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Odesa Court Fines Orthodox Citizens’ Head18.07.2007, [15:37] // Protest //
Odesa – Valerii Kaurov, head of the Union of Orthodox Citizens of Ukraine, was held by Odesa police on 17 July 2007 after finishing a religious procession dedicated to the memory of Russian Tsar Nicholas II which later turned into an anti-NATO demonstration. Kaurov was charged with violating article 185-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the conduct of organizing mass actions. The District Maritime Court of Odesa found him guilty and fined him 170 hryvnias (approximately US $ 34).
Roman Catholic Bishop of Kharkiv Asks Former Prime Minister for Help
18.07.2007, [10:34] // RCC //
Dnipropetrovsk – Bishop Stanislaw Padewski of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia informed parishioners in eastern Ukrainian Dnipropetrovsk that he had sent a letter to former Primer Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Lazarenko requesting him to help return the city’s Church of St. Joseph to the Catholics. RISU posted the report of correspondent Denys Davydov on 16 July 2007.
Ukrainian Orthodox (UOC-KP) Monks Demand Return of Cossack Graves Territory18.07.2007, [10:10] // UOC-KP //
Berestechko – The monks of the Ukrainian Orthodox Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) Monastery of St. George on the Cossack Graves in northern Ukrainian Berestechko, Rivne Region, demand that Ukraine’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism return territory and buildings on the island of Zhuravlykha. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 17 July 2007.
Orthodox Rusyns Oppose American Missiles in Ukraine
17.07.2007, [18:09] // Foreign relations //
Uzhhorod - The Rusyns of southwestern Ukraine’s Transcarpathia Region oppose plans to set up an American NMD (national missile defense) in the plains of Rivne and Stoi. So said Ruthenian leader Archpriest Dymytrii Sydor, speaker of the Sojm (Ruthenial national assembly) and rector of Holy Cross Cathedral in Uzhhorod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). interfax-religion.com posted the news on 16 July 2007.
Ukraine Security Service Says Cults Very Active
17.07.2007, [18:08] // Violation of rights //
Kyiv — Information from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU, in its Ukrainian acronym) indicates that the presence in Ukraine of new religious groups, including some that are considered by national and foreign experts in religious studies to have signs of totalitarian and destructive cults, is increasing. However, Ukraine’s State Committee on Matters of Religion and Nationalities does not agree. dt.ua posted the news on 14 July 2007.
Pentecostals Hold Youth Congress in Zhytomyr
17.07.2007, [18:06] // Pentecostals //
Zhytomyr – The youth of the All-Ukraine Union of Christians of the Evangelical Faith-Pentecostals are holding a congress near Malyna, in central Ukraine’s Zhytomyr Region, from 12 to 21 July 2007. This is the 10th such gathering.
Old Believers’ Center in Chernivsti to Become Tourist Site
17.07.2007, [17:59] // Construction //
Chernivtsi – The historical churches in Bila Krynytsia, in southwestern Ukraine’s Chernivtsi Region, are being restored and a museum complex is being built. The village was the center of Russian Orthodox Old Believers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. molbuk.cv.ua posted the news on 12 July 2007.
Chapel Construction near Tithe Church Illegal, Says Kyiv Council17.07.2007, [13:58] // Construction //
Kyiv — According to Vasyl Prysiazhniuk, head of Kyiv’s Main Department of City Planning, Architecture and Design of City Environment, the department did not issue a permit for use of a lot near the foundations of the historical Tithe Church and did not consider corresponding design documentation. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate is protesting the construction of a chapel on the lot by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate. pravda.com.ua posted the news on 16 July 2007.
Ukrainian President “Violates Canons,” Says Orthodox Choice Head
16.07.2007, [17:34] // Orthodox //
Kyiv – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko violates church canons. So said Yurii Yehorov, head of the Orthodox Choice civic group, at a press conference in Kyiv on 16 July 2007.
Nearly 100,000 Make Pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia
16.07.2007, [17:33] // Pilgrimage //
Ternopil — Nearly 100,000 faithful from throughout Ukraine and from Russia, Poland, Kazakhstan, Canada, and the U.S. made a pilgrimage to western Ukrainian Zarvanytsia, Ternopil Region. The event culminated in a Liturgy on 15 July 2007 with the participation of Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, apostolic nuncio to Ukraine, and various Catholic bishops, priests, and faithful. Ivan Stoiko, head of the regional administration, read a letter of greeting from Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.
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