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 …
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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 …
“A Letter from Auschwitz” to the Christians in Russia
On October 30, 2024, a letter initiated by Catholic pastor Manfred Deselaers was published. Since 1990, this pastor has served in the parish of the city of Oświęcim / Auschwitz, and since 2008 he has been the vice president of Read More …
A conference “Orthodox theology in the 21st century: challenges and perspectives” was held in Athens
On November 24-28, 2024, an international conference “Orthodox theology in the 21st century: challenges and perspectives” was held in Athens. It was organized by the School of Theology of the University of Athens under the aegis of the Holy Synod Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part at the consultation of CEC in Warsaw
On December 9-11, 2024, the “European Consultation on Just Peace” was held in Warsaw. It was organized by the Conference of European Churches and the Polish Ecumenical Council within the framework of the “Pathways to Peace” initiative. The slogan of Read More …
The St. Irenaeus Group: 20 years of its service to Christian unity
At the end of September 2024 in Paderborn, Germany took place a meeting of the St. Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group. The theme of this year’s meeting was “Schisms as an intra-church phenomenon: on the way to a typology”. It Read More …
The document “Bishop of Rome” and its discussion
In July 2024, in Rome there was a presentation of a new, landmark document for the Roman Catholic Church with the title “Bishop of Rome”. Later various discussions of the document took place in different places. In particular, on October Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part at the conference in Estonia
On November 6-7, 2024, the international conference “The Orthodox Church in Estonia – independence: opportunities for development, risks, consequences” was held in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. On the invitation of the organizers of the conference, Sergii Bortnyk, the head Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part in a webinar on the law banning religious organizations in Ukraine
On October 29, 2024, a webinar “Ukraine’s Banning Russian Orthodox Church and Affiliated Organizations: Legal and Juridical Aspects” was held. On the invitation of the organizers, the head of the “Academic Initiative” Foundation Sergii Bortnyk spoke at the panel “Bottom-up Read More …
More than 200,000 euros to help the needy: the humanitarian component of our foundation’s activity
After the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in February 2022, the “Academic Initiative” charitable foundation expanded its activities. Since then, humanitarian assistance to the needy has become an essential component of Read More …