On 20 May 2025, the Kyiv Theological Academy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church hosted a roundtable discussion “Conciliarism in the life of the Orthodox Church: from the Councils of Antiquity to the UOC Council in Theofania”. The event was attended Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk speaks at Sofia Brotherhood events aimed at reconciliation of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine
In April 2025, the project “Modern Ukrainian Orthodoxy: Destroying myths for the sake of reconciliation of the Orthodox in Ukraine and consolidation of Ukrainian society” included events organized by the Sofia Brotherhood. In addition to participating in the webinar earlier Read More …
German magazine ‘Una Sancta’ publishes a text on the search for reconciliation in Ukrainian Orthodoxy
In April 2025, the next issue of “Una Sancta”, a magazine dedicated to rapprochement between Christians, was published. The general theme of the magazine is “Reconciliation between groups”. As an illustration of possible ways of reconciliation, there was published the Read More …
Sergii Bortnyk took part in a webinar on myths in Ukrainian Orthodoxy
On 9 April 2025, a webinar entitled ‘Myths and Prejudices Hindering the Unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy’ was held. It was organized by the NGO “Sophia Brotherhood”, whose activities are primarily aimed at reconciling Orthodox believers from different jurisdictions in Ukraine. Read More …
The “Academic Initiative” Foundation became one of the benefactors of the Dubno Gospel
On 2 April 2025, a solemn presentation of the facsimile-type edition of the Dubno Gospel was held at the Metropolitan’s House of the National reserve “Sophia of Kyiv”. The presentation was led by Nelia Kukovalska, Director General of the National Read More …
UOC representatives took part in inter-Christian seminar in Poland
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 …
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 …




