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13 September 2019, 14:53 | Open theme |
Ukrainian autocephaly. After one year
All this past year the CEMES foundation worked on a scholarly project, which examined the Ukrainian crisis from a theological, historical and canonical perspective, always in relation to the triptych: Primacy-Conciliarity-Autocephaly.
10 September 2019, 11:16 | Viktor Yelenskyi's column |
Interference impossible to ignore, or what should the state do with religious policy?
All states of the world have in place a policy regarding religion and associations that citizens set up based on this religion's ground. The atheistic government of China and theocratic government of Iran, the mighty United States and tiny Andorra – just every one of them.
Religious Studies
22 November 2018, 14:51 | Religious studies |
In the context of recent events in the Orthodox world, disputes over the boundaries of church institutions often arise between the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Kyiv and Moscow. Ukraine accuses Russia of misappropriating the territory of the Kyiv Metropolis.
25 September 2018, 14:21 | Religious studies |
A Different Approach to the Ecclesiastical Discussion about Ukraine
The first question that arises concerning Ukraine is this: with what right and based on which holy canons, does Russia today claim the ecclesiastical and administrative dependency of the Metropolis of Kyiv?
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Basilian Father: Ukrainian Greek Catholics Have More Grounds to Privatize Pochativ Monastery than UOC-Moscow Patriarchate
Greek Catholic monks of the Order of St Basil the Great expressed dissatisfaction with the possibility of privatization of the Pochayiv Monastery by the Moscow Patriarchate. They call Bill 9690, which envisages the transfer of the Kyiv Cave and Pochayiv Monasteries to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate, provocative. The Basilian monks state that they have more grounds to claim the Pochayiv Monastery than the monks of the Moscow Patriarchate.
“Virtually all the buildings of the monastery were built under the government of the Basilian Fathers. The famous Cathedral of Assumption, for example, was built with the funds donated by Mykola Pototskyi and ornamented with designs by Luka Dolynskyi,” said Fr. Ivan (Maikovych), who was the superior of the Buchach Basilian Monastery of the Holy Cross in Ternopil Region for many years.
The Pochyaiv Monastery was part of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church for more than a century. The “Uniates” ran there a printing house which published 200-300 books during that time and established a school for village children. In the 19th century, the Russian authorities accused the Greek Catholics of anti-czar actions and confiscated the monastery from them.
“In 1832, the Basilian monks were simply deported from the monastery and their cells were occupied by Orthodox monks,” said Fr. Ivan (Maikovych).
According to the priest, his association of monks made an unsuccessful attempt to regain the Pochayiv Monastery after the UGCC had emerged from the underground.
The Basilian priest stressed that Greek Catholics never disowned the shrine. They repeatedly approached the authorities asking for the return thereof.
“The monastery was not returned to us, as it was not so much about the restoration of justice as about politics. We seek justice legally. We do not call on Cossacks to win over the church building. We wish to declare before the people and the world that this shrine belonged to us,” noted the priest.

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