The full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war aggravated the situation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. This is due to some examples of cooperation between its clerics and the occupiers, and to its formal connection to the Moscow Patriarchate, despite the evidence in its Read More …
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Cooperation for church reconciliation in times of the war
The large-scale war that began on February 24, 2022, became a challenge for Ukrainian statehood. At the same time, it increased challenges for the mutual existence of various church jurisdictions in Ukraine. Separation lines were also drawn between representatives of Read More …
“Cuius regio, eius religio”. Importance of local authorities for the division of Ukraine into two parts. Analysis of state statistics in the field of religion for 2021-2023
In this article, I analyze official statistics regarding religious communities and church buildings of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) and Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and changes in these statistics over the past two years. A similar analysis was prepared Read More …
“Culture wars” in Ukraine: debates around the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
The concepts of “culture wars” in different contexts have different meanings. One of the common ones comes from the American context and denotes the conflict between conservative and liberal values, also covering the sphere of public morality and the place Read More …
The document of the Orthodox-Catholic Commission “Synodality and primacy in the second millennium and today” was adopted
The document was adopted on June 7, 2023 in Alexandria, Egypt during the 15th plenary session of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church. This is the seventh document adopted by Read More …
The theme of Ukraine was one of the central ones at the General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches
From June 14 to 20, the General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC) was held in Tallinn, Estonia. It gathered representatives of the Protestant, Anglican, Old Catholic and Orthodox churches of Europe. During the weekend days, two sessions Read More …
Social importance of religion and possible ban of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
In November 2022, the Razumkov Center conducted annual large-scale survey in the field of religion, which was published a few months later in their brochure “War and the Church. Church and religious situation in Ukraine in 2022”. It is of Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk spoke at webinar of Villigst-Academy
On May 3, 2023, the Villigst Evangelical Academy organized the webinar “Orthodox Churches at War: Hope for Peace?” As speakers were invited Sergii Bortnyk and Regina Elsner. In his presentation, Sergii Bortnyk analyzed the reaction of churches on the war Read More …
Once again the Vatican puts ordinary Ukrainians on the same level with Russians. Considerations about the proper attitude of the Church to the war
On April 7, on Good Friday according to the Gregorian calendar, the topic of equalizing ordinary Russians and Ukrainians, who suffer equally in the situation of the Russian aggression against Ukraine, was again loudly voiced by the leaders of the Read More …
Probable eviction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’ structures from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
On March 10, the National Historical and Cultural Reserve “Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra” sent a “warning” to the monastery with the same name about the imminent termination of the lease contract for the buildings of the Lower Lavra. This decision concerns not Read More …