Saturday 16 February 2013

Pope Benedict XVI decided to resign

On February 11th, 2013 265th Pope Benedict XVI annouced his decision - Benedict XVI hasn't enough force to do his Pope's duties well and that's why he will resign on February 28th, 2013 and will live in one monastery then. And new Pope will be elected in March this year. The announcement about Pope Benedict XVI's resignation was unexpected and surprised the world very much. I was confused and sad, hearing these news, but, of course, I respect and understand this serious decision of Pope Benedict XVI. It was huge pleasure for me to see Pope Benedict XVI on World Youth Day 2005 in Cologne and also to read and to listen his many sage and reasonable words about different not only religious things and events in the world via internet. Pope Benedict XVI was really great Pope-sage. I shall miss this Pope and wish a good health and many years of the life for Benedict XVI. And I would like to send many thanks to Pope Benedict XVI for his papacy.

Pope Benedict XVI on the screen during evening's liturgy of World Youth Day in Cologne in 2005.

Thursday 14 February 2013

Sambir

Protection of the Holy Mother of God Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, built in 1991-2011.

Monument to 5000 persons who were arrested and killed by NKVS agents in 1939-1956 in local prison.

Sambir Filial of Drohobych Pedagogical University

Monument to Ukrainian writer Ivan Franko near Sambir Filial of Drohobych Pedagogical University

St. Ioann Baptist Roman Catholic Church was constructed in 1530.

Monument to Pope Ivan Pavlo II in the yard of St. Ioann Baptist Roman Catholic Church.

St. Pavlo Konyushkevych Orthodox Church of Kyiv Patriarchy

Monument to Les' Kurbas, Ukrainian producer, actor, publicist, dramatist, translator, who was born in 1887 in Sambir.

Monument to St. Virgin Mary-Oranta, erected in 1997 on central Rynok Square

Rynok Square and the tower of St. Ioann Baptist Roman Catholic Church

Sambir City Council (called ratusha) was built in 1901.

Monument to Ukrainian poet, writer, painter Taras Shevchenko on Rynok Square

Historical-ethnographic museum "Boykivshchyna"

Military hospital 

Former Jesuit and later Bernardine monastery, now it's specialized school of the culture.

Former Jesuit and later Bernardine St. Stanislav Roman Catholic Church. Nowadays Organ and Classical Music Concert Hall functions here.

The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was built in 1738. Miraculous icon of the Holy Mother of God is preserved in this church since the XVIIIth century. And unique Ukrainian relics of the protector of all beloveds St. Valentyn (relics - several bones and skull) are also preserved in this Sambir temple since 1759, because he was protector of Peremyshl'-Sambir eparchy.    

The bell-tower of  the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Sculpture of St. Mother of God with Jesus a Child in small chapel opposite the entrance to the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Tuesday 12 February 2013

Blockade of parliament's presidium and rostrum by UDAR party

At least! At least people's deputies began to do real things to stop illegal non-personal voting in Ukrainian parliament! And UDAR Party of Vitaliy Klychko did it! People's deputies of this political party at the head with its leader Vitaliy Klychko blocked parliament's presidium and rostrum on February 5th, 2013 and they are continuing to block it now! The reason of the blockade is non-personal voting of newly elected people's deputies and the claim of UDAR people's deputies to provide only personal voting in the parliament by the Head of Ukrainian Parliament Volodymyr Rybak. Thus, on January 11th, 2013 some deputies voted not only for themselves, but also for some absent colleagues during the votings for the resignation of previous Head of National Bank of Ukraine Serhiy Arbuzov and for the appointment of new Head of National Bank of Ukraine Ihor Sorkin. And when oppositional deputies announced that they didn't recognize these illegal votings and Parliament's Head Volodymyr Rubak had to set new voting for the Head of National Bank of Ukraine. V. Rybak admitted such non-personal voting without any need of re-voting and accepted the appointment of I.Sorkin, whose candidature was proposed by President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych earlier. Then on January 21th 2013 UDAR party's leader Vitaliy Klychko gave the suit against Parliament's Head Volodymyr Rybak to Administrative Court of Kyiv because V.Rybak didn't provide legal voting for the resignation of S.Arbuzov and for the appointment of I.Sorkin in the parliament, but accepted such that votings as legal and normal things. And UDAR party gave the suit to Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine concernig the recognition of the votings for the resignation of S.Arbuzov and for the appointment of I.Sorkin as illegal votings in the parliament. On January 29th, 2013 UDAR party claimed the resignation of Speaker Volodymyr Rybak and started to gather the signs of others people's deputies in the parliament for Speaker's resignation. So on February 5th, 2013 Vitaliy Klychko and his political party just continued to fight for legal voting and the observing of Ukrainian Constitution in Ukrainian parliament, that's why oppositional people's deputies blocked the presidium and the rostrum of session's hall of parliament in the first day of second session of newly elected parliament, which wasn't opened because of oppositional blockade of the presium and the rostrum. The next parliament's session must be opened on February 19th, 2013 and UDAR people's deputies will have the alternation in the session's hall of the parliament to continue blockade until February 19th. And when Parliament's Speaker V.Rybak won't coordinate legal function of the parliament, won't declare any decision about observing of Ukrainian Constitution and will be close the eyes for non-personal voting of the people's deputies (mainly from the Party of Regions and Communistic Party), so UDAR people's deputies will block again the presidium and the rostrum of session's hall and the next session will not be opened too. Ukrainian citizens totally agree with such position of the people's deputies of UDAR party, because there is no sense in the activity of the parliament, if non-personal illegal voting is the main tool in the acception of the decisions in the country. Because Ukraine's people can't live according the laws, accepted by deputies' cards of the absent deputies in the parliament.