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Pope Receives UOC-MP Orthodox Archbishop
27.04.2005, [18:50] // Pope Benedict XVI //
Vatican-Kyiv-- On 25 April 2005, the day after his inauguration, Pope Benedict XVI received representatives of the Russian and Ukrainian Orthodox churches. Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad passed on the greetings of Patriarch Alexis II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church. Archbishop Mytrofan of Pereislav and Khmelnytsk greeted the new Pope in the name of Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP).

UOC-MP Orthodox Head Greets Roman and Ukrainian Greek Catholic Heads
27.04.2005, [18:48] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv— On the occasion of the papal inauguration, Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), sent a greeting to the papal nuncio in Ukraine, Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Cardinal Marian Jaworski, head of the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops of Ukraine. pravoslavye.org.ua posted the news on 26 April 2005.

Church in Need Encourages Education in Ukraine
27.04.2005, [18:47] // UGCC //
Königstein, Germany-- “If our society is a Christian one, our children should have the right to pray at school.” So said Father Ivan Hunya from Ternopil, west Ukraine, during a recent visit to Aid to the Church in Need (ACN). Together with other teachers, he obtained a state licence to found the Patriarch Josyf Slipyj College in his parish of St. Josaphat. ACN released the news on 25 April 2005.

Armenians in Ukraine Commemorate Genocide Victims
27.04.2005, [18:45] // AAC //
Kyiv – Lviv – The Armenian communities of Kyiv and Lviv on 24 April 2005 commemorated the 90th anniversary of the mass killings of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire in 1915 and 1916. Some data indicate that two-thirds of Armenians living in western Armenia and the Ottoman Empire perished. Ukraine remains one of the countries that still have not recognized the event as genocide. The Armenian community hopes that the Ukrainian parliament will do this soon.

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Will Meet New Pope after Ukrainian Greek Catholic Status Resolved
27.04.2005, [10:25] // Foreign relations //
Moscow—A meeting with the head of the Roman Catholic Church is possible only after solving problems that disturb the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), including so-called proselytism and the status of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. So said Patriarch Alexis II, head of the ROC, answering questions asked him by journalists on 25 April 2005.

Ukrainians Don’t Want to Separate Moscow and Constantinople, Says Russian Orthodox Patriarch
27.04.2005, [10:22] // Foreign relations //
Moscow—“The residents of Ukraine do not want their country to become of field of discord for the Moscow and Constantinople patriarchates.” So said Patriarch Alexis II, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, to journalists on 25 April 2005.

President of Ukraine Won’t Allow Church Seizure
27.04.2005, [10:21] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv—Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said that the seizure of Orthodox churches will not be allowed and swore that all similar activities will be investigated and the guilty punished. He said this in a meeting with Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate. pravoslavye.org.ua posted the news on 25 April 2005.

Pope Blesses President, Ukrainian People
27.04.2005, [10:19] // Pope Benedict XVI //
The Vatican– Ukrainian State Secretary Oleksandr Zinchenko, special representative of the president, attended Pope Benedict XVI’s inauguration ceremony on 24 April 2005. Zinchenko had a short conversation with the Pope, during which he passed on greetings and best wishes from President Viktor Yushchenko. The Pope, in turn, passed a blessing to the president and the people of Ukraine.

Presidential Decree Liquidates State Religion Committee
27.04.2005, [10:18] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv—A decree of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has officially liquidated the National Committee on Religious Matters. According to the presidential press-service, the functions of the committee have been transferred to the Ministry of Justice. ww2yuschenko.com.ua posted the news on 22 April 2005.

State to Treat All Religions Equally, Leader Tells Crimean Interreligious Council
26.04.2005, [18:52] // Church-state relations //
Crimea— In accord with recent directives of the president, the regional government of southern Ukrainian Crimea is developing procedures so that all religions are treated equally. A representative of the local government told this to the participants at a meeting of the Interreligious Council of Crimea, Peace: God’s Gift, on 21 April 2005.

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