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Kherson Christians Help Orphans, Elderly30.04.2007, [19:20] // Charitable activities //
Kherson – On 26 and 27 April 2007 in the building of the regional children’s library in southern Ukrainian Kherson, representatives of the Service for Youth Matters (SYM) at the Kherson Regional Administration (KRA) met with leaders of local religious organizations. The main issues discussed were help for orphans and children deprived of parental care and also the elderly. So reported RISU correspondent Olena Kulyhina.
UOC-MP Orthodox to be Allowed to Build 2 New Churches in Kyiv
30.04.2007, [19:18] // Construction //
Kyiv – The Kyiv City Council on 26 April 2007 decided to allot land in two neighborhoods on which the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) will be allowed to build churches.
Polish Roman Catholics Given Icon with Relics of Ukrainian Saint30.04.2007, [19:16] // Catholic //
Lublin, Poland – An icon with relics of Blessed Bishop Mykolai Chernetskyi was presented on 22 April 2007 to the Roman Catholic parish in Horodel, Lublin County, Poland, by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Province of the Redemptorist order. The relic will be kept at the former Greek Catholic church in Horodel, which was blessed by then Fr. Charnetskyi 70 years ago. Today the building is a Roman Catholic church.
Christian Ethics to be Introduced in Volyn
30.04.2007, [10:40] // Church-state relations //
Lutsk – The course of Christian ethics and morals, which has been optional so far and only taught in separate classes in 156 schools of the region, will be started as a mandatory class at schools in northwestern Ukraine’s Volyn Region. era-fm.net posted the news on 27 April 2007.
UOC-KP Orthodox Head Visits Zhytomyr
30.04.2007, [10:37] // UOC-KP //
Zhytomyr – On 26 April 2007 during a pastoral visit to central Ukraine’s Zhytomyr Region, Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), served a moleben [prayer service], after which he spoke about the main bases for the creation of a national church in Ukraine.
Ukraine, Poland Presidents Participate in Ecumenical Prayer about “Vistula”
30.04.2007, [10:35] // Foreign relations //
Kyiv-Warsaw – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Polish President Lech Kaczynski participated in an ecumenical prayer service for the victims of the World War II-era tragedy Operation Vistula. president.gov.ua posted the news on 27 April 2007.
Armenian Genocide Victims Remembered in Kyiv
30.04.2007, [10:34] // AAC //
Kyiv – More than 300 representatives of the Armenian community from Kyiv and other cities of Ukraine participated in a memorial ceremony for the victims of the genocide conducted against the Armenian population by the Ottoman-Turkish Empire in the early 20th century. In the temporary chapel on the site of which they are planning to construct an Armenian church, Archbishop Gregory (Buniatian), head of the Ukrainian Eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC), led the service. portal-credo.ru posted the news on 25 April 2007.
Orthodox (UOC-MP) Bishop Opens Christian Ethics Seminar in Khmelnytskyi30.04.2007, [10:30] // Conference //
Khmelnytskyi – Archbishop Antonii (Fialko) of Khmelnytskyi and Shepetivka of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) opened the session of the scholarly seminar “Christian Ethics in Ukrainian Culture” held on 25 April 2007 in the building of the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management in central Ukrainian Khmelnytskyi. All in all, 150 people participated. Among those invited were lecturers of Borys Hrinchenko University in Kyiv and directors and teachers of secondary schools in the Khmelnytskyi Region.
New Religions Reps Discuss Prospects in Ukraine
30.04.2007, [10:29] // Conference //
Kyiv – On 25 April 2007 at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, a round-table discussion “Ukraine’s New Religions” was conducted. The initiator was the Department of Religious Studies and Center of Religious Information and Freedom of the Ukrainian Association of Religious Studies. Religious scholars and representatives of new religious organizations, the government, and the media participated. So reported RISU correspondent Oleg Kyselyov.
Rivne Police Hold Icons Worth Millions
27.04.2007, [10:11] // Violation of rights //
Rivne – One of the long corridors of the regional police department in northwestern Ukrainian Rivne and the room next to the assembly hall have been turned into a kind of exhibition gallery. The police have placed 425 ancient icons and church items, allegedly worth millions of dollars, taken through the Kyiv Region. Today priests from all over Ukraine whose churches were robbed come, hoping to find their stolen church items. No icon owners have been found yet, reported the newspaper “Evening Rivne” on 26 April 2007.
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