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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:
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church–Kyivan Patriarchate Finally Clearly States its Position
03.07.2007, [18:02] // Analysis & comments //
Natalia RYBASOVA, a journalist from Kyiv, shares her impressions after the forum “For a National Ukrainian Orthodox Church” which took place on 12 June 2007 in Kyiv.
Restitution of Church Property: Moral Duty or Immoral Privatization?
03.07.2007, [18:01] // Analysis & comments //
Maksym VASIN, expert on legal questions at the Institute of Religious Freedom, master of law
Religious Leaders Meet with New State Committee: Theses, Practices, Expectations
14.06.2007, [14:50] // Analysis & comments //
Yurii HOFMAN, legal adviser at the Administration of the Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in northwestern Ukrainian Lutsk, comments on a meeting of religious representatives held at Ukraine’s State Committee on Matters of Nationalities and Religions on 25 May 2007.
A Single Autonomous Church: Denominational Utopia or Ecclesiological Reality?
07.05.2007, [10:30] // Analysis & comments //
Fr. Myron BENDYK, rector of the Drohobych Seminary—“Weekly Mirror,” ¹ 14, 14 – 20 April 2007
Ukraine could become a “reserve” for the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
17.04.2007, [11:36] // Analysis & comments //
Ànatolii BABYNSKYI, bachelor of theology
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03.07.2007, [18:02] // Analysis & comments //
Natalia RYBASOVA, a journalist from Kyiv, shares her impressions after the forum “For a National Ukrainian Orthodox Church” which took place on 12 June 2007 in Kyiv.
Restitution of Church Property: Moral Duty or Immoral Privatization?
03.07.2007, [18:01] // Analysis & comments //
Maksym VASIN, expert on legal questions at the Institute of Religious Freedom, master of law
Religious Leaders Meet with New State Committee: Theses, Practices, Expectations
14.06.2007, [14:50] // Analysis & comments //
Yurii HOFMAN, legal adviser at the Administration of the Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in northwestern Ukrainian Lutsk, comments on a meeting of religious representatives held at Ukraine’s State Committee on Matters of Nationalities and Religions on 25 May 2007.
A Single Autonomous Church: Denominational Utopia or Ecclesiological Reality?
07.05.2007, [10:30] // Analysis & comments //
Fr. Myron BENDYK, rector of the Drohobych Seminary—“Weekly Mirror,” ¹ 14, 14 – 20 April 2007
Ukraine could become a “reserve” for the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad
17.04.2007, [11:36] // Analysis & comments //
Ànatolii BABYNSKYI, bachelor of theology
Còîð³íêè: [<<] | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | [>>]
- 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
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AIDS Knocks at the Church Door28.11.2007 // interview //
Interview with pastor of the Church of Evangelical Christian Baptists in Poltava, Oleh OVSII and his wife Larysa about the spread of AIDS in Ukraine and their work to counteract the disease.
“A person obsessed with enemies is a sick person. Communism is gone but its sicknesses remain.”02.10.2007 // interview //
Interview with well-known dissident, human rights defender and chief editor of Our Faith newspaper, Yevhen SVERSTIUK, touching on the themes of reconciliation and understanding in Ukrainian society.
Sixteen Years a Short Period to Learn the Charity Habit – Interview with Caritas-Spes Head05.09.2007 // interview //
Interview with Auxiliary Bishop Stanislaw SHYROKORADIUK of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr diocese of the Roman Catholic Church and President of Caritas-Spes Ukraine
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Ukrainian Catholic U. Has “Very High Academic Level,” Says Cardinal Kasper
22.02.2008, [17:01]
The Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in western Ukraine Lviv is “of a very high academic level with Catholic and Orthodox professors and students.” So said Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, speaking about Catholic-Orthodox relations in an interview published by the American newspaper “Our Sunday Visitor” on 3 February 2008.
Ukrainian Charismatics Targeted in Russia as Would-Be Orange Revolutionaries?
18.02.2008, [11:23]
Ukraine Orthodox (UOC-MP) Head Criticizes Romanian Synod
25.12.2007, [16:20]
22.02.2008, [17:01]
The Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) in western Ukraine Lviv is “of a very high academic level with Catholic and Orthodox professors and students.” So said Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, speaking about Catholic-Orthodox relations in an interview published by the American newspaper “Our Sunday Visitor” on 3 February 2008.
Ukrainian Charismatics Targeted in Russia as Would-Be Orange Revolutionaries?
18.02.2008, [11:23]
Ukraine Orthodox (UOC-MP) Head Criticizes Romanian Synod
25.12.2007, [16:20]
