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Ukrainian Catholic Bishop in Canada Passes Away01.09.2008, [08:03] // UGCC //
Sakatoon, Canada— Bishop emeritus Michael Kuchmiak rested in the Lord on 26 August 2008. He was born in Ukraine in 1923 and eventually served as auxiliary bishop in Philadelphia, USA, and apostolic exarch in Great Britain, and his resignation from active ministry in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (known in the diaspora as the Ukrainian Catholic Church) was accepted in 2002.
174 Jewish Religious Books Burned in Sumy
01.09.2008, [08:02] // Violation of rights //
Hlukhiv (Sumy Region)—A criminal case has been opened against Hlukhiv customs workers in northern Ukraine’s Sumy Region for burning 174 Jewish religious books. Obkom.net.ua posted the news on 26 August 2008.
President Attends Blessing of Orthodox (UOC-KP) Church in Baturyn
01.09.2008, [08:01] // Church-state relations //
Baturyn— Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko took part in ceremonies for the blessing of the Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God in northern Ukrainian Baturyn, the former Cossack capital on the left bank, Chernihiv Region. The Liturgy on the occasion of the opening of the church was led by Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), on 25 August 2008.
Religious and Civil Leaders Pray at St. Sophia’s on Ukrainian Independence Day01.09.2008, [08:00] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv— Political leaders including Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations took part in the prayer for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people that was held on 24 August 2008 in St. Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv on Ukrainian Independence Day. The prayers began with a litany of intentions celebrated by ministers of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate.
Assembly of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Religious Ends
01.09.2008, [07:59] // UGCC //
Lviv— The third session of the sobor (assembly) of religious of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Transfiguration in the Lord, on the theme “Ministry and the State of Being Sent,” was held from 19 to 23 August 2008 on the premises of Holy Spirit Seminary in western Ukrainian Lviv.
Ukrainian Catholic U. Hosts Forum of Theologians-Moralists of Central Europe
27.08.2008, [17:56] // Conference //
Lviv— The premises of the Philosophy and Theology Faculty of the Ukrainian Catholic University in western Ukrainian Lviv is hosting a conference of the Forum of Theologians-Moralists of Central Europe. The conference began on 26 August, lasts until 28 August 2008, and is titled “The responsibility for the transmission of human life: 40 years of the encyclical ‘Humanae Vitae.’”
John Paul II Monument Unveiled in Odesa
27.08.2008, [13:13] // Pope John Paul II //
Odesa— A monument to Pope John Paul II was unveiled on Katerynynska Street in southern Ukrainian Odesa. unian.net posted the news on 25 August 2008.
Roman Catholics in Ukraine Ask Prayers for Media
26.08.2008, [14:56] // RCC //
Kyiv—The head of the Committee on Matters of Mass Media of the Conference of Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, Bishop Vitalii Skomarovskyi, published an address asking to pray for the mass media from 24 to 31 August. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 22 August 2008.
Post-Soviet Baptist Youth to Hold Forum in Odesa26.08.2008, [14:47] // Baptists //
Kyiv—The First International Congress of Christian Youth of the CIS and Baltic Countries will be held on 26-30 August 2008 in southern Ukrainian Odesa. RISU’s Ukrainian-language site posted the news on 22 August 2008.
Donetsk Churches and Authorities Call for Support of Flood Victims in Western Ukraine
26.08.2008, [14:44] // Church-state relations //
Donetsk—On 20 August 2008, a joint meeting of the Donetsk Political Consultative Council, a civic council attached to the regional administration and the Council of Churches, was held. The participants approved a joint address to political parties, civic organizations, religious denominations, and residents of far eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Region on “giving a helping hand” to people who suffered from “the terrible natural disaster [flood] which took place on 23-27 July 2008 and did considerable damage to fellow citizens in the western regions of our country.”
Autocephalous Orthodox Pass Aid to Greek Catholic Flood Victims in Western Ukraine26.08.2008, [14:40] // UAOC //
Zarvanytsia-Kharkiv—On 20-22 August 2008, clergy and laity of the Kharkiv and Poltava Eparchy of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) organized the third pilgrimage to the indulgenced pilgrimage center of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in western Ukrainian Zarvanytsia, Ternopil Region. On 21 August, according to a previous agreement with the Ivano-Frankivsk Eparchy of the UGCC, the pilgrims passed to the dean of the Rohatyn Deanery of the UGCC, Fr. Dmytro Bihun, aid gathered for victims of the flood in western Ukraine. The gathered aid will be distributed to residents of the Rohatyn district who suffered the greatest damage.
World Ukrainians Pray for Victims of Genocide-Holodomor26.08.2008, [14:28] // Violation of rights //
Kyiv—As part of the 9th World Congress of Ukrainians (WCU), held in the Ukrainian House in Kyiv from 20 to 22 August 2008, a forum on occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Genocide-Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine was held. That evening, a solemn religious procession to the memorial to the Holodomor at St. Michael’s Square was organized. The heads and authorized representatives of various Ukrainian churches there celebrated a requiem for the victims of the man-made famine.
Jubilee Cross Blessed in Fastiv
23.08.2008, [14:36] // UGCC //
On August 17, 2008, the religious community of St. Demetrius the Great Martyr of the city of Fastiv celebrated the 1020th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’-Ukraine. On this occasion Most Rev. Bohdan (Dzyirakh), Auxiliary Bishop of the Archeparchy of Kyiv, came to Fastiv. The celebration started with a pontifical Divine Liturgy. In his speech the Bishop greeted all present on the anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’-Ukraine and expressed the deep conviction that the faithful of the parish of Fastiv will incarnate in life the vows which they took at baptism and renewed during the celebration.
Social Pedagogy Practicum-Seminar Held in Truskavets’
23.08.2008, [14:31] // UGCC //
On July 22-31, 2008, in Truskavets’, a social pedagogy practicum and seminar, conducted by the Ukrainian Catholic University with the assistance of the Administration of Youth, Family, and Sports of the Department of Humanitarian Policy of the Lviv City Council, was held.
«Happy Vacation» Camp Held in Bila Tserkva
23.08.2008, [14:24] // UGCC //
From August 4 to 16 in the village of Mala Vil’shanka in the Selektsiinyi area and from August 11 to 16 in the village of Bila Tserkva, Archeparchy of Kyiv, «Happy vacation» day camps were held. They were conducted by fathers of the Salesian order with animators from Lviv and Italy. This year’s vacations were held with the slogan «Paths of love.»
Chernihiv Residents Venerate Ancient Baptismal Site23.08.2008, [14:22] // UOC-KP //
Chernihiv—Approximately 1000 people came on 16 August 2008 to the site where residents of northern Ukrainian Chernihiv were baptized in a lake 1020 years ago.
RISU correspondent Lubov Potapenko assumes that this holy site of Chernihiv has not been venerated in this way for many decades. At least, this was not possible during Soviet times, even though a memorial tablet commemorating the 1000th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus was installed near the lake.
Christian Camp Helps Ukrainian Children in Spain Deepen Identity
23.08.2008, [14:15] // UGCC //
Madrid (Spain)— The Christian camp “Called by the Father’s love” was organized on 31 July to 10 August 2008 as part of the program “The spiritual world of the child” for Ukrainian children and teenagers in Spain. The camp was organized by the Catechetical-Pedagogical Institute of the Ukrainian Catholic University and the Patriarchal Catechetical Committee of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) with the blessing of Bishop Hlib (Lonchyna). Co-organizers were Fr. Ivan Lypka (pastor of the Ukrainian community in Madrid) and the headmistress of the Ukrainian school of the town of Alcala, Oksana Bats.
Orthodox (UOC-MP) Head Visits Simferopol
22.08.2008, [14:23] // UOC-MP //
Simferopol—The main aim of the visit of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan), to southern Ukraine’s Simferopol Eparchy is to participate in celebratory events on the occasion of the beatification of Archbishop Hurii (Karpov). The event is to take place in Simferopol on 23 August. Metropolitan Volodymyr arrived in Crimea on 19 August 2008.
Ukraine Baptists Ask Prayers for Christian Politicians
22.08.2008, [14:21] // Baptists //
Kyiv—The All-Ukrainian Union of Churches of Evangelical Christians-Baptists (AUUECB) published an address to the Christians of Ukraine inviting them to pray for Christian politicians. The address says that “important positive changes are beginning to take place in the Ukrainian political space, as it is joined by an increasing number of Christians who seek to improve Ukrainian legislation, especially in the areas of spirituality and morality.” prochurch.info posted the news on 19 August 2008.
Personal Belongings of Halych Church Leaders to Be First Exhibited in Lviv
22.08.2008, [14:19] // UGCC //
Lviv—On 24 August, Ukraine’s Independence Day, at the A. Sheptytsky National Museum in western Ukrainian Lviv, the ceremony opening an exhibition dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the renewal of the Halych Metropolitanate (1808-2008) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) will be held. The personal belongings of metropolitans Sylvestr Sembratovych (1885-1898) and Andrey Sheptytsky (1901-1944) and patriarchs Josyf Slipyj (1944-1984) and Myroslav-Ivan Lubachivski (1984-2000) will be exhibited for the first time. zaxid.net posted the news on 20 August 2008.
The exhibition is a joint project of the A. Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv, the Lviv Archeparchy of the UGCC, the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion, and the Lviv Historical Museum.
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Activities of the Orthodox churches of Zhytomyr in the context of the sociopolitical life of the region
16.11.2006, [15:52] // Analysis & comments //
Zhytomyr – Oleksandr Pyvovarskyi, head specialist of the Department of Contacts with Civic Associations of the Public Relations Office of the Regional Administration in central Ukrainian Zhytomyr, on 31 October 2006 released a report on the activities of the Orthodox churches of the region, their influence on the sociopolitical situation in the region, problems in inter-Orthodox relations, and ways of prevention thereof. The complete text of the report follows.
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