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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:

Realities of religious freedom in Ukraine: Facts of 2006
21.03.2007, [19:09] // Analysis & comments //
Maxim VASIN, master of law, expert on legal questions at the Institute of Religious Freedom,

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.

Combat against totalitarian and destructive cults or anti-sectarian hysteria?
01.02.2007, [19:06] // Analysis & comments //
Volodymyr KHMIL, psychologist, master of Christian service, head of the civic association Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Religions and Religious Studies

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Interview
“Ukrainian Muslims do not threaten and are not a closed sect.”“Ukrainian Muslims do not threaten and are not a closed sect.”
29.06.2007 // interview //

Interview with Sheikh Achmed TAMIN, head of the Spiritual Direction of the Muslims of Ukraine, president of Islamic University, and mufti of Ukraine.

“Understanding that our country needs unity today as never before, we can make interdenominational relations more tolerant.”“Understanding that our country needs unity today as never before, we can make interdenominational relations more tolerant.”
06.06.2007 // interview //

Interview with Professor Anatolii KOLODNYI, Ph.D., president of the Ukrainian Association of Religious Studies Experts and head of the Department of Religious Studies of the Institute of Philosophy at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

“Politics can blow up in the church’s basement.”“Politics can blow up in the church’s basement.”
06.06.2007 // interview //

Interview with Archbishop Ihor (ISICHENKO) of Poltava and Kharkiv of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church

Media-digest
Holodomor Victims Remembered in Tokyo
11.12.2007, [10:22]
Tokyo - A memorial service for the victims of the Holodomor famine-genocide was held in Tokyo, Japan on 25 November 2007. The service was requested by Mykola Kulinich, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan, and served by Father Paul Koroluk, Pastor of the St. Jude Ukrainian Orthodox Mission (Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyivan Patriarchate).

Ukraine President Orders Return of 700 Torah Scrolls Confiscated by Communist Government
06.11.2007, [14:13]

Dutch Christians’ Aid Goods Rot in Transcarpathia Hospital
02.11.2007, [08:15]