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Lviv Palace of Armenian Archbishops Privatized
26.04.2005, [11:55] // AAC //
Lviv– A historic building of Lviv, the Palace of Armenian Archbishops, constructed in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, was recently privatized. This was despite written appeals from the city’s Armenian community, who want to see the building, constructed by their ancestors, returned to them. gazeta.lviv.ua posted this news on 22 April 2005

Greek Catholic Head Speaks about Patriarchate, Orthodox Dialogue, New Pope
25.04.2005, [19:46] // UGCC //
Lviv- Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGGC), spoke about the matter of a patriarchate for the UGCC and Catholic-Orthodox dialogue, and the possible role of Pope Benedict XVI in these matters. ugcc.org.ua posted the news on 22 April 2005.

Benedict XVI Invites UOC–MP Orthodox Head to Inauguration
25.04.2005, [15:41] // Pope Benedict XVI //
Kyiv– In a letter to Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Moscow Patriarchate (UOC–MP), Pope Benedict XVI invited the metropolitan to the ceremony of his official entry into papal ministry, to take place at the Vatican on 24 April 2005. Pravoslavye.org.ua posted this news on 22 April 2005.

Kharkiv Cathedral to Remain Property of UOC–MP Orthodox
25.04.2005, [15:39] // Church-state relations //
Kharkiv– According to the ruling of a local court in eastern Ukrainian Kharkiv, the Dormition Cathedral will remain in the possession of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). Pravoslavye.org.ua posted this news on 22 April 2005.

President Honors Ukrainian Bible Society Head
25.04.2005, [15:37] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko issued a decree awarding Roman Viacheslav Vovk, secretary general of the Ukrainian Bible Society (UBS), with the third degree achievement award. yushchenko.com.ua posted this news on 21 April 2005.

Chief Rabbi of Rome Visits Jewish Community of Zhytomyr
25.04.2005, [15:36] // Jewish Communities //
Zhytomyr- The chief rabbi of Rome, Riccardo Shmuel di Segni, and the head of the Jewish community of Rome, Leone Paserman, recently paid a visit to the Jewish community of central Ukrainian Zhytomyr. The chief rabbi made the trip at the invitation of Rabbi Shlomo Wilhelm, a Lubavitch Chabad emissary who serves as the chief rabbi of Zhytomyr and central and western Ukraine. Fjc.ru posted the news on 21 April 2005.

150,000 Expected at FJC sponsored Seders across the FSU
22.04.2005, [16:19] // Jewish Communities //
MOSCOW, Russia– Hundreds of thousands of Jews across the former Soviet Union are on the verge of celebrating Passover in great festive tradition thanks to a mass campaign carried out by the Federation of Jewish Communities (FJC) of the CIS. A total of 437 FJC member communities across fifteen former Soviet republics, including Ukraine will mark this week-long holiday both at home and at mass public Seders. Fjc.ru posted the news on 22 April 2005.

Greek Catholic Head Asks Faithful to Pray for New Pope
22.04.2005, [09:41] // Pope Benedict XVI //
Rome-Lviv– Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), made public a letter to the hierarchs, clergy and faithful of the UGCC on 20 April 2005 in Rome. In the letter, he asked the faithful to join the Catholics of the world on 24 April, inauguration day for the new Pope, in common prayer for a good pontificate for Benedict XVI.

New Pope Roomed with Ukrainian Seminarian
22.04.2005, [09:39] // Catholic //
Lviv – Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, says that the new Pope should be well-acquainted with the affairs of Ukrainian Greek Catholics. “The fact is, he shared his room at the seminary with a Ukrainian, Pavlo Kohut, now a priest in France. Father Pavlo is an ardent patriot of his church and his people. I imagine that during that year the young Josef Ratzinger must have heard a lot about Ukraine and its church life,” said the cardinal. Obrozrevatel.com posted the news on 22 April 2005.

Orthodox of Ukraine to Have New Saint
22.04.2005, [09:37] // UOC-MP //
Moscow—The Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has approved the canonization of Bishop Parfenii (Brianskikh) of Ananiiv (1881 to 22 November 1937), vicar of southern Ukraine’s Odesa region, among the new martyrs and confessors of the 20th century. The decision was made at the synod’s first meeting this year, headed by Patriarch Alexis II. The news was posted on 20 April 2005 by pravoslavye.org.ua.

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