30. Mai 2024
According to the State Service for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, as of January 1 this year, there were 36,195 religious communities, 552 monasteries, and 201 spiritual educational institutions in Ukraine. The largest number of religious communities and monasteries is in the Lviv region. Source: Ukrinform
Most communities still belong to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate - 29%, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine accounts for 22% of communities, and the Ukrainian ...
16. Mai 2024
Der ukrainische Präsident Volodymyr hat die Oberhäupter der Ukrainischen Griechisch-Katholischen Kirche (UGKK) und der Orthodoxen Kirche der Ukraine (OKU) getroffen, um seine guten Wünsche anlässlich der Osterfeiertage zu überbringen. Zugleich dankte er den beiden Kirchen für ihre Gebete und konkreten Taten zur Unterstützung der Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer. Ostern bedeute der Bevölkerung viel und es werde überall gefeiert, auch an der Front. Die dritte große Glaubensgemeinschaft in der Ukraine...
16. Mai 2024
The Supreme Court has determined when a person's religious beliefs exclude criminal liability for evading conscription into military service during mobilization under Article 336 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The Court found the citizen guilty of evading conscription into military service during a general mobilization declared by the Decree of the President of Ukraine of February 24, 2022, No. 69/2022, due to the introduction of martial law throughout the territory of Ukraine caused by arm...
16. Mai 2024
Papst Franziskus hat einen neuen Bischof für die Gläubigen der griechisch-katholischen Kirche in Transkarpatien ernannt. Das vatikanische Presseamt gab am 8. Mai die Ernennung von P. Teodor Matsapula (42) zum Bischof der im äußersten Westen der Ukraine gelegenen Eparchie Mukatschevo bekannt. Matsapula stammt aus Krylos in der ukrainischen Oblast Ivano-Frankivsk und ist ein Ordensmann aus der Gemeinschaft „Verbo encarnado“ (Fleischgewordenes Wort).
Der Bischofsstuhl in der Diözese, die aus ko...
02. Mai 2024
On April 24, 2024, Emeritus Professor Dr. Thomas Bremer and Professor Dr. Regina Elsner from the Faculty of Theology of the University of Münster (Germany) sent a “Statement in support of Fr. Mykolai Danylevych on his criminal persecution”, the Information and Education Department of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church reports with reference to the website of the UOC Department for External Church Relations.
Statement in support of Fr. Mykolai Danylevych on his criminal persecution
On April ...
02. Mai 2024
The Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak had a telephone conversation with the President of the Italian Bishops' Conference Cardinal Matteo Zuppi. Source: President.gov.ua
The Head of the Presidential Office noted that our country consistently pays special attention to the return of Ukrainian children illegally deported by Russia in the framework of diplomatic dialogue with all states. "You also continue your work in this direction. Thank you. This is a slow process, ...
02. Mai 2024
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has declared the suspicion of the Metropolitan of the Svyatohirsk Lavra for allegedly disclosing the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the enemy. This was reported by the SBU's press service.
According to the investigation, during his Liturgy, the cleric disclosed the locations of Ukrainian military checkpoints to the occupiers. This was done through a video recording where the Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriar...
02. Mai 2024
Großerzbischof Svjatoslav Schevtschuk, Oberhaupt der Ukrainisch Griechisch-Katholischen Kirche (UGKK), hat anlässlich des bevorstehenden orthodoxen Osterfestes die Freilassung aller Kriegsgefangenen gefordert. Die UGKK feiert Ostern nach dem Julianischen Kalender und erlebt daher derzeit die Karwoche. Ostern ist am 5. Mai.
Schevtschuk betonte laut einem Bericht von VaticanNews, dass diese Woche „unseren Brüdern und Schwestern, die in Russland in Gefangenschaft sind“, besondere Aufmerksamkeit...
02. Mai 2024
On April 25, a meeting took place between the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC), Oleksandr Lytvynenko and members of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO). The meeting was also attended by the Chairman of the State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience, Viktor Yelensky. This was reported by the IRS.
During the meeting, the parties discussed various aspects of the activities of Ukrainian Churches and rel...