On September 15-16, 2021, the Catholic Academy of Berlin hosted the 25th anniversary congress of the Renovabis Foundation, which supports church initiatives in Central and Eastern Europe. This year’s theme of the congress was “All shall be one. Ecumenism in Read More …
Conference: “Strategies of reconciliation. The role of the Churches in Ukraine”
Impossibility for the Kyivan Church Study Group to conduct its activities in Kyiv itself and in Ukraine in general, called into question relevance of its continued existence
Sergii Bortnyk, CF “Academic initiative”, Kyiv
Зі сторони української держави хотілося б очікувати обмеження прагнення інструменталізувати Церкву в своїх інтересах
Сергій Бортник, БФ «Академічна ініціатива», Київ
У свідомості наших громадян Церква має значний потенціал, але у своїй діяльності вона повинна уникати тісної співпраці з державою в побудові ідеології – як в націоналістичній, так і в імперській формах
Сергій Бортник, БФ «Академічна ініціатива», Київ
In the consciousness of our citizens the Church has a large potential but in its activity it should avoid close cooperation with the state in building ideology – both of nationalistic and imperial forms
Sergii Bortnyk, CF “Academic initiative”, Kyiv
В Німеччині модель співпраці між Церквою та державою базується на свободі віросповідання громадян, світоглядному нейтралітеті держави та рівноправності всіх релігійних спільнот
Дагмар Хеллер,
Бенсхайм, Німеччина
Саме на основі ідеї соціального служіння та активної соціальної позиції Церкви України можуть знаходити шляхи взаємодії та компромісу
Михайло Міщенко, Центр Разумкова, Київ
Спільний лист єпископів України та Польщі звертається до нашої складної історії, а також наголошує на важливості християнства, що виростає з латинської традиції в Польщі та візантійської традиції в Україні
Зігфрід Ґлезер, Університет Ополє, Польща
Sergii Bortnyk took part at the UChAS seminar concerning primacy and synodality in the Church
On September 10, the ZOOM format hosted an interconfessional seminar of the Ukrainian Christian Academic Society, devoted to the analysis of the study of the Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group named “Serving Communion: Re-thinking the Relationship between Primacy and Read More …
On the succession of Kievan Rus and common space of Ukraine with Russia: analysis of sociological data
At the end of July 2021, the sociological group “Rating” conducted a survey on the public opinion of Ukraine. In addition to the general mood and rather political and electoral priorities there were proposed two important questions in the spiritual and religious sphere: on the attitude to granting of Tomos for the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” and on the Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part at the round table “The restructuring of orthodox relations in light of autocephaly in Ukraine”
On August 7., 2021, a round table “Restructuring of Orthodox Relations in light of autocephaly in Ukraine” was held at the University of Concordia (Canada). It took place within the framework of the Tenth World Congress of the International Council Read More …
Orthodox-Lutheran dialogue on the Eucharist: the current state
Lutherans are one of the important Christian denominations. At one time, they arose in opposition to some teachings and practices of the Catholic Church. Despite some rapprochement with Catholics, they still remain a separate denomination, and most of its members Read More …
Is the “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” mainly a church of Galicia? Witness of the state statistics
It is generally supposed that Galicia is a region with an overwhelming majority of Greek Catholic parishes. And it really is. But the state statistics show that a significant part of the network of “Orthodox Church of Ukraine” is also Read More …
Critique of Personalism in Modern Theology: Jean-Claude Larchet
Jean-Claude Larchet is a well-known Orthodox French-speaking theologian of our time. For the Ukrainian-speaking or Russian-speaking readers, he is better known for his works on mental illness and healing, but in general he is the author of quite a lot Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part at an interconfessional seminar on local Churches
On June 17, the Ostroh Academy hosted a scientific seminar “Local Church from Eastern Catholic and Orthodox perspectives”. It was organized by the Ukrainian Christian Academic Society (UChAT). Sergii Bortnyk, a professor at the Kyiv Theological Academy of the Ukrainian Read More …
With assistance of the Foundation “Academic Initiative”, the manual “History and Theology of the Catholic Church” was published
In June 2021, a textbook for students of theological schools “History and Theology of the Catholic Church” was published. Its author, Viktor Bureha, is professor at the Department of Church History and vice-rector of the Kyiv Theological Academy of the Read More …
Two reviews were published in June to the book “Strategies of Reconciliation”
In recent weeks, two scientific journals have published reviews of the book “Strategies for Reconciliation. The role of Churches in Ukraine” that was published in Ukrainian. The author of the first one is Thomas Bremer, professor at the University of Read More …