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Orthodox (UOC-KP) Bishop Summarizes Work of Odesa and Balta Eparchy30.12.2003, [14:39] // UOC-KP //
Odesa -- “I believe the construction of the Nativity Cathedral and the opening of the Odesa Theological Institute were the greatest successes in the year 2003,” said Bishop Paisii of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP). Bishop Paisii, head of the southern Ukrainian Odesa and Balta eparchy of the UOC-KP summarized the eparchy’s work over the last year, calling it a year of hard work to strengthen the community. RISU’s Ukrainian site posted the story on 29 December 2003.
Ukrainian Church Persecuted in Russia, Orthodox (UOC-KP) Metropolitan Complains
30.12.2003, [14:37] // UOC-KP //
Metropolitan Adrian (Staryna) of Moscow and Bohorodsk of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) recently sent a letter to Mykhailo Horyn, head of the Ukrainian World Coordinating Council, complaining about the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Russia. Metropolitan Adrian said the local authorities in the city of Noginsk, near Moscow, had threatened to take away the Church of the Holy Trinity of the UOC-KP and give it to the Russian Orthodox Church. Voice of America posted the news on 23 December 2003.
Odesa Greek Catholics Mark Establishment of Exarchate29.12.2003, [14:49] // UGCC //
On 21 December 2003, faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in southern Ukrainian Odesa gathered for a festive meeting to mark the establishment of the Odesa and Crimea exarchate of the UGCC.Among those present at the ceremony were Bishop Vasyl Ivasiuk, UGCC exarch of Odesa and Crimea, Prof. Myroslav Marynovych, director of the Institute of Religion and Society at the Ukrainian Catholic University, and clergy and faithful of the exarchate. Bishop Ivasiuk, the first hierarch for the new exarchate, was ordained on 28 September 2003.
Cardinal Husar Sends Christmas Message
29.12.2003, [11:23] // UGCC //
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), released his Christmas message to the faithful of the UGCC on 24 December 2003. The complete text follows.
Expedition To Remember 1932-33 Famine Only Partially Completed, Say Organizers
29.12.2003, [11:17] // news //
During a press conference on 25 December 2003, the organizers of an academic and memorial expedition “In the Footsteps of the Famine of 1933” summarized their work and stressed that it was only partially completed. Participants of the expedition noted that Greek-Catholic and Orthodox priests and bishops cooperated closely with them.
Cardinal Husar Asks to Stop Using Real Trees for Christmas
26.12.2003, [12:00] // UGCC //
Cardinal Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), on 24 December 2003 asked Ukrainians to stop using real evergreen trees during Christmas and New Year’s celebrations.
Cardinal Husar Calls for Consolidation
26.12.2003, [11:58] // UGCC //
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), on 24 December 2003 released an address to the faithful of the Lviv archeparchy of the UGCC and to people of good will, entitled “Reflections before the New Year.” In it, Cardinal Husar stressed that consolidation is necessary to combat divisions in the church.
Kyiv Administration to Let Culture Ministry Decide on Roman Catholic Cathedral
26.12.2003, [11:55] // RCC //
The municipal administration in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, will consider transferring the Roman Catholic St. Nicholas Cathedral, which the local community is currently sharing with performers of organ music, to the ownership of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine. Volodymyr Yalovyi, deputy head of the Kyivan municipal administration, announced this at a briefing on 23 December 2003.
Crimean Premier Returns Former Worship Building to Karaites
25.12.2003, [13:57] // Karaite //
Serhii Kunitsyn, head of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea in southern Ukraine, decreed that the building of the former Karaite kenasa (house of worship), currently occupied by the state television company “Crimea,” should be returned to the local Karaite community. This news was reported by the information agency “ForUm” on 24 December 2003.
Odesa Cathedral Not Property of Orthodox (UOC-MP) Eparchy, Says Official25.12.2003, [13:55] // UOC-MP //
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) has no grounds for claiming the Cathedral of the Transfiguration in southern Ukrainian Odesa as its property. Anatolii Senchuk, head of the Odesa Regional Department on Religious Matters, announced this on 22 December 2003.
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