On May 27, 2024, the presentation of the project “SAFEGUARDING. Child safety in the church environment” took place in the Kyiv art gallery “Lavra”. This project was created by the “Child Dignity Center”, which exists at the Ukrainian Catholic University. Read More …
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UOC representative took part in peace conference in Bosnia and Herzegovina
From May 29 to June 1, 2024, Bohdan Mostovyi took part in a peace conference in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event entitled “Bridging the Divide: Processes of healing wounded memory in former Yugoslavia” was held in the city of Trebinje Read More …
Ukrainian church policy – a view from Europe
For the last year and a half, namely from December 2022, one can observe a significant change in the church policy of Ukraine. First of all, it concerns the attitude of the Ukrainian state and the general public towards the Read More …
Representatives of the UOC took part in an ecumenical journey to Switzerland
From June 3. till 9., 2024, some elected fellows of the charitable church funds of Germany undertook a journey to the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey by the World Council of Churches. Among the participants there were two representatives of the Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part in meetings with the delegation of the Conference of European Churches
On April 9-10, 2024, a delegation of the Conference of European Churches visited Ukraine. The delegation was led by Archbishop Nikitas of Thyateira and Great Britain, CEC President. In the delegation there were the recently elected Secretary General of the Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part in the meeting with the delegation of the Bishops’ Conference of Germany
On April 8., 2024, a delegation of the Bishops’ Conference of Germany visited the Kyiv Theological Academy on the territory of the Golosiyiv Monastery. It had a meeting with Metropolitan of Nizhyn and Pryluky Kliment, a permanent member of the Read More …
Ten years after the Revolution of dignity: Church and civic perspectives
On the tenth anniversary of the Revolution of Dignity, the German-language magazine “Religion and Society in the East and West” prepared a specialized issue dedicated to Ukraine. Sergii Bortnyk became one of the authors of the issue, his material was Read More …
Changes in the leadership of the Conference of European Churches
On March 14, 2024, at a meeting in Hanover, Germany, it was decided to appoint German pastor Frank Dieter Fischbach as the new Secretary General of the Conference of European Churches. He took this position after Jørgen Skov Sørensen, a Read More …
Representatives of Ukraine took part in an ecumenical workshop in Vienna
On March 9-14, 2024, an ecumenical workshop “In Europe at home – enhancing ecumenical exchange among Eastern and Oriental Orthodox young Christians”. It was organized by the Catholic Foundation “Pro Oriente” and held in Vienna. The seminar brought together young Read More …
Canada hosted a conference on religion and war in Ukraine
On March 14-16, 2024, the conference “Religion and war in Ukraine: The political, the public, and the possible” took place at the University of Alberta (Edmonton, Canada). The conference was hosted by the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies in cooperation Read More …