KYIV — The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine confirmed a plan of measures to realize the Conception of Social Adaptation of People, who were deprived of freedom, in effect until the year 2015. The government designates a significant role to

LVIV — On August 20, 2009, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko declared that she wants to see spiritual education in all education institutions of Ukraine and give religious institutions the same status as secular ones. The internet resource "Ob'yektyvno" informed that

POLTAVA — On August 19, 2009, President Viktor Yushchenko during his visit to the Poltava region visited the Church of the Transfiguration in village Velyki Sorochyntsi. This church is one of the most interesting examples of Ukrainian Left-Bank architecture from

LVIV — In Lviv, August 19, 2009, took place a series of events dedicated to the celebration of the third revival of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC). The celebration began with a Holy Liturgy in the Sts. Peter and

DNIPROPETROVSK - On August 19, 2009, Interfax reported that the head of the Kharkiv Jewish Orthodox community, who staged his own kidnapping after losing over $1 million at the London Stock Exchange, was found in Dnipropetrovsk. The press service of

UKRAINE — Muslims of Ukraine and the world mark the first day of the holy month of Ramadan. This year the first day of the fast will begin on August 22, 2009. RISU's Ukrainian-language webpage posted this story.