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Evangelical Leader Opposes Xenophobia, Anti-Semitism
31.03.2006, [17:39] // Evangelical //
Kyiv –Evangelical Bishop Dmytro Mason, leader of the Influence of Light civic movement, has asked the faithful to pray so that there is no place for international and interreligious hostility, anti-Semitism and xenophobia in Ukraine. Bishop Mason believes that it is necessary to demonstrate respect for people of other nationalities and for supporters of other cultures, without dividing people according to religious and racial distinctions. RISU received the bishop’s statement on 30 March 2006.

Greek Catholic Archbishop of Lviv Speaks on Elections, Expectations
31.03.2006, [17:35] // UGCC //
Lviv – Archbishop Ihor Vozniak of Lviv of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) said he has received no reports on the participation of priests of his archeparchy in campaigning in the 26 March elections. He also spoke of his expectations for the new government. ugcc.lviv.ua posted the news on 29 March 2006.

Odesa Synagogue Enhances Safety
31.03.2006, [17:34] // Jewish Communities //
Odesa – In connection with several attacks on Jews and synagogues in Ukraine and Russia, the Jewish community in southern Ukrainian Odesa has taken increased safety precautions. jn.com.ua posted the news on 29 March 2006.

Pentecostal Wins Kyiv Mayoral Election
31.03.2006, [11:17] // Pentecostals //
Kyiv, John Marone, “Kyiv Post”— Leonid Chernovetskyi, a member of the Pentecostal Embassy of God, is the declared winner of Kyiv’s mayoral election. kyivpost.com posted the news on 29 March 2006.

Russian Church Denies Constantinople Negotiations on Ukraine
30.03.2006, [16:47] // Orthodox //
Moscow- Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, secretary for inter-Orthodox relations of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), has stated that the ROC is not aware of any activities by the commission of the Patriarchate of Constantinople on the Ukrainian problem. Commenting on a report that this commission “conducts talks with the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv, and the clergy of the Kyivan Patriarchate,” the priest underlined that “no negotiations have been held with it.” interfax-religion.com posted the news on 29 March 2006.

Pentecostal Politician Says He Didn’t Use Religion in Campaigning in Kyiv
29.03.2006, [19:26] // Pentecostals //
Kyiv – Leonid Chernovetskyi, a candidate for mayor of Kyiv who is a member of the Pentecostal group the Assembly of God, which consists of 30,000 residents of Kyiv, said that he did not ask the faithful to vote for him. He said this at a press conference in Kyiv on 28 March 2006.

Greek Mediation Won’t Unite Orthodox in Ukraine, Say UOC-KP
29.03.2006, [19:24] // UOC-KP //
Kyiv – Greek Orthodox Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens has been asked to visit Ukraine. But representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) think such a visit would increase, not solve, the problems of Orthodox unity in Ukraine. cerkva.info posted the news on 27 March 2006.

Greek Orthodox Don’t Recognize Kyivan Patriarchate
29.03.2006, [19:21] // Orthodox //
Greece-Ukraine – “The Orthodox Apostolic Church of Greece, like all the other national Orthodox churches with which it remains in Eucharistic communication, has never recognized the existence of an autocephalous Orthodox patriarchate in Ukraine. The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece considers it impossible to recognize the Kyivan Patriarchate under today’s conditions, as well as the hierarchal rank of Chrysostomos Bakomitros, and considers the activity of the Exarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate [UOC-KP] in Athens to be not legitimate.” So reads a statement of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece released by the official site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) on 27 March 2006.

UOC-KP Accuse Orthodox Brotherhood, Protestants of Interfering in Ukraine’s Elections
29.03.2006, [11:41] // UOC-KP //
Lutsk – The press service of the Lutsk-Volyn Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) has accused the Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods and the spiritual administration of the Kingdom of God Christian Churches of violating article 5 of Ukraine’s law “On freedom of conscience and religious organizations” and a declaration about non-involvement in the election process signed by church leaders. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 28 March 2006.

UOC-MP Ukrainian Orthodox Head Ends Pilgrimage to Athos
29.03.2006, [11:39] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv – On 21 March 2006, a group of pilgrims led by Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-KP), reached the Greek monastic island of Mount Athos. There the metropolitan said a prayer of gratitude in front of the “true” head of the holy martyr and healer St. Panteleimon. On 25 March the official site of the UOC-MP released a detailed description of the Ukrainian delegation’s pilgrimage to sacred places of Greece and Cyprus.

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Head Participates in Papal Consistory
27.03.2006, [13:02] // UGCC //
Kyiv-Vatican – Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), took part in a Papal Consistory in Rome from 23 to 25 March 2006. The occasion was the presentation of caps to 15 new cardinals. While in Rome, the patriarch also voted in Ukraine’s parliamentary elections at the local Ukrainian Embassy.

Alternative Military Service in Ukraine Shortened
27.03.2006, [13:00] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – A decree of Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers regarding draftees who cannot serve in the army because of religious convictions has come into effect. Now, instead of 27 months, the young men will serve only 18, and those who have higher education will serve 15.5 months. Ukraine’s Parliament shortened the military service term last year, while the term of alternative service was just changed at the initiative of the Ministry of Work and Social Policy. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 24 March 2006.

Church Property in Zhytomyr Returned to Roman Catholics
27.03.2006, [12:58] // RCC //
Zhytomyr – In central Ukrainian Zhytomyr the Roman Catholic community was given a complex of former Roman Catholic monastery buildings where the regional military registration and enlistment office was situated until recently. The former military office, a three-storey building of spacious rooms with high ceilings, is located in the city center near St. John’s Roman Catholic Church, as TV Channel 1 reported on 23 March 2006.

Ukraine Will Have Single National Church, Believes President
27.03.2006, [12:56] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is convinced that Ukraine will have a single national Ukrainian Orthodox church. He said this at a press conference on 22 March 2006.

Arsenal Building Threatens Kyiv Caves Monastery
27.03.2006, [12:53] // Construction //
Kyiv – Without any prior expert examination 1,200 wooden poles, each 24 meters high, were hammered near the huge basements of the building of Kyiv’s Old Arsenal, while the basements themselves were partly covered by concrete slabs. These constructions pose a threat to the stability of the hydro-geological conditions of the nearby ancient Kyivan Monastery of the Caves. There is water-soaked soil under the building. Specialists believe that after the construction of three underground levels and a glass cover above the patio, which will make the building much heavier, the unique monuments of the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves will start slipping into the Dnipro River. pravoslavie.ru posted the news on 22 March 2006.

Athos Monks Visit Shrines of UOC-KP and UOC-MP Orthodox in Ukraine
24.03.2006, [19:25] // Orthodox //
Kyiv – A group of monks from Mt. Athos came on pilgrimage to Kyiv. Among the sites they visited were the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves, under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, and St. Michael’s Golden-domed Church, under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP). cerkva.info posted the news on 22 March 2006.

Regions Party Can “Preserve Ukrainian National Idea,” Says UOC-MP Orthodox Metropolitan
24.03.2006, [19:24] // UOC-MP //
Odesa – The Party of Regions of Ukraine (PR) will be able “to preserve the national idea of the Ukrainian state.” So said Metropolitan Ahafanhel of Odesa and Izmail of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP), a candidate for deputy of the regional council in southern Ukrainian Odesa. This was during a meeting of Viktor Yanukovych, leader of the PR, with residents of Odesa. pravoslavye.org.ua posted the news on 21 March 2006.

Scholar Accuses UOC-MP Orthodox of Interference in Ukraine’s Elections
24.03.2006, [19:23] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – Prof. Anatolii Kolodnyi, head of the Department of Religions at the Hryhorii Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy, said that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) is interfering in election campaigning in Ukraine. The scholar made such accusations at the presentation of the results of the project “Religions and the 2006 Parliamentary Elections,” carried out with the funding of George Soros’s International Renaissance Foundation. portal-credo.ru posted the news on 18 March 2006.

Churches and Ukraine’s Defense Ministry Discuss Religious Needs of Military
24.03.2006, [19:21] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – A meeting of representatives of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense (MDU) and the country’s Christian churches took place in a friendly atmosphere at the office of Illia Tyshchenko, head of the Department of Humanitarian Policy of the MDU, on 17 March 2006. Discussed was the project of the MDU “On coordinating the religious needs of the soldiers of Ukraine’s Armed Forces” with the church representatives.

Ukrainian Greek Catholics to Work for Property Return
24.03.2006, [10:40] // UGCC //
Kyiv- The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) announced its intention to work for the return of church buildings and other property that it had owned before it was liquidated by the Soviet government in 1946. interfax-religion.com posted the news on 22 March 2006.

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