On October 9, 2023, a lengthy interview of Sergii Bortnyk with Thomas Bremer, until recently professor at the University of Muenster, Germany, was published on the Dialog.tut resource. Its title is “I do not see the Ukrainian Orthodox Church leading Read More …
Theological discussions in the Catholic Church in the context of the Synod of Bishops
From October 4 to October 29, 2023, the 16th Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church takes place in Rome. Its theme is “For the Synodal Church: Communion, Participation and Mission”. Such synods were the result Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part in the “Regional Religious Actors Consultation” in Krakow
On September 12, 2023, “Regional Religious Actors Consultation” was held in Krakow. It was organized by the “Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers” and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The organizers gathered participants from two difficult regions of Europe Read More …
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the face of its probable ban: Letters explaining its position
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 …
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 …