Expert thought
2 January 2019, 18:47 | Andrew Sorokowski's column |
What the OCU and the UGCC can teach each other
…the UGCC and the OCU can learn from each other’s historical experiences.
29 December 2018, 10:01 | Interview |
New Church in Ukraine should put aside post-Soviet legacy: interview with Nicholas Denysenko
Can the historical event on 15 December be considered a victory, what goals does the new Church have before itself to gain the trust of world Orthodoxy, and what reform plan it should have are some of the questions we discussed with Fr. Nicholas Denysenko
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. In its turn, Moscow appeals to the fact that the ancient Kyiv Metropolis differs from the territory of modern Ukraine. RISU decided to clarify this topic, getting advice from historians. Based on this research, we prepared an infographic.
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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Monitoring
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Interchurch relations
8 January 2019, 10:41 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch Sviatoslav: Unification of UGCC and OCU is quite feasible
The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) does not think that the unity between the UGCC and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in the long run is an utopian idea. The UGCC Primate expressed this position in the traditional Christmas interview for Channel 5, the Department of Information of the UGCC reports.
30 December 2018, 12:05 | Interchurch relations |
Primates of OCU and UGCC agree to develop a roadmap for cooperation
Metropolitan Epifaniy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and Patriarch Svyatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church have already met and agreed to work out a roadmap to deepen the relations between the two Churches.
19 December 2018, 13:05 | Interchurch relations |
UGCC Head: Now Greek Catholics and Orthodox will in one voice tell truth about Ukraine
On December 17, 2018, His Beatitude Svyatoslav, the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met with Eduard Hooks, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Ukraine, at the latter’s request, in the administrative building of the Patriarchal Center of the UGCC in Kyiv. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the social and religious situation in Ukraine. It was reported by the Department of Information of the UGCC.
18 December 2018, 13:10 | Interchurch relations |
Roman Catholic bishops of Ukraine greet Metropolitan Epifaniy
Head of the Conference of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ukraine Bronislav Bernatsky congratulated Metropolitan Epifaniy on the successful completion of the Council and his election as the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
18 December 2018, 11:22 | Interchurch relations |
Vatican officially announced the creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine
The first Primate of the new Ukrainian Autocephalous Church is elected at a Council of Unification in Kiev.
11 December 2018, 11:41 | Interchurch relations |
Head of UAOC responded to Patriarch Filaret’s statements on the Unification Council procedure
Metropolitan Makariy, the Primate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, commented on the claims of the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyiv Patriarchate Filaret about the procedures for holding the Unification Council, Informator reported citing Glavkom.
4 December 2018, 13:10 | Lutherans |
| Episcopal visitor of German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine appointed in Kyiv
On December 1, the Kyivan Church of St. Catherine held a festive Liturgy on the occasion of the appointment of the episcopal visitor of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine (GELCU) Pavlo Schwartz, the Polish edition of Luteranie reports.
27 November 2018, 17:00 | Interchurch relations |
Head of UGCC gifted Galician Gospel to Primate of UAOC
On November 26, 2018, in Lviv, on the initiative of His Beatitude Svyatoslav, Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, a meeting with Metropolitan Makary, Primate of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, was conducted. The purpose of the visit of the Head of the UGCC is to present the facsimile edition of the Galician Gospel of 1144.
9 November 2018, 14:21 | Interchurch relations |
UGCC Bishop organizes ecumenical meeting between Orthodox and Catholics of UK
On November 6, a meeting of members of the Ecumenical Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches of Great Britain took place at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London. It was organized by the bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Diocese in London, His Eminence Hlib (Lonchyna).
24 October 2018, 13:44 | Religious relations |
Representatives of various religious communities put their signatures under the call to refrain from destabilizing public life on the 23rd of October, reports Depo.Zaporizhzhya.
18 October 2018, 14:08 | Interchurch relations |
ROC Metropolitan arrives in the Vatican to talk about schism in Ukraine
On October 17-18, Chair of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) is on a visit to the Vatican. Patriarch Kirill’s representative said that he “cannot refrain from talking about schism in Ukraine”. This is reported by Credo.pro citing the KAI.
18 October 2018, 10:18 | Interchurch relations |
The existing schemes of ecumenical dialogue since the Cold War, when the Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate was considered to be a privileged interlocutor, should be rethought after the Constantinople's UOC decision. Such an opinion was expressed by His Beatitude Sviatoslav in an interview with the Vatican’s media outlet CRUX.
17 October 2018, 12:36 | Interchurch relations |
For Greek Catholics, it is important that when the Ukrainian Orthodox unite there is hope that it will be easier to conduct a theological, spiritual, ecumenical dialogue with the One Church. Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Borys (Gudziak), president of the Ukrainian Catholic University, said this in an interview with Radio Liberty speaking about the granting of the Tomos to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.
16 October 2018, 09:57 | Interchurch relations |
Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC met with Melkite Greek Catholic Bishop of Tripoli
The meeting was held in the framework of the first visit to Kyiv made by Bishop Edward George Daher, Archbishop of Tripoli and Northern Lebanon. Having arrived in the Ukrainian capital on the invitation of the parishioners of the Melkite Greek-Catholic Church living in Ukraine, Bishop Edward expressed a desire to become more closely acquainted with the history and contemporary life of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
5 October 2018, 13:23 | Interchurch relations |
Reconciliation between Churches is a reliable ground for peace between Russia, Ukraine and the EU
Representatives of various Churches, philosophers, theologians, religious scholars, journalists, public figures of Ukraine, Russia and the EU assembled in Kyiv to seek the church peace between Ukraine and Russia. The seminar, which took place on October 2-3, 2018, was entitled Truth, Justice and Reconciliation between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union.
1 August 2018, 10:30 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch Filaret: We wish for good relations between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the UGCC
Patriarch Filaret answered a question posed by a reporter from the Priamyy TV Channel whether the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church was involved in the process of obtaining the Tomos of autocephaly.
10 July 2018, 13:10 | Interchurch relations |
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) claims the statements by Metropolitan Hilarion that the UGCC allegedly lobbied the unification of Orthodox Ukrainians in order to convert all to the Union to be manipulation with facts and feelings.
31 May 2018, 16:55 | Interchurch relations |
Pope to metropolitan Alfeyev: Catholic churches shouldn't meddle in your affairs
The pope has held an important meeting with a delegation of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Moscow led by Hilarion of Volokolamsk, the chairman of External Church Relations, Rome Report informs.
20 May 2018, 11:01 | Interchurch relations |
His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, sanctified and laid down the cornerstone for the construction of a joint church of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Poltava, UGCC press office informs.
27 April 2018, 09:27 | Interchurch relations |
The unification of churches in Ukraine will proceed on a voluntary basis. The Moscow Patriarchate will exist in Russia, and in Ukraine there will be an exarchate of the Russian Church. Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv and All Russia-Ukraine stated this, answering the questions of the Ukrinform correspondent after the events in Kyiv dedicated to the 32nd anniversary of the Chernobyl accident.
