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Military Chaplains of UGCC Greek Catholic Hold First Meeting30.11.2007, [16:04] // UGCC //
Kyiv – A seminar “Pastoral care in Ukraine’s penitentiary system,” initiated by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), took place at Bila Tserkva College, training future employees for the penitentiary system. ugcc.org.ua posted the news.
Odesa City Council Patronizes UOC-KP Orthodox, Blames UAOC Autocephalous30.11.2007, [16:01] // Orthodox //
Odesa – The Internal Policy Department at the Odesa City Council (OCC) made it impossible for priests of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) to enter the Interchurch Council, and it does not invite the priests of the UAOC to any city meetings, claims the Odesa Eparchy of the UAOC. According to od.uaoc.net, the priests of the UAOC “were also ignored when the Odesa mayor presented his report on the establishment of Church representative offices to the territorial community.”
Bishop Zakharii (Chernov) of UAOC Autocephalous Orthodox Dies30.11.2007, [15:56] // UAOC //
Kyiv – On 28 November 2007, Bishop Zakharii (Chernov) of Bohuslaw and Bilhorod of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) died of a lingering disease at the age of 43. The UAOC press service posted the story.
Ukraine Lacks Monitoring of Religious Activities, Says Civic Organization
30.11.2007, [15:47] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – The government does not monitor activities of 33,000 officially registered and non-registered religious organizations, said Valerii Chabanenko, head of the national civic organization Cults and Society, said at a press conference on “National psychological health and activities of neo-cults in Ukraine” held at the Interfax-Ukraine Information Agency on 28 November 2007. Participants discussed the affects of neo-cults active in Ukraine, specifically on the psychological health of the nation and legislative violations by certain civic and religious organizations which have features of a destructive cult.
Ukrainian Theologians Honor Anniversary of Death of St. John Chrysostom29.11.2007, [17:52] // news //
Lviv-Chernivtsi – On 26 November 2007, in the conference hall of the Holy Spirit Seminary affiliated with the Ukrainian Catholic University in western Ukraine’s Lviv, a conference was held on “The Theological Heritage of St. John Chrysostom,” marking his death 1,600 years ago. St. John is the author of the liturgy which is still used by churches of the Byzantine tradition. Festivities were also conducted at the Theological Department of the Yurii Fedkovych National University in southwestern Ukraine’s Chernivtsi.
Evangelical Ukrainians Will Pray for Mass Media on 2 December
29.11.2007, [17:49] // Evangelical //
Kyiv – The Novomedia Association of Christian Journalists, Editors and Spokesmen, call upon all Ukraine’s Christian Churches, regardless of their denomination, to pray for the mass media on Sunday, 2 December 2007. “Christianity and mass media in Ukraine should be united in their objectives, views and vision,” say the initiators of the prayer initiative.
UGCC Greek Catholics Discuss HIV/AIDS Challenges in Ukraine29.11.2007, [17:46] // UGCC //
Briukhovychi, Lviv Region – A conference on The Pastoral Response of the UGCC to HIV/AIDS Challenges in Ukraine aimed to discuss the role and the contribution of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) to the national response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic took place in Briukhovychi on the outskirts of western Ukraine’s Lviv on 27 November 2007.
Donetsk Will Build First Church Dedicated to 1932-33 Holodomor Victims
29.11.2007, [17:44] // news //
Donetsk – According to the eparchial department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), a church building will be constructed in the memory of Holodomor victims with the blessing of Archbishop Yurii (Yurchyk) of Donetsk and Mariupol. Continuous prayer at the church will be the most important act of repentance in memory of the millions of innocent people who died during the Holodomor of 1932-33 and an example to generations to come not to allow a similar tragedy to happen again. RISU’s Ukrainian-language webpage posted the story on 28 November 2007.
Ukraine Needs a Firm Spiritual Basis, Consider Human Rights Reps29.11.2007, [10:19] // Violation of rights //
Kyiv – The Sixth International Rights Forum “Human Rights and Government,” organized by the International Human Rights Committee, took place in Kyiv on 23 November 2007. Ukrainian politicians and religious representatives participated in it. news.invictory.org posted the story.
Reconstruction of Church Containing Burial Site of Khmelnytskyi To Be Completed Soon28.11.2007, [17:05] // Construction //
Cherkasy –In Subotiv, once the center of the Cossack regiment since the mid 17th century and residence of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, the reconstruction of Illinska Church is coming to an end, as Anatolii Ovcharenko, assistant head of the Capital Construction Department at the Cherkasy Regional Administration, informed the newspaper “Hazeta po-Ukrayinsky”. According to orthodoxy.org.ua, five million hryvnias (one million US dollars) were given for the church reconstruction. RISU’s Ukrainian-language webpage posted the story on 26 November 2007.
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