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Religion and Society

In various ways the Churches and other religious organizations of Ukraine influence their society and society likewise exerts its own influence on religion.

Articles on social themes:

Parliamentary Head’s Appearance at PACE: Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia in Ukraine
23.05.2008, [18:40] // Analysis & comments //
Maxim VASYN, executive director of the Institute of Religious Freedom (Kyiv), L.L.B.
Commentary on Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko’s appearance at the PACE conference, 16 April 2008.


It is not the new religious trends that are booming but the journalists trying to write about themIt is not the new religious trends that are booming but the journalists trying to write about them
03.04.2008, [11:00] // Analysis & comments //
Liudmyla FYLYPOVYCH, doctor of philosophy, head of the Department of Religious Processes in Ukraine at the Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, executive director of the Center of Religious Information and Freedom of the Ukrainian Association of Religious Studies Experts

Church-state relations: What the new year has in store for us.
22.01.2008, [17:18] // Analysis & comments //
Volodymyr MARUSHCHENKO, national deputy of Ukraine, senior assistant head of the Christian Democratic Union

Thoughts about approaches to reforming the law of Ukraine in the area of freedom of worship and the activity of religious organizationsThoughts about approaches to reforming the law of Ukraine in the area of freedom of worship and the activity of religious organizations
18.12.2007, [11:27] // Analysis & comments //
Maksim VASIN, expert on legal matters at the Institute of Religious Freedom, Master of Law

A few reflections on the “religious” paragraph of the “Agreement of formation of democratic forces in the Parliament of Ukraine of the 6th convocation”A few reflections on the “religious” paragraph of the “Agreement of formation of democratic forces in the Parliament of Ukraine of the 6th convocation”
01.11.2007, [16:32] // Analysis & comments //
Hennadii DRUZENKO, member of the Scholarly-Expert Council attached to the Parliamentary Committee on Matters of European Integration, member of the working group to prepare the new wording of the law of Ukraine “On freedom of worship and religious organizations”

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Interview
“It is usually easier to spend some time for God’s work and then rest after work. There is no such a thing in a family. One should serve round the clock here.”“It is usually easier to spend some time for God’s work and then rest after work. There is no such a thing in a family. One should serve round the clock here.”
18.06.2008 // interview //

Interview with Auxiliary Bishop of Kyiv and Zhytomyr of the Roman Catholic Church, Stanislav SHYROKORADIUK

“Now the church is the only institution that is systematically interested …in studying the nature of the media”“Now the church is the only institution that is systematically interested …in studying the nature of the media”
13.05.2008 // interview //

Interview with Fr. Artur KOLODZIEJCZYK SJ, media programs director of the European Center of Communication and Culture (Warsaw, Poland).

“It took a lot of time and effort to convince the government and educators that theology was worthy of study at the university level.”“It took a lot of time and effort to convince the government and educators that theology was worthy of study at the university level.”
02.05.2008 // interview //

Interview with Dr. Taras DOBKO, first vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University.

Media-digest
A mile in their shoes
16.05.2008, [08:04]
By Moshe Gilad
Tags: Jewish History, Ukraine

The city of Zhytomyr in western Ukraine does not appear on tourist maps. It lies 100 kilometers west of Kiev and today has some 300,000 residents. It is a commercially important city, situated along the main road connecting Warsaw and Kiev, but tourists don't have any real reason to visit there.


Ukrainian Bishop Authors Controversial Book on Faith
30.04.2008, [15:53]

Ukrainian Evangelical Migration
04.04.2008, [11:23]