On February 6, 2024, the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations had a meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and his accompanying persons. Sergii Bortnyk represented the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at this meeting. Below we publish an English Read More …
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Sergii Bortnyk gave open lectures at the Universities of Goettingen and Leipzig
On January 24-27, 2024, Sergii Bortnyk was in Germany, where he gave two open lectures for theology students. The first lecture on January 24, 2024 was held at the University of Goettingen on the topic “The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part in the seminar in Krakow
On November 29-30, 2023, the international seminar “Voices of moderation”, which was organized by the international Catholic movement “Pax Christi International”, was held in Krakow. Among the participants of the seminar were representatives of Lithuania, Poland and Ukraine, as well Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk spoke at a video conference of the Evangelical Church of Germany
On November 30, 2023, the “Oikumene, Mission, Development Conference” (KÖME) of the Evangelical Church of Germany held a video conference for heads and representatives of the departments of the land churches for inter-church relations. The main theme of this meeting Read More …
Synod of Bishops in Rome: results and prospects
On October 29, 2023, the first session of the Synod of Bishops which lasted almost four weeks ended in Rome. It was decided that the second session will be held next October 2024, participants will continue reflections and discussions on Read More …
UN Security Council held meeting on religious situation in Ukraine
On November 17, 2023, a meeting of the UN Security Council was held in New York on the topic of the religious situation in Ukraine. This meeting was convened at the initiative of the Russian Federation, and therefore the speeches Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part at the conference in Vienna
On November 9-11, 2023, an international ecumenical academic conference “Healing of Wounded Memories” was held in Vienna, Austria. The main organizer of the conference was the Austrian Foundation “Pro Oriente”. The conference brought together theologians and other experts from a Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk gave a lecture at the University of Berlin
On November 8, 2023, Sergii Bortnyk delivered a lecture “Ukrainian Orthodoxy: State and Prospects in Context of the War”. The lecture was held as part of the course “Rethinking and reimagining Ukraine in times of war and after”, proposed for Read More …
Conference on modern challenges to Orthodox Christianity was held in Volos (Greece)
On October 19-22, 2023, the international conference “Orthodox Christianity between pre-modern commitments, modern challenges and post-modern relevance” was held in Volos, Greece. It was organized by the Chair of Religious Studies (Orthodox Christianity) of the University of Erfurt (Germany) and Read More …
“From war towards lasting peace” – regular Ecumenical Social Week took place in Lviv
On October 4-7, 2023, the 16th Ecumenical Social Week took place in Lviv. Naturally, its theme was the issue of the ongoing war – “From war towards lasting peace: through justice and solidarity”. In addition to the religious-ecumenical block, it Read More …