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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Metropolitan Epifaniy and Ambassador of Greece discussed the prospects of developing OCU
On November 12, Primate Epifaniy of the OCU met with the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Greece in Ukraine Vasilios Bornovas. This is reported by the press service of the OCU.
At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador congratulated the First Hierarch on the recognition of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine by the Church of Greece and on the presentation of the honorary award of Patriarch Athenagoras.
During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues. They discussed, in particular, the situation in the East of our country, the state and prospects for the development of the local Ukrainian Orthodox Church, interreligious and interfaith relations etc.
In addition, Metropolitan Epifaniy told the guest about his recent visit at the head of the delegation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine to the United States of America and the development of spiritual education in our Church. The First Hierarch noted that today only our institutions of higher spiritual education have received state recognition and hundreds of students study in them.
Head of UGCC in Vienna spoke about the war in Ukraine and thanked the austrians for helping ukrainians during Holodomor

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- 10 December 2019, 13:24
Интересы православных христиан Украины представляет Православная Церковь Украины (ПЦУ).
| - 9 December 2019, 18:49
Так, вони - проімперські московські і промосковські (в Україні) церковники, безумовно, "знають", що чинять... Але це - т. зв. їхнє "знання" продиктоване і накинуте їм, по суті...
| - 9 December 2019, 16:20
П.Velovs, я не можу і не в праві заперечити слова Господа нашого Іісуса Христа, але скажу московські церковники добре знають, що вони чинять. І тут хотілося б нагадати свою позицію, щодо істерики
| - 9 December 2019, 16:05
"А ти коли молишся, " увійди до своєї комірчини, зачини свої двері, і помолися" Отцеві своєму, що в таїні; а Отець твій , що бачить таємне, віддасть тобі явно" (Мт 6:6). Звичайно
| - 9 December 2019, 14:10
А от стосовно "наших ворогів", то, скажімо, російські християни, що підтримують і навіть самі - так чи інакше - беруть участь (прямо чи опосередковано) в цій "гібридній" агресії
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