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State Committee Discusses Religious Bills24.09.2008, [10:10] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv— Oleksandr Sagan, president of the State Committee on Matters of Nationalities and Religions, held a meeting on developing bills concerning faith and state relations. The bills discussed included creation of the state ethno-national policy of Ukraine, developing of state-faith relations in Ukraine and on restitution of religious property to religious organizations.
New Spiritual Board of Ukraine’s Muslims Registered
24.09.2008, [10:08] // Muslims //
Kyiv– A new Spiritual Board of Muslims of Ukraine Umma registered with Ukraine’s State Committee on Matters of Nationalities and Religions on September 11, 2008. The board said it is a voluntary association of religious communities of Ukraine’s Muslims, established to coordinate actions to ensure necessary conditions for professing and spread of Sunni Islam teaching.
Conference About Kyivan Church Becomes “Little miracle"
23.09.2008, [10:27] // UGCC //
«For me the most important thing, which I felt, was the atmosphere in which a serious, expert talk was conducted about very concrete, scholarly themes. They are well known, but the people whom we invited came to it with competent, professional positions. It seems to me that just this moment of professional talk about very narrow themes of theology, the correlation of national and ecclesial identity and confessional and canonical tradition, created a great impression. This atmosphere in which the conference was conducted encouraged the participants to be sincere, and this is the most important result, which was not planned artificially, but became a result of the serious approach to very important problems.» So said Oleh Turii, director of the Institute of Church History of the Ukrainian Catholic University, summarizing the results of the international scholarly conference «The Kyivan Church: Ecclesial tradition – historiographical problems – ecumenical prospects.» The conference by the plan of the organizers considered problems in church history and was to help determine whether it is possible and how far it is necessary to have a consensus regarding the historical past of the «Kyivan Church» for sake of the present understanding and uniting of its heirs; it took part in Kyiv on September 11-14. Its inspirer and direct participant was Patriarch Lubomyr Husar, Head of the UGCC.
Ñhaplains of Prison Chaplaincy of UGCC of Eastern Europe Meet in Chelm
23.09.2008, [10:16] // UGCC //
In the city of Danylo, Chelm (Poland), on September 10 - 12 an international conference “The prison chaplaincy of the Greek-Catholic Church of Central-Eastern Europe” was conducted. The purpose of the conference was to become acquainted with methods and features of chaplaincy work in prisons of Central-Eastern Europe and to study possibilities for cooperation in the area of penitentiary questions among the state and Church. Fr. Yaroslav Storonyak reported to the Department of Information.
Ministers of Unregistered Pentecostals Hold International Convention in Ukraine
23.09.2008, [10:13] // Protestant //
Vinnytsia—1200 delegates from CIS countries, Baltic countries, Germany and the U.S.A. gathered for the sixth convention of the United Church of the Christian of Evangelical Faith. The forum of the Pentecostal ministers was held on 11-13 September, 2008 in Vinnytsia. As reported the Christian World News agency with reference to the Pilgrim TV and radio company.
Kharkiv Head Meets with Muslims
23.09.2008, [10:11] // Muslims //
Kharkiv— Arsen Avakov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, met with representatives of the region’s Muslim religious communities during the month of Ramadan on 18 August, 2008, in the Uzbek cultural center Navruz. In his address to the participants, Arsen Avakov stressed the great contribution of the Muslim communities of the Kharkiv region to solving various social-economic issues, development of spirituality and their active charitable activity.
Chief Rabbi of Vinnytsia Attacked
23.09.2008, [10:06] // Jewish Communities //
Vinnytsia— Shaul Horovits, Chief Rabbi of the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia, and his three-year-old son were attacked by a group shouting “Heil Hitler!” reported the Agency of Jewish News. RISU’s Ukrainian-language web page posted this story on 18 September, 2008.
The rabbi told the Jewish net portal that about 200 guests gathered for his son’s birthday. The Rabbi, his son and a guest from Canada came out of the house to buy a telephone card.
Ukrainian Orthodox Head Visits Zakarpattia
23.09.2008, [10:02] // UOC-MP //
Uzhhorod—On 16 September, Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan, head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate, began his arch pastoral visit of his church’s eparchies in the Zakarpattia, or Trans-Carpathian, Region. According to the press service of UOC-MP, the aim of the visit is to beatify reverend Iov Kundria on 18 September in the village of Mala Uholka of the Tiachiv District.
Victims of Holodomor of 1932-1933 in Ukraine Remembered in Croatia
18.09.2008, [16:36] // Foreign relations //
Zagreb— The Unquenchable Candle, a torch symbolizing the victims of the 1932 Holodomyr famine, arrived in Croatia on September 13. Anatolii Oliinyk, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Serbia, passed the torch to Markiian Lubkivskyi, Ukaine’s Ambassador in Croatia in a Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the city of Vukovar. In attendance were famous public figures, activists of public associations of Ukrainians in Croatia, diplomatic officials and representatives of the mass media. The ceremony was extended with a requiem for the victims of Holodomor.
Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Proposes to Allocate 29,3 Million UAH to Restore Kyivan Cave Monastery
18.09.2008, [16:34] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv —The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine proposed to the Supreme Council to allocate 29, 317 million UAH in 2009 to repair the Kyivan Cave Monastery. The proposal was attached to Bill N3000 “On the State budget of Ukraine for 2009,” registered in the parliament on September 15, 2008. As reported by news.liga.net.
Churches and Society Discuss Social Issues
18.09.2008, [16:30] // Church-state relations //
Odessa—Political scientists, sociologists and representatives of Churches and religious organizations from all of Ukraine met at the “Social Politics and mechanisms of integration of the Ukrainian society” conference in Odessa on September 12-13. The conference opened with a round table discussion of “Social activity of religious organizations: problems and prospects.” The next meeting will be in the beginning of December and will include representatives of scholarly, social and religious organizations to discuss problems of the society, according to Oleksandr Dobroier, the director of the European Institute of Social Communications.
Ukrainian Catholic U. Organizes Conference “The Kyivan Church”17.09.2008, [12:54] // UGCC //
The Institute of Church History and Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in western Ukrainian Lviv from 11 to 14 September 2008 organized in Kyiv an international academic conference, “The Kyivan Church: Ecclesial Tradition – Historiographical Problem – Ecumenical Prospects.”
Guide Book on Zarvanytsya Published
17.09.2008, [12:16] // UGCC //
For the first time in its history, miraculous Zarvanytsya has an illustrated 24-page guide-book. Every pilgrim will find in it everything necessary, and also that which a pilgrimage to this holy place gives in particular, spiritual benefit. The divine grace which fills the hearts of millions of pilgrims thirsty for faith descends through the intercession of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsya. This grace soars in the parish church where remain the miraculous icon and relic which pours out myrrh, in a newly built cathedral, in underground or above ground churches, in each chapel on the way of the cross, in each human heart. A divine atmosphere is created by the warm prayers of numerous pilgrims, many of whom come dozens or even hundreds of kilometers. For the most part this divine grace descends in Divine Liturgies, which, in addition to Sundays and holy days, are celebrated here daily. Here, as the eparch of Ternopil' and Zboriv, Bishop Vasylii (Semeniuk), says, there is a holy spring which cleanses and heals with healthy water our bodies and souls.
Retreat For Priests and Medical Workers to be Held in Kyiv
17.09.2008, [12:06] // UGCC //
On September 25, 2008, with the blessing of His Excellency Bohdan (Dziurakh), Auxiliary Bishop of the Kyiv Archeparchy, the Commission on Pastoral Health Care of the Kyiv Archeparchy is organizing a one-day spiritual retreat for priests, monks and nuns. The theme of the spiritual retreat is “hagio-therapy.” Fr. Tomislav Ivanchich' will conduct the retreat in the Church of Saint Basil the Great on Lviv Square. The retreat begins at 10.30 with a prayer service to the Mother of God.
First University Chapel to Appear in Lviv
16.09.2008, [17:24] // UGCC //
The first university chapel will appear in Lviv soon. Its construction was begun by the Ukrainian Catholic University on the site of the future university campus on Stryis’ka Street. This will be a small wooden church according to the design of Lviv architect Roman Sulyk, which is planned to be done by the end of 2008.
Odesa Regional Council Addresses Ukraine’s President
16.09.2008, [17:11] // Church-state relations //
Odessa—On 15 September, orthodoxy.org.ua published an address of the Odessa Regional Council to Ukrainian president Yushchenko saying that the Council “is deeply concerned over the current situation in Ukrainian society and politics concerning statements by Ukraine’s president and his closest entourage as to the establishment of one local Orthodox Church in Ukraine.” The council reminds of the principle of separation of the Church and religious organizations from the State and of the guaranteed freedom of faith.
UOC-MP Orthodox Help Flood Victims in Western Ukraine
16.09.2008, [17:07] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv—The eparchies of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church have been gathering funds and humanitarian aid for the victims of the flood in Western Ukraine. According to a report of the UOC website, in accordance with the decree of the Synod of UOC on August 5th, 2008, this task has been entrusted to the Synod Department of Charity and Social Ministry of UOC and to Metropolitan Onufrii of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna, whose territory was also partly affected by the disaster.
UOC Orthodox Metropolitan Against Joining NATO by Ukraine16.09.2008, [17:00] // UOC-MP //
Odesa— Metropolitan Ahafanhel Savvin, a deputy of the Odesa Regional Council of Odesa and Izmail, voiced his opposition to the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO. He said involving Ukraine in the “beastly block of NATO” would be unacceptable.
Head of the Albanian Orthodox Church Hoping for Orthodox Unity16.09.2008, [10:11] // Inter-Christian relations //
Albania-Ukraine— Metropolitan Volodymyr Sabodan, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, received a letter from Archbishop Anastasius, head of the Albanian Orthodox Church, thanking him. The Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania wrote he was moved by the celebration of the 1020th anniversary of baptism of the Kyivan Rus and thanked Metropolitan Volodymyr for his “sincere brotherly hospitality.” According to UOC-MP website, he also expressed his wish for “overcoming the existing difficulties as soon as possible to allow Orthodoxy in unity and sincere love to give dynamic testimony to the modern world.”
Odesa Regional Council Asks Ukraine’s President Not to Politicize Church Question
16.09.2008, [10:08] // Church-state relations //
Odesa—Odesa Regional Council deputies almost unanimously approved an address of Ukraine’s President to not involve Church matters in politics. The deputies called President Victor Yushchenko not to politicize the faith matters to prevent interfaith conflict in Ukrainian society. The draft resolution was prepared and submitted to consideration by Natalia Vitrenko’s People’s Opposition Block faction.
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