The conference was held on October 17–18, 2018 in Kyiv. Below are the texts of the speeches in Ukrainian, Russian and English languages. The conference was organized by the “Academic Initiative” Foundation at the request of the international and interconfessional group “Reconciliation in Europe”.
Financial support for the conference was provided by the German Foundation “Renovabis” (RENOVABIS. Das Osteuropa-Hilfswerk der Katholischen Kirche in Deutschland) (ca. 80%), Evangelical Church in Germany (Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland) (ca. 10%) and the „Academic Initiative“ Foundation (ca. 10 %).
INTRODUCTION
- Sergii Bortnyk, Welcome words
2. His Beatitude Onufriy, Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine (UOC), Greetings
3. Archbishop Claudio Gugerotti, Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, Greeting
4. His Beatitude Sviatoslav (UGCC), Greetings
5. Volodymyr Bureha, Presentation of the group “Reconciliation in Europe”
EXPERIENCE FROM ABROAD: GERMANY AND POLAND
6. Dagmar Heller, Common witness of Churches in Germany referring to social issues
7. Zygfryd Glaeser, Commitment of the Churches in Poland to reconciliation process in Europe. Examples of common witness
CHURCH PROBLEMS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE UKRAINIAN SOCIETY
8. Mykhailo Mishchenko, Expectation of the society from the Church and interchurch relations
9. Maksym Vasin, Challenges to freedom of religion and religious peace in the occupied territories of Eastern Ukraine
UKRAINIAN ORTHODOXY IN THE CONFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVE
10. George Kovalenko, Peace formula for the Orthodox jurisdictions of Ukraine
11. Sergii Bortnyk, The problem of authority in the inter-Orthodox relations
12. Strategy of participation of the Churches and religious organizations in peace building “Ukraine is our common house” (document of 2017)
APPEDIX
13. Program of the conference
14. Registered participants of the conference (institutions)