In recent months, there has been a confrontation between the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, led by Metropolitan Onufriy. In particular, this has manifested itself in attempts by the State Service of Ukraine on Ethnic Policy and Freedom Read More …
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Sergii Bortnyk took part in the Round Table of the Sofia Brotherhood
On 17 September 2025, a round table discussion entitled “From dispelling myths to seeking the common good” was held at the St. Sofia Cathedral complex in Kyiv. The event was organised by the NGO St. Sofia Brotherhood with the support Read More …
“Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium”: a significant ecumenical conference took place in Rome
From 4 to 7 June 2025, a landmark event for the Christian world took place at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome — the international conference “Nicaea and the Church of the Third Millennium: Towards Unity Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part in a roundtable discussion on the importance of councils in the Orthodox Church
On 20 May 2025, the Kyiv Theological Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church hosted a roundtable discussion “Conciliarism in the life of the Orthodox Church: from the Councils of Antiquity to the UOC Council in Theofania”. The event was attended Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk speaks at Sofia Brotherhood events aimed at reconciliation of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine
In April 2025, the project “Modern Ukrainian Orthodoxy: Destroying myths for the sake of reconciliation of the Orthodox in Ukraine and consolidation of Ukrainian society” included events organized by the Sofia Brotherhood. In addition to participating in the webinar earlier Read More …
German magazine ‘Una Sancta’ publishes a text on the search for reconciliation in Ukrainian Orthodoxy
In April 2025, the next issue of “Una Sancta”, a magazine dedicated to rapprochement between Christians, was published. The general theme of the magazine is “Reconciliation between groups”. As an illustration of possible ways of reconciliation, there was published the Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part in a webinar on myths in Ukrainian Orthodoxy
On 9 April 2025, a webinar entitled ‘Myths and Prejudices Hindering the Unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy’ was held. It was organized by the NGO “Sophia Brotherhood”, whose activities are primarily aimed at reconciling Orthodox believers from different jurisdictions in Ukraine. Read More …
The “Academic Initiative” Foundation became one of the benefactors of the Dubno Gospel
On 2 April 2025, a solemn presentation of the facsimile-type edition of the Dubno Gospel was held at the Metropolitan’s House of the National reserve “Sophia of Kyiv”. The presentation was led by Nelia Kukovalska, Director General of the National Read More …
UOC representatives took part in inter-Christian seminar in Poland
From 13 to 17 March 2025, an international student seminar “Ecumenical Concepts in Everyday Life” was held in Gdansk (Poland). The seminar was attended by Professor of the Kyiv Theological Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Volodymyr Bureha and two graduates of the Academy who are Read More …
The Synod on synodality of the Catholic Church has ended
On October 2-27, 2024 the second and final session of the XVI Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church on the topic of synodality was held. The result of this second assembly was a document entitled “For a Synodal Church: Read More …