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Court again Recognizes Property Rights of Roman Catholic Sisters in Ternopil31.03.2008, [17:07] // RCC //
Ternopil — The Roman Catholic order of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception won a second case at the Economic Court in western Ukrainian Ternopil. The village council in Yazlovets, Buchach District, did not want to recognize the nuns’ property rights to a local monastery building, as the court decided on 21 January 2008, and so the council opened a new case, which it has lost. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 31 March 2008.
Odesa Mayor Honors Bright House Founder31.03.2008, [15:06] // Charitable activities //
Odesa— Eduard Hurvits, mayor of southern Ukrainian Odesa, has honored Deacon Oleksandr Chumakov, founder and chief administrator of the Bright House refuge for children, with an award “gratitude.” RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 31 March 2008.
Pope Appoints New Roman Catholic Bishop for Ukraine
31.03.2008, [15:04] // RCC //
Vatican-Kyiv — Pope Benedict XVI on 29 March 2008 named Fr. Herkulian Petro Malchuk as the auxiliary bishop of the Odesa-Simferopol Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church.
Politicians, Religious Leaders from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus Discuss Baptism of Rus31.03.2008, [14:58] // Foreign relations //
Kyiv — Political leaders including former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma and religious leaders including Archbishop Aristarkh of Homel of the Belarusian Orthodox Church and others from Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia discussed the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus by St. Volodymyr. The international round table was held at the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves of 28 March 2008.
Bible Society will Have New Building in Kyiv
31.03.2008, [14:55] // Inter-Christian relations //
Kyiv — Oleksandr Sagan, head of Ukraine’s State Committee on Matters of Nationalities and Religions, on 27 March 2008 took part in a ceremony laying the cornerstone for a new building of the Ukrainian Bible Society (UBS), the Bible House. It will be located in Kyiv on vul. Baumana, 18.
All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations Calls on State to Amend Budget
28.03.2008, [16:19] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv— On 26 March 2008, the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) sent a letter to key members of the Ukrainian state demanding that withdrawn support be reinstated.
Dniporopetrovsk Organization Publishes Encyclopedia of Judaism28.03.2008, [16:11] // Jewish Communities //
Dnipropetrovsk — The Dnipropetrovsk Jewish community received an unexpected Purim present this year: international children’s organization Tsivos Hashem CIS published an expanded edition of the encyclopedia of Judaism, “Judaism: Basic Ideas”.
UGCC to Ordain First Volyn Exarch28.03.2008, [15:56] // UGCC //
Kyiv — Fr. Yosafat Oleh Hovera, a priest of the Ternopil-Zboriv Eparchy and newly nominated exarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) of Volyn, will be ordained on 7 April 2008, on the Feast of Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God at the cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Ternopil. According to Bishop Vasyl Semeniuk of the Ternopil and Zboriv UGCC Eparchy, fr. Yosefat will be ordained by UGCC head Lubomyr Husar with the assistance of Bishops Vasylii Semeniuk and Bishop Pavlo Khomnytskyi of the Stemford Eparchy of the USA. RISU’s Ukrainian-language website posted this story on 27 March 2008.
State Committee on Matters of Nationalities and Religions Seeks Dual Subordination
27.03.2008, [17:14] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv —The head of the State Committee on Matters of Nationalities and Religions, Oleksandr Sagan, articulated SCMNR goals to reestablish the dual subordination of previously liquidated regional subdivisions – to the state and the region – in an online conference conducted by RISU on 25 March 2008.
Dnipropetrovsk Rabbi Recognized
27.03.2008, [09:14] // Jewish Communities //
Dnipropetrovsk— Chief Rabbi Shmuel Kaminetskyi of Dnipropetrovsk has been presented with two honorary awards in the past week – one by the region and one by the state.
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