Expert thought
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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Monitoring
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Interchurch relations
3 June 2013, 10:29 | Interchurch relations |
UGCC Confirms UOC-MP Hierarch’s Statement about Absence of Religious Conflicts in Galicia
The statement by Metropolitan Antonii (Pakanych) is a true, realistic assessment of the current situation of the relations between our two national churches. Finally, the tension and false beliefs are fading.
28 May 2013, 10:16 | Interchurch relations |
Leadership of UOC-Moscow Patriarchate Satisfied with Relations with Greek Catholics in Galicia
The administrator of Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) said at the opening of the 7th Festival of Orthodox Mass Media in Lviv on May 27 that there was no misunderstanding or disagreement between the Orthodox and Greek Catholics and that the relations between the two churches in the region are stable.
20 May 2013, 09:16 | Faith and weapon |
Military Pilgrimage to Lourdes Unites Chaplains of Different Churches
On 18 May, in the garrison Church of St. Peter and Paul in Lviv, the 55th International Pilgrimage to Lourdes began with a celebratory liturgy led by the head of the Department of the Patriarchal Curia for Pastoral Care in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Bishop Mykhail Koltun, jointly with the Roman Catholic Bishop Stanislav Szyrokoradiuk.
14 May 2013, 14:20 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch Sviatoslav Explains Why Joint Address with Roman Catholics on Volyn Tragedy Was Not Issued
In an interview to КАІ Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) expressed hope that the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Catholic Church in Poland will continue to play the leading role in the process of Ukrainian-Polish reconciliation.
14 May 2013, 10:28 | UGCC |
Greek Catholic Head ‘Our church is a thorn in the side for those who do not seek true unity’
“I was recently in Istanbul, where I met with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople. I was surprised by his openness and desire to unite our churches. He did not treat us as Uniates that interfere with the Orthodox-Catholic dialogue. We saw the great patriarch and his desire to seek church unity,” said the Patriarch Sviatoslav.
9 May 2013, 11:40 | International relations |
Roman Catholic Bishops of Poland to Prepare a Document on the Volyn Tragedy Together with UGCC
Roman Catholic bishops of Poland, who held their meeting in Czestochowa, decided to prepare together with the Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishops an epistle on the occasion of the anniversary of the Volyn Tragedy.
20 April 2013, 22:15 | Interchurch relations |
Head of UGCC Meets With Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, and head of the Department of Foreign Relations of UGCC, Bishop Borys Gudziak, met with Patriarch Bartholomew I in his residence in Istanbul.
20 April 2013, 18:16 | Interchurch relations |
| UGCC head visits Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I (Photos)
Photos from today's meeting with His All-Holiness, Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch.
19 April 2013, 13:13 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch of UGCC Makes Pilgrimage to Constantinople
On April 19, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, and the head of the Department of Foreign Relations of UGCC, Bishop Borys Gudziak, set off for a pilgrimage to Constantinople.
18 April 2013, 17:27 | Announcements |
The national summit of professional Christians "Change the Society through Your Profession and Belief" will be held on April 20-21 in Kyiv, in the Skovoroda Institute of Philosophy.
11 April 2013, 15:15 | Interchurch relations |
Synod of UOC-KP To Consider Addresses of Reps of UAOC
Representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate stated that all the addresses from representatives of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) received by the Patriarch and the Holy Synod would be considered at the next regular session of the Holy Synod in May
9 April 2013, 12:53 | Interchurch relations |
UGCC Delegation Meets With Apostolic Nuncio in Israel and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem
On 8 April, the delegation of UGCC led by its Head, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) held two important meetings in the Holy Land, with the Apostolic Nuncio in Israel, Giuseppe Lazzarotto and Patriarch Fouad Twal of the Roman Catholic Church of Jerusalem.
8 April 2013, 09:43 | Interchurch relations |
UGCC Will Have Churches in the Holy Land
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, on April 5 met in Haifa with Archbishop Elias Chacour of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. The hierarchs discussed possibilities of an increase of UGCC presence in Israel.
28 March 2013, 10:37 | Interchurch relations |
Reps of UOC-MP Would Like Pope's Visit To Be Coordinated With Orthodox
According to the Head of the Information and Education Department of the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Protopriest Heorhii Kovalenko, a possible visit of the Roman Pope to Ukraine should be coordinated with the Orthodox.
18 March 2013, 13:10 | Interchurch relations |
Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Hopes that Pope Francis Will Not Support Greek Catholics
Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Volokolamsk of the Russian Orthodox Church expressed the hope that Pope Francis will continue the policy of rapprochement with the Orthodox Church and will not support, as he calls it, the expansion of the Ukrainian Greek Catholics, the site of Pravoslavie i Mir reports.
15 March 2013, 16:01 | World news |
For the first time since the Great Schism, ecumenical patriarch to attend pope's inaugural Mass
15 March 2013, 12:16 | Interchurch relations |
Metropolitan Volodymyr greets Pope Francis
The Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) Metropolitan Volodymyr congratulated the newly elected Pope Francis, the official website of the UOC-MP informs.
5 March 2013, 10:31 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch Kirill writes official message to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
On 1 March 2013, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia sent a message to Benedict XVI, Pontifex Emeritus.
5 March 2013, 09:18 | Interchurch relations |
Administrator of UOC-MP speaks about evolution of the relationship between UOC-MP and UGCC
In an interview to Orthodoxy in Ukraine, administrator of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) Metropolitan Anthony (Pakanych) of Boryspil talked about the last Council of Bishops.
21 February 2013, 10:25 | Interchurch relations |
Patriarch Sviatoslav: It's Not For Us to Decide Who Is Canonical In Orthodox World
Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), expressed his astonishment that the UGCC's statement recognizing the Sacrament of Baptism administered in the Kyivan Patriarchate provoked criticism from the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP).
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