Actions in support of Ukraine’s religious heritage

In this section, you will find a list of campaigns, events and news regarding Ukrainian religious heritage. This list is updated regularly with new resources.

• Creatives Unite, a platform of the European Commission gathering initiatives to support the Ukrainian cultural sector, professionals and heritage: https://creativesunite.eu/
• Crowdfunding campaign of Global Heritage Fund and Europa Nostra to support people working to protect the cultural heritage of Ukraine such as archaeological sites, museums and places of worship: globalheritagefund.org/ukraine-crisis/
• United platform of Culture and Media during the war, a platform bringing together cultural and information projects implemented by the Ukrainian government and partner organisations (by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy from Ukraine): https://united.mkip.gov.ua/en/

• 31 March 2022 | The Ukrainian religious sites ruined by fighting (BBC In pictures).
• 25 March 2022 | Map of damaged religious sites in Ukraine (State Service for Ethnic Affairs & Freedom of Conscience of Ukraine).
• 25 March 2022 | On average two per day: Russia’s war against Ukraine damaged and ruined at least 59 spiritual sites in at least 8 regions of Ukraine (Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine).
• 25 April 2022 | UNESCO: deliberate destruction of Ukraine’s cultural heritage could be considered a war crime (Interview to Lazare Eloundou Assomo, director of UNESCO’s World Heritage Centre, by Geneva Solutions)
• 26 April 2022 | What happens to art caught in war’s crossfire? (ArtsHub)
• 4 June 2022 | Historic wooden Orthodox church burns down in Donetsk monastic complex (Euronews)
• 11 July 2022 | ICOMOS, the Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts and World Monuments Fund deliver fire extinguishers to protect Ukraine’s wooden churches
• Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine: List of recorded cultural crimes
• UNESCO: Damaged cultural sites in Ukraine verified by UNESCO
• UNESCO: News, donations and UN response to the crisis in Ukraine