RELIGION &

MEANING OF LIFE:
UKRAINE
MEMBERS:
VIRNA CUEVA
ROMINA CHUQUIMANTARI
MAYTE CUADRADO
Main religion of Ukraine is Christianity. It represented by
Orthodox Church which prevails in the east and Greek
Catholics in the west. There are also people practicing
Roman Catholicism and Islam but those are in minority.
JEWISH COMMUNITY

THE MUSLIMS
 CHURCHES OF
UKRAINE
Orthodox Church of
Ukraine

this denomination has 12,251 registered religious entities

(including 11,952 communities). The number of clergymen
serving the church is 9,680.
Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Patriarchate of Kiev

4,508 registered associations (of which 4,371 are

communities) and 3,021 clergymen.
Orthodox Orthodox Church of U Krainian

1,227 registered religious associations (including 1,190

parishes), in which are serving 699 clergymen.
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

3,825 registered organizations (3,646 parishes), in which

2,424 clergymen are serving.
 The Roman Catholic Church

1,081 registered religious associations (including 909

parishes), in which 579 clergymen are serving.
Armenian Apostolic Church
• In earlier times meat and dairy products for some periods were excluded from Ukrainians’
everyday meals because of the Lent.
• The Lent begins 40 days before Easter and ends on Easter morning.
• The Easter Basket of special foods is arranged on Holy Saturday and taken to church.
 Symbolic of Christ, who is the
True Bread to Christians.
Traditional orthodox Easter
Reminder of the sufferings of Christ basket usually contains:
Bread (paska
It is symbolic of the great joy, and babka) • Bread
and abundance of Easter. . • Eggs
• Meat
Eggs • Dairy products
Salt and
(krashanky EASTER • Salt and horseradish.
horseradish
and pysanky) BASKET
CONTEN
TS Reminder to Christians of their duty to others.
MEANIN
G
The blessed food is not to be
Indicative of God’s favor and consumed until after the
generosity. Meat morning Resurrection Liturgy on
products Dairy
products Easter Sunday.
( Kobasa )
The goodness of Christ, that we
should have toward all things.

The moderation that Christians

should have in all things..
ADDITIONAL ITEMS

• Pussy-willow replaces wheat – symbol of

Christ’s body
• The willow is a sign of joy and new life
beginning.

• Ukrainian Easter basket cover is usually

made of linen or other fine cloth and is richly
embroidered with religious symbols.
• The cover symbolizes Christ’s burial shroud.