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Celebration of 1020th Anniversary of Baptism of Kyivan Rus Still Not Agreed Between Patriarchs of Moscow and Constantinople17.07.2008, [14:11] // Inter-Christian relations //
Moscow— Seven days before the the Universal Patriarch Bartholomew and Patriarch Alexis II of Moscow are to visit Kyiv, a number of details of the visits’ program remain unresolved, including protocol questions. This story was reported on 16 July to portal-credo.ru by a source in the Constantinople Patriarchate.
Orthodox Community of Moscow Patriarchate Opposes Visit of Patriarch Bartholomew to Ukraine16.07.2008, [17:30] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv—The Orthodox community of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate of the Dnipropetrovsk region as well as of Ukraine in general, opposes the coming visit of Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople to Ukraine on the occasion of the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus. The news service “new-most.info” received this information from the participants of the picket in front of the Turkish Consulate in Dnipropetrovsk.
Visit of Cardinal Leonardo Sandri to Ukraine Completed
16.07.2008, [17:20] // UGCC //
"Ukraine has a great future. It is a country rich in natural resources, but your greatest riches are people, the faithful of your Church. The meetings which I had with seminarians, monks and nuns, youth, priests, bishops, and laypeople enable me to confirm that the members of your Church are full of life, and a spirit of openness and enthusiasm is characteristic of them." So Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, said during a briefing for the mass-media at the completion of his visit to Ukraine.
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri Visits Lviv Seminary
16.07.2008, [16:52] // UGCC //
The second day of the visit to Ukraine of Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, started with a visit to the Lviv seminary, where he met with rectors, teachers and seminarians of five seminaries of the UGCC in Ukraine. At the beginning Cardinal Sandri examined the building of UCU’s Theology Department and the premises of the seminary. And then a conference began.
The President of Ukraine Focuses Attention on the 1020th Anniversary of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus16.07.2008, [08:23] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv— Press-secretary of the President expressed that the head of the state is focusing attention on the preparation of the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus celebration. Viktor Yushchenko believes that the recognition of this date “has to become one of pushes to the beginning of a wide dialogue in society, a step to the unification of all Orthodox churches.”
Heads of Protestant Churches of Ukraine Call Government to Protect Believers from Police Behavior
16.07.2008, [08:19] // Protestant //
Kyiv— On 14 July 2008, the Council of Evangelical Protestant Churches of Ukraine forwarded a repeated address to Ukraine’s Premier Yulia Tymoshenko and Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Y. Lutsenko as well as other deputies, complaining about the incomplete and biased character of the investigation of facts of illegal and brutal police behavior with respect to ministers and faithful of the Protestant Churches of Ukraine. RISU’s Ukrainian-language web page posted this story on 15 July 2008.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate Head Meets Cardinal Leonardo Sandri16.07.2008, [08:04] // UOC-MP //
Kyiv— On 14 July, Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church received in his residence in the Kyivan Monastery of the Caves the Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, who is visiting Ukraine on an invitation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
According to the site of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr explained to Cardinal Sandri about the condition of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine and about the preparation for the celebration of the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus.
Universal and Moscow Patriarchs to Serve Jointly in Kyiv
16.07.2008, [08:00] // Inter-Christian relations //
Kyiv—A joint liturgy with the participation of the Universal Patriarch Bartholomew, Patriarch Alexis of the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Volodymyr of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, and heads and representatives of other local Orthodox Churches will be held on St. Volodymyr’s Hill in Kyiv on 27 July 2008. This story, according to orthodoxy.org.ua, was reported by the head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Archimandrite Cyril (Hovorun), in a commentary posted on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church site.
Local Council of UOC-KP Calls Heads of Local Orthodox Churches to Recognize its Autocephaly15.07.2008, [11:49] // UOC-KP //
Kyiv—The Local Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP), held in Kyiv on 11 July 2008 on the occasion of the 900th anniversary of St. Michael’s Golden Domed Monastery in Kyiv and the 1020th anniversary of the baptism of Kyivan Rus passed an address to the heads of the Local Orthodox Churches calling them to “see the situation in Ukraine not through the distorted mirror of Moscow, but with their own eyes.” RISU's Ukrainian-language web page posted this story on 14 July, 2008.
Ukraine’s President Awards Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyivan Patriarchate Metropolitan15.07.2008, [11:44] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv—Ukraine’s President, Victor Yushchenko, awarded the head of the Rivne Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyivan Patriarchate Metropolitain Yevsevii (Politylo) of Rivne and Ostrih with the order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of the 5th degree for his years of prolific religious activity and on the occasion of his 80th birthday. The respective President’s Decree 632/2008 was published on 10 July by the press service of the head of the state.
International Event to Remember Man-made Famine in Ukraine
15.07.2008, [11:24] // UGCC // ugcc.org.ua
The international event “the unextinguished candle,” dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holodomor [man-made famine] of 1932-1933 in Ukraine, is being conducted this year. On July 10 Estonia took up the relay from Sweden. Events on the anniversary in memory of the victims of the Holodomor, organized by the Embassy of Ukraine in the Estonian Republic and the Ukrainian community of Estonia, will be carried out in various cities of Estonia until July 11.
State Committee on Nationalities and Religions to Coordinate Pilgrimage of Chasidic Jews to Ukraine
15.07.2008, [11:19] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv—According to an instruction of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the State Committee of Ukraine on Matters of Nationalities and Religions should contribute to the preparation of the pilgrimage of Chasidic Jews to the grave of Rabbi Nakhman in September 2008. The committee’s representative, the leading specialist of the Department of Promotion of Social and Humanitarian Activity of Religious Organizations, Mykhailo Kushnir, attended an inter-departmental meeting on this issue on 27 June in the town of Uman. This story was reported by the press service of the State Committee on Matters of Nationalities and Religions.
Address of Ukraine President, Premier Read at Monastery’s 900th Anniversary Celebration
12.07.2008, [13:18] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv—On 10 July 2008, at the National Opera House of Ukraine in Kyiv, a celebration was held on the occasion of the 900th anniversary of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery. It was attended by Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, bishops, and many clergy and believers from all over Ukraine. An address from Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Premier Yulia Tymoshenko on the occasion of the anniversary was read.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarchate Solely within Pope’s Competence, Says Vatican Cardinal12.07.2008, [13:12] // RCC //
Lviv—The prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, arrived in western Ukrainian Lviv on 10 July 2008. Upon visiting St. George’s Cathedral, he held a press conference in the metropolitan’s residence. There journalists mostly raised the question of the Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) and the process of beatification of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. Regarding the UGCC patriarchate, the Vatican diplomat stressed that this question is solely within the competence of the Pope and that in solving it one should take into account “the consequences of the proclamation of the patriarchate in the ecumenical sense.”
European Slavic-Ukrainian Gospel Community Holds Constituent Assembly12.07.2008, [13:04] // Protestant //
Kyiv—On 10 July 2008, the constituent assembly of the European Slavic-Ukrainian Community of the Gospel (ESUCG) was held in Kyiv’s New Life Christian Center at the initiative and with the support of the Council of Independent Evangelical Churches (CIEC). The participants, including pastors of various Protestant churches, religious organizations and state institutions, as well as journalists, discussed how to help five million Ukrainians and Slavs in the diaspora. So reported RISU correspondent Svitlana Yaroshenko.
Region’s Party Head “to Preserve Canonical Orthodoxy” in Ukraine12.07.2008, [12:52] // Orthodox //
Kyiv—On 10 July 2008, during a visit to the Mykilsko-Vasylivskyi Monastery of the Holy Dormition, the leader of Ukraine’s Party of Regions, Viktor Yanukovych, stated that he is fulfilling the will of his mentor, Fr. Zosima, who taught him to preserve canonical Orthodoxy.
Notion “Rus” to be Defined at Ukrainian Orthodox (UOC-KP) Council12.07.2008, [12:02] // UOC-KP //
Kyiv—The celebration of the 900th anniversary of St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery in Kyiv is to start on 11 July with the opening of a national sobor (council) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP). At a press conference on 9 July 2008, the head of the UOC-KP, Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), stressed that during the sobor an “amendment will be made to the notion of ‘Rus.’” Patriarch Filaret said that “we should finally dot all the ‘i’s on what ‘Rus’ is, where it was situated, where it is and what it is.”
Cross Blessed on Construction Site for UGCC Church in Kirovohrad
10.07.2008, [23:49] // UGCC //
On July 6, 2007, in Kirovohrad, a cross was blessed on the site where in the near future the Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist will be built, the first UGCC church in the region. The blessing was done by His Beatitude Lubomyr, Major Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych. A pontifical Divine Liturgy, celebrated by Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh), Auxiliary Bishop of the Arhceparchy of Kyiv, Bishop Vasyl’ (Ivasiuk), Exarch of Odesa and Crimea, and 9 priests preceded this. The Liturgy was celebrated in the Church of the Holy Spirit of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine. (In a basement room of the church with the agreement of the local Roman Catholic priest the Greek-Catholics hold regular divine services.)
Bill Granting Religious Organizations Right to Found General Education Institutions Registered in Ukraine’s Supreme Council
10.07.2008, [23:44] // Church-state relations //
Kyiv—Representatives of the Christian-Democratic Union deputies V. Stretovych and V. Marushchenko jointly with deputies O. Bodnar and V. Malyshev submitted a bill to the Supreme Council that would envisage granting religious organizations the right to found general education institutions. The bill was registered on 9 July as Bill 2729. RISU’s Ukrainian-language web page posted this story on 10 July.
Ukraine’s President Meets with Delegation of Universal Patriarchate10.07.2008, [23:41] // Foreign relations //
Kyiv—Ukraine’s President Victor Yushchenko held a meeting with the delegation of the Universal Patriarchate. The participants discussed issues relating to the preparation of the 1020th anniversary celebration of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus in Ukraine. This story was reported on 9 July by the presidential press service.
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Analysis & comments
2006: Religious Dimensions
21.03.2007, [18:19] // Analysis & comments //
Yurii RESHETNIKOV, candidate of philosophical studies, Ukrainian Association of Religious Freedom
Lviv Regional Administration Summarizes Religion in 2006
21.02.2007, [17:37] // Analysis & comments //
Lviv — Religion was one of the issues on the agenda of the meeting of the regional administration in western Ukrainian Lviv on 6 February 2007.
Church-state relations in the Zhytomyr Region, summarized as of 1 January 2007
06.02.2007, [15:23] // Analysis & comments //
Zhytomyr – “Church-state relations in the Zhytomyr Region” was the title of a press-conference with Mykola Siuravchyk, head of the Public Relations Department of the Regional Administration in central Ukrainian Zhytomyr (ZRA), held on 30 January 2007 at the press center of the ZRA, the regional council for journalists of the local mass media.
21.03.2007, [18:19] // Analysis & comments //
Yurii RESHETNIKOV, candidate of philosophical studies, Ukrainian Association of Religious Freedom
Lviv Regional Administration Summarizes Religion in 2006
21.02.2007, [17:37] // Analysis & comments //
Lviv — Religion was one of the issues on the agenda of the meeting of the regional administration in western Ukrainian Lviv on 6 February 2007.
Church-state relations in the Zhytomyr Region, summarized as of 1 January 2007
06.02.2007, [15:23] // Analysis & comments //
Zhytomyr – “Church-state relations in the Zhytomyr Region” was the title of a press-conference with Mykola Siuravchyk, head of the Public Relations Department of the Regional Administration in central Ukrainian Zhytomyr (ZRA), held on 30 January 2007 at the press center of the ZRA, the regional council for journalists of the local mass media.
D i g e s t
Elderly Ukrainians Testify on Holocaust
11.09.2007, [14:01]
By Maria Danilova & Randy Herschaft, Associated Press Writers
Associated Press (AP), Bogdanovka, Ukraine, 9 September 2007
Teachers in Ukraine Honored for Rescuing Jewish Student During World War II
11.09.2007, [13:59]
Ukrainian Orthodox US Head, Others, Issue Statement on College Student Sunday
05.09.2007, [16:23]
11.09.2007, [14:01]
By Maria Danilova & Randy Herschaft, Associated Press Writers
Associated Press (AP), Bogdanovka, Ukraine, 9 September 2007
Teachers in Ukraine Honored for Rescuing Jewish Student During World War II
11.09.2007, [13:59]
Ukrainian Orthodox US Head, Others, Issue Statement on College Student Sunday
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