Tag: Ukraine

Metropolitan Volodymyr conferred the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle on Archbishop Ephraim of Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol

OCP- October 3, 2011

3/10/2011 Your Beatitude! Dear Vladyka! Please accept our heartfelt congratulations on the 15th anniversary of your episcopal ordination! Your service to the Holy Church is ... Read More

ANNOUNCEMENT. Media accreditation for coverage of the visit of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine Started

OCP- September 30, 2011

Accreditation opened for the events that take place during the visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia to Ukraine (Chernovtsy and ... Read More

Ukrainian Orthodox Churches to Resume Dialogue for Unity

OCP- September 29, 2011

23/9/2011 Kiev: It has been reported that the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches have decided to Resume Dialogue to overcome Schism. Recently a joint statement made by ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Moldova to be cut short at doctors’ recommendation

OCP- September 28, 2011

Interfax-Ukraine 28/9/2011 Chisinau/Moscow - Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill will cut his visit to Moldova by two days at his doctors' recommendation, Secretary ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill concludes his primatial visitation to Lugansk, Ukraine

OCP- September 17, 2011

16.09.2011 His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia concluded his primatial visitation to the diocese of Lugansk and Alchevsk, Ukraine, in the afternoon ... Read More

His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine receives delegation from Montenegro

OCP- September 12, 2011

Ukrainian Church 8.09.201 On 7 September 2011, His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev and All Ukraine received a delegation that arrived for pilgrimage from the ... Read More

Ukraine Christians protest planned introduction of e-passports

OCP- September 8, 2011

Interfax-Ukraine 8/9/2011 About 1,500 Orthodox Christians demonstrated outside the Ukrainian parliament's headquarters in Kyiv on Thursday, protesting a plan to introduce radio frequency identification passports ... Read More

Okhlobystin’s bid for presidency opposed by Church

OCP- September 6, 2011

Interfax-Ukraine 5/9/2011 Moscow, September 5 (Interfax) - Ivan Olkhlobystin's plans to nominate himself for president in the 2012 polls have failed to win support from ... Read More

KYIV. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the State Penitentiary Service of Ukraine signed an Agreement of Cooperation

OCP- September 5, 2011

On August 26, at the Synodal Hall of the Kyiv Metropolis an agreement on cooperation between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the State penitentiary service ... Read More

On the day of the 20th Anniversary of Independence of Ukraine the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church performed a prayer service at the Kyiv-Caves Monastery

OCP- August 27, 2011

On August 24, the day of the 20th anniversary of the Independence of Ukraine, His Beatitude Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Volodymyr celebrated a ... Read More

KYIV. Metropolitan Volodymyr conferred the Order of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

OCP- August 27, 2011

On August 25 Metropolitan Volodymyr at his residence at the Kyiv Caves Lavra received the leaders of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill: Ukrainian independent development should not hamper ties with Russia, Belarus

OCP- August 25, 2011

Interfax-Ukraine 25/8/2011 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has congratulated Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on the 20th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. "Society has gone ... Read More

Vyshhorod Icon of the Mother of God

OCP- August 17, 2011

By Dmytro STEPOVYK, Ph.D. (Fine Arts, Philosophy, Theology), full-fledged member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 17/8/2011 A case study in Eurasian practice ... Read More

Ukrainian Christianity through the Ages

OCP- July 31, 2011

By MONICA RHOR FOR THE CHRONICLE 28/7/2011 In the Hall of Paleontology, troops of schoolchildren and toddlers scurry, skitter and squeal among ancient dinosaur bones ... Read More

Russian Patriarch calls for spiritual Unity

OCP- July 29, 2011

Milena Faustova 29/7/2011 The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill has finished his visit to Ukraine. In Ukraine’s capital Kiev, he took part ... Read More

His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia visited St. Elias Church city of Kyiv

OCP- July 27, 2011

26/7/2011 The Patriarch-Catholicos was accompanied by Metropolitan Simeon of Vinnytsia and Mohyliov-Podilskyy. Patriarch Ilia II got acquainted with the life of oldest church in Kyiv, ... Read More

Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia Arrives in Ukraine

OCP- July 26, 2011

25/7/2011 The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church met His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, Catholicos-Patriarch of all Georgia at the Kyiv Caves Monastery Upon ... Read More

The program of visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill and The program of visit of His Holiness Patriarch Ilia to Ukraine

OCP- July 23, 2011

The program of visit of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill to Ukraine on 26-28 July 2011 July 26 17:00 - Arrival to "Boryspil" airport. Ceremony of ... Read More

Russian, Georgian, Ukrainian church leaders to meet in Kyiv

OCP- July 20, 2011

Interfax-Ukraine 19/7/2011 Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will visit Ukraine on July 26-28 to mark the Day of Christianization of Kyivan Rus. During ... Read More

Report of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Volodymyr of Kyiv and All Ukraine at the Jubilee Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

OCP- July 14, 2011

14/7/2011 14/7/2011 Your Eminences, Your Graces, Dear participants of the Jubilee Council of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church! Today in the walls of the Holy Dormition ... Read More