Ukraine: Update to Response to Information Request UKR21197.E of 15 September 1995 on whether sitting on the floor alone and praying in a low voice has been a common and attested form of prayer in the Ukrainian Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic, or Judaic religions in Ukraine since the end of World War II and, if this method of prayer has not been an attested form of prayer, on whether there are any prohibitions within these religions that would have precluded this method of prayer
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | UKR21889.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ukraine: Update to Response to Information Request UKR21197.E of 15 September 1995 on whether sitting on the floor alone and praying in a low voice has been a common and attested form of prayer in the Ukrainian Orthodox, Ukrainian Catholic, or Judaic religions in Ukraine since the end of World War II and, if this method of prayer has not been an attested form of prayer, on whether there are any prohibitions within these religions that would have precluded this method of prayer, 1 September 1995, UKR21889.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac4444.html [accessed 3 June 2023] |
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For updated information on the above-mentioned subjects, please consult the attachments. For a copy of the questions posed to the originators of the attached documents, please consult Response to Information Request UKR21197.E of 15 September 1995. The source at the St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Boston was asked questions pertaining to Ukrainian Orthodoxy; the other two sources were asked questions pertaining to Judaism.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Professor of history, Cummings Center for Russian and East European Studies, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv. 29 August 1995. Facsimile sent to the DIRB.
Professor of history, Program of Jewish Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 8 September 1995. Document sent to the DIRB.
St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Boston, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 11 September 1995. Facsimile sent to the DIRB.
