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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:

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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”The one who forgets the past is doomed to repeat it.”
18.10.2007, [18:17] // Analysis & comments //
Lesia KOVALENKO, doctor of law, head of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church – Ukrainian original printed in “The Day” newspaper, 19 September 2007

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“In reality, there is no contradiction between the interests of an autonomous church and the universal church.”
05.09.2007, [08:14] // Analysis & comments //
A talk with Archbishop YOAN (Modzalevskyi), head of the Theological-Canonical Commission of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), and Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) priest Fr. Petro ZUYEV, director of the Center of Theological Studies, both of whom participated in the negotiation process between the UOC-MP and UAOC.

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Is there a Difference between Ukrainian Churches?
20.07.2007, [11:09] // Analysis & comments //
Viacheslav NESTEROV, “Voice of Orthodoxy,” no. 13, July 2007

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Activities of the Parliament of Ukraine of the 5th Convocation in the Area of Freedom of Conscience and Church-State Relations
06.07.2007, [16:54] // Analysis & comments //
Yurii RESHETNIKOV,candidate of philosophical studies, Institute of Christian Democracy

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• Religious Freedom in Ukraine: The Current Context
• Canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate. An analysis of contempory Russian Orthodox thought — pdf-format — Fr. J. Buciora of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada
• Memory on the Pope
• The Destiny of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Beginning of the 21st Century
• Interreligious relations
• Church Strength in Ukraine and How Religious is Ukraine? Results of Survey Research
• Interconfessional Intolerance in Ukraine
• The Need for Reform in Orthodoxy
• The Processes of Institutional Religion in Ukraine
  An analysis of the official government statistics from 2001 regarding religious groups in Ukraine (Statistics given in our Resources section)
• Protestants in the Former Soviet Union: What Survey Findings Reveal
• Religious Freedom Report on Ukraine (U.S. State Department), released on 31 March 2003
• Religious Freedom Report on Ukraine (U.S. State Department), released on October 26, 2001
• Religious Mass Media in Ukraine
• Social Problems in Ukraine and the Response of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to the Challenges of the Times
• Ukraine responds to the Papal Visit
  Brief articles on how Pope John Paul II's visit to Ukraine in June 2001 was received by different groups, secular and religious