Christian ethics taught in Ukraine's public schools

For the first time in 90 years, Ukrainian students have the option of studying Christian ethics in the public schools. Christian ethics for the school curriculum was an initiative proposed by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko shortly after the Orange Revolution in 2005. The program calls for voluntary participation and is supported by the leaders of Ukraine's largest Christian denominations. One Baptist church association, "Hope to People" of Rivne, Ukraine, sponsors teacher training at several "fellowship camps" throughout the year.In the summer of 2007, I attended one of these fellowship camps for teachers of Christian ethics as a public high school teacher from the USA. The camp was held at the Vodogray resort in the beautiful Carpathian Mountain region of western Ukraine.I asked the principal of a school in Kharkov: "Why is the culture and attitude toward religion of eastern and western Ukraine so different?""It's not the same, eastern Ukraine and western Ukraine, because the western part of Ukraine was added to the Soviet Union later on, about 20 years."And this is why they could keep their national culture and national language as well."And they resisted the communists who pressured them so that people here might speak Russian only."And the Ukrainian language was forbidden as a language at school and even as a language of common fellowship."

Channel: Travel & Events
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Author: jcr4runner

Length: 08:53
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Video Comments

nik69 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

Ukrainian children learn orthodox or catholic values at Sunday school. Public schools should be kept secular so people of all faiths can come together. This prevents further division of Ukrainian people.

taterville29 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

You are dead wrong, that is a great step forward for Ukrain schools.

nik69 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

This is a step backwards

Transformer316 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

This is Awesome! Praise the Living God.

leehec (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

bod bless them all

jcr4runner (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)

For information on how you can get involved with this mission to teachers of Christian ethics or with Ukrainian missions in general, please message me at the link above -- jcr4runnerOr email me at my address listed on The Forerunner website -- see the address above.