September
No Room for Religious Hostility in Ukraine, Says President29.09.2006, [17:52] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko is convinced that there will never be room for interethnic intolerance and religious hostility in Ukraine. He said this on 28 September 2006 at the international forum “Let my people live!”, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the slaughter in Babyn Yar in Kyiv.
Iftar Unites Kyiv Muslims29.09.2006, [17:50] // Muslims //
Kyiv – On 25 September 2006 in the Kyivan Hotel in Kyiv, the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Ukraine (SAMU) held an iftar dedicated to the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. “Iftar” is a meal served at the end of the day during Ramadan, to break the day’s fast. Representatives of different Islamic nationalities, foreign guests, and representatives of the government, the diplomatic corps, other religions, civic organizations, and the mass media participated in the holiday.
UOC-MP Orthodox Indignant at Ukrainian Bishop’s Meeting Democrats
29.09.2006, [17:48] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv-Moscow – The press service of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) is indignant at the 21 September meeting of Bishop Hilarion (Rudnik) of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (PC) with representatives of Ukraine’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The press service mentions that representatives of the Party of Regions (PR) threatened to declare him and others of the PC persona non grata in Ukraine. The CDU is astonished that the PR wants to declare Bishop Hilarion, a citizen of Ukraine, persona non grata in Ukraine. pravoslavye.org.ua posted the news on 23 September 2006.
Ukraine Prime Minister Hopes for Russian Orthodox Support
29.09.2006, [14:20] // Church-state relations //
Moscow — Ukrainian Prime Minister ViktorYanukovych thanked Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexis II for his concern over the fate of Orthodoxy in Ukraine and promised to promote the spiritual development of the Ukrainian people. interfax-religion.com posted the news on 21 September 2006.
UOC-MP Orthodox of Simferopol Distance themselves from Moscow Deacon
28.09.2006, [10:44] // UOC-MP //
Simferopol – In connection with a press conference of Deacon Andrii Kurayev, professor at the Moscow Spiritual Academy, which took place on 6 September, the press service of the Simferopol-Crimea Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) stated that the deacon’s conclusions about interreligious policy and the situation in southern Ukrainian Crimea do not reflect the official position of the UOC-MP. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 27 September 2006.
Kyivans Oppose Church Construction in Park
28.09.2006, [10:42] // Construction //
Kyiv – Residents of Kyiv’s Shevchenkivskyi District blocked traffic on Khmelnytskoho and Honchara streets the morning of 25 September 2006. They were protesting the construction of a church building on the territory of the Zoya Kosmodemianska Park.
Ukraine Parliament Considers Bill on Religious Land Use
28.09.2006, [10:40] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – On 20 September 2006, the Committee on Agricultural Policy and Land Relations of Ukraine’s Parliament reviewed the bill “On introduction of changes to article 92 of Ukraine’s Land Code” (registration #1101), proposed by National Deputy Volodymyr Stretovych. This bill designates religious organizations as the subjects of law for permanent use of land which is state and communal property.
Religious Freedom Priority, Says Head of Ukraine President’s Secretariat27.09.2006, [12:15] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv – “The development of culture and the revival of the nation’s spirituality are the basis for Ukraine’s consolidation.” So said Viktor Baloha, head of the Secretariat of Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, at a ceremony on 23 September 2006 opening an ecumenical church on the territory of the historical Palanok Castle-museum in Mukachevo, in southwestern Ukraine’s Transcarpathia Region. He also stressed that one of the priority issues for the activity of the president is to maintain freedom of religion.
Ukrainian President Opens Holocaust Exhibit27.09.2006, [12:12] // Jewish Communities //
Kyiv – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and his Israeli colleague, Moshe Katsav, on 26 September 2006 opened an exhibition commemorating the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Babyn
Yar tragedy.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Postulator Comments on Beatification Process of Sheptytsky26.09.2006, [18:16] // UGCC //
Kyiv — The recent session of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) reported that the beatification process for Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, head of the UGCC from 1901 to 1944, is moving forward in Rome. Fr. Roman Terekhovskyi of the UGCC’s Postulation Center, the vice-postulator for Metropolitan Sheptytsky’s cause, commented. ugcc.org.ua posted the news on 25 September 2006.
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