 2006, projects for construction and reconstruction were presented in the Ukrainian House in Kyiv. The architects plan to construct multistory buildings, but they promise that the views of the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves and the bell towers of St. Sophia’s and St. Michael’s churches will not be spoiled. As far as other churches are concerned, they will be “pressed on.”

UOC-KP Orthodox Youth Send 3 Addresses to Ukrainian President
25.02.2006, [12:57] // UOC-KP //
Kyiv– Three addresses sent to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko were among the results of the 4th All-Ukrainian Congress of Orthodox Youth of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) held on 18-19 February 2006 in the building of the UOC-KP Spiritual Academy and Seminary in Kyiv.

Evangelization of the Deaf Discussed in Vinnytsia
25.02.2006, [12:55] // Conference //
Vinnytsia – On 17-18 February 2006, central Ukrainian Vinnytsia hosted the 6th All-Ukrainian Seminar for the Deaf, “Discussion without Hearing.” Songs, sermons, and staged scenes of the deaf and translators were part of the events. Present at the seminar were representatives from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Pervomaisk and Sloviansk. Bishop Mykhailo Yakobchuk of the United Church of Evangelical Christians in Vinnytsia opened the event with a prayer.

Georgian Orthodox Church Confirms Kyiv Parish not Sanctioned
25.02.2006, [12:53] // Orthodox //
The Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church of Georgia confirms that it did not sanction a parish recently opened in Kyiv,Ukraine for Georgian Orthodox believers. The news was posted by patriarchate.ge on 17 February 2006. The full statement, in the source’s English translation, follows:

Adenauer Fund Joins Orthodox and Catholics in Lviv
23.02.2006, [18:45] // Conference //
Lviv—Church-state relations and the task of the German-based Konrad Adenauer Fund in helping develop civil society in Ukraine were the subject of a round-table meeting held at the Historical Museum in western Ukraine Lviv on 19 February 2006. Religious leaders present at the meeting were Archbishop Auhustyn (Markevych) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, Archbishop Makarii (Meletych) of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Archbishop Ihor Vozniak of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Bishop Marian Buczek of the Roman Catholic Church.

Chernivtsi Leader Asks Politicians not to “Aggravate Religious Situation”
22.02.2006, [18:48] // Church-state relations //
Chernivtsi – When reporting to journalists on achievements of the last year, Borys Bahlei, first deputy head of the Regional Administration in southwestern Ukraine’s Chernivtsi region (CRA), asked local politicians not to aggravate religious problems. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 20 February 2006.

Ukraine Opposition Leader Denies Using Church Administrative Resources
22.02.2006, [18:46] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – Viktor Yanukovych, leader of Ukraine’s Party of Regions, on 19 February 2006 denied that he is using the administrative resources of churches to help campaign in the upcoming March parliamentary elections.

UOC-KP Orthodox, Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Ministry Urge Help for Street Children
22.02.2006, [18:45] // UOC-KP //
Kyiv – On 18 February 2006, Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), and Lidia Porechkina, vice-minister of Ukraine’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, held a joint press conference on the difficult situation of homeless and poor children in the country. The patriarch and the vice-minister signed a joint address to the Ukrainian community.

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