Ukraine will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the reformation
of the 500th anniversary of the reformation will be celebrated in Ukraine. The corresponding Decree was signed by the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko. The purpose of the event was the recognition of the significant contribution of the Protestant churches and religious organizations in the development of religious, cultural and social spheres of Ukraine, respect for their role in Ukrainian history and the formation of an independent state. In particular, in October 2017, in Kiev, planned to hold festive events on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the reformation. Thus, Poroshenko supported the initiative of the Ukrainian Council of churches is "to demonstrate the position of power to support the Protestant religious organizations." The President also noted that Ukraine is a multi-religious country, and called "one of the major achievements of Ukrainians in the all-Ukrainian Council of churches". The reformation - Catholic Church-religious, spiritual, social and political renewal movement in Western and Central Europe in the XVI century, aimed at the return of gobbling the origins of Christianity, which took the form of religious struggle against the Catholic Church and papal authority. This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
