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Ukraine pays tribute to Heavenly Hundred’s heroes with prayer services and processions | 18 February 2020, 12:39 | National religious question |
Jerusalem bishops were unable to explain to Patriarch Bartholomew why the "pan-orthodox conference" was going to be held in Amman | 17 February 2020, 13:06 | Orthodox world |
Patriarch Sviatoslav called in Rome upon monastics of UGCC to nurture unity and to pray for Ukraine | 17 February 2020, 10:03 | UGCC |
Metropolitan Epifaniy met with Ukraine’s president permanent representative in Crimea and spoke about oppression of OCU faithful | 15 February 2020, 14:26 | Orthodox Church of Ukraine |
A New Head of the RCC Kharkiv-Zaporizhzhia Diocese consecrated | 14 February 2020, 17:12 | RCC in Ukraine |
Expert thought
2 January 2020, 15:59 | Analysis |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church 2019 – results of the year
The past year has highlighted two main areas of development. First, it is the recognition of the OCU, actual first, by virtue of concelebration of individual clergymen, and further at the level of Synodal decisions and concelebration of the Primates. Secondly, the transformation of the ROC into a mono-national church
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.
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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Colloguium of the European Parishes in Lviv
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Monitoring
Decolonizing The Global Ukrainian Church | 13 February 2020, 16:04 | Kaleidoscope-digest |
DONBAS: Donetsk: Raid, fine for unregistered worship meetings | 10 February 2020, 22:07 | Society-digest |
Freedom of Religion or Belief and Security: New Policy Guidance from the OSCE | 10 February 2020, 12:48 | Society-digest |
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Bishop Borys Gudziak
Bishop Borys Gudziak, President of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic University, spoke of how Cold War Communism spawned a culture of fear and distrust where family members, friends and neighbours were encouraged to denounce each other and where faith had to be nurtured silently. But from the ashes of persecution, a strong and vibrant Church has emerged in Ukraine, with the fastest growing seminarian programme in the world!
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