Ukrainian Orthodox to back Communists at elections

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Ukrainian leader hopes to ease religious divisions in 2006 vote

An activist of the Ukrainian youth movement, which actively participated in the 'Orange Revolution', saws a symbolic wall during a rally in front of President Viktor Yushchenko's residence in Kiev, February 2, 2006. The youth destroyed the wall, symbolizing the separation of the president and the people. REUTERS/Ivan Chernichkin
Kiev, Feb. 02 (CWNews.com) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has instructed the nation's officials to avoid stirring religious tensions or ethnic hostilities in the campaign leading up to this year's parliamentary elections.

Yushchenko came to power in January 2005 after a bitterly contested election in which the incumbent he ousted, Viktor Yushchenko, received heavy support from Ukrainian Orthodox leaders affiliated with the Patriarchate of Moscow. The "Orange Power" movement led by Yushchenko drew its support largely from Catholics and Orthodox of the churches not affiliated with the Russian patriarchate.

In a separate presidential order Yushchenko ruled that the church of St. Nicholas in Kiev will be made available for the use of the Catholic Church. The move is a response to 14 years of petitions by Catholic officials for the return of the church building, which was confiscated under the Communist regime and converted into a National House of Organ and Chamber Music. That institution is to remain in the church building until it is assigned a new facility in Kiev.

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http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/news/article;8943/

Orthodox Citizens Oppose Brotherhoods’ Statement on Communist Support
03.02.2006, [13:55] // Church-state relations //

Kyiv – Responding to a recent statement of the Union of Orthodox Brotherhoods of Ukraine (UOBU) in support of the Communist Party, the Union of Orthodox Citizens of Ukraine (UOCU) made it clear that “the canonical Orthodox church,” that is, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), will not support the Communists in the upcoming March parliamentary elections. pravoslavyye.org.ua posted the news on 30 January 2006.

The UOCU press service stated that the UOBU is “just one (far from being the largest) of the regional Orthodox civic organizations, which cannot represent the official position of the [UOC-MP].”

In addition, the UOCU stated that other Orthodox organizations support other political forces, for instance, the Party of Regions or the National Opposition, and, once, again, this does not reflect the position of the church itself, stated the UOCU press service.

Source and previous related RISU news:

• http://www.pravoslavye.org.ua/index.php ... fo&id=9932

• http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/news/article;8903/

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http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/news/article;8955/

National Church Would Turn Ukraine against Russia, Says Socialist Leader
03.02.2006, [17:42] // Church-state relations //

Moscow, 1 February 2006, Interfax- Natalia Vitrenko, leader of the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine, warns that the establishment of an independent national church in Ukraine would turn the country into a “center of intrigues” against Russia.

“It has to be stated straightforward: the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is an integral part of the Moscow Patriarchate, is the principal force restraining and preventing Ukraine’s turning into an anti-Russian base,” Vitrenko stated in her message to the Christmas Readings taking place in Moscow.

Vitrenko believes that “a forcible separation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the Moscow Patriarchate and Ukraine’s joining in NATO are links of the same chain of spiritual and geopolitical disasters called to destroy the age-old unity of Old Russia’s nations.”

“The attempts to repeat ‘the orange revolution’ in Russia have not been stopped. They all begin with the humanitarian, especially, educational sphere. Those who oppose the introduction of Basic Orthodox Culture in schools are heralds of an ‘orange revolution.’ Do learn our lessons,” Vitrenko urged.

Source:

• http://www.interfax-religion.com

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http://www.risu.org.ua/eng/news/article;9007/

Communist Leader Opposes Foreign Preachers on Ukrainian TV
08.02.2006, [10:23] // Church-state relations //

Rivne – The fact that foreign preachers are given access to the Ukrainian mass media, while local priests have no such opportunity, is a bad recent tendency. So said Petro Symonenko, leader of the Communist Party of Ukraine (CPU), during a live TV interview on 5 February 2006 in northwestern Ukrainian Rivne in which various religious themes were prominent.

Symonenko said he believes that the problem of interdenominational conflicts stirred up, according to him, by the Rivne governor, is urgent. He added that he supports the traditional church in Ukraine, that is, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, and he says that, in response, the faithful support the Communists.

According to Symonenko, the recent trend in which buildings of houses of culture and other establishments are bought with American dollars, where churches which have nothing to do with the Ukrainian church hold their services, is flawed.

Symonenko added: “I am against the fact that American blacks are teaching us on TV which God to pray to.”

Source:

• http://www.zik.com.ua/index.php?news_id=34952