Pontifical Oriental Institute: a bridge between East and West

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12 October 2017 Vatican Radio

Church leaders from the different Eastern Catholic rites have been gathered in Rome this week to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Pontifical Oriental Institute and the Congregation for Eastern Churches. Pope Francis visited the Institute on Thursday and issued a mesage praising its "high achievements" and reminding it to be always attentive to the "enormous challenges facing Christians in the East".  

In 1917, in the middle of the First World War, Pope Benedict XV established the Institute to be a bridge between East and West and to make the rich traditions of the Oriental Churches available to the entire Catholic world. A century on, the Institute maintains a world class reputation for its research, teaching and publishing on all issues of Eastern theology, liturgies, patristics, history, canon law, literature, spirituality, archeology, as well as questions of ecumenical and geopolitical importance.

Jesuit Father David Nazar, is the current rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute. Born in Canada to a family of Ukrainian origin, he’s a former superior of the Society of Jesus in Ukraine and  former Provincial of the Jesuits in the English Canada Province.

He explains that the ‘Orientale’ as it’s known, is a papal institute, entrusted to the Society of Jesus, to focus on matters concerning all of the Catholic and Orthodox Eastern Churches.

Eastern treasures available to all

Since many of the Eastern Churches are smaller and lacking the resources of Christians in the West, he says, the popes were concerned to make sure that the wealth of research on liturgy, ancient traditions, and original manuscripts could be made available to Christians across the globe.

World class library

Fr Nazar says that over the past century, the Jesuits have worked hard to establish a world class library, which was funded for a number of years by friends of Pope Pius XI. It remains second to none in the world, he notes, in the study of the ancient traditions and languages of the Eastern world.

Ancient rites and traditions

Much of this work has been significant for the West as well, he adds, such as the Second Vatican Council’s document on the importance of the Eastern  Churches “which would have been unimaginable without the fifty years of research that had been done at the Orientale”. 

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    • velovs@ukr.net | 20 April 2018, 12:42

      Ну що тут можна вдіяти і вчинити, якщо вони такі, по суті, духовно короткозорі й глухі (а хтось, можливо, і - чомусь - "перелякані"), що впритул ніяк не хочуть (чи просто не спроможні!)

    • В. Ясеневий | 20 April 2018, 12:19

      ШАНОВНИЙ,ВЕЛОВС.Я з ВАМИ повністю згіден.БІЛЬШЕ того в міру моєї можливості з цього приводу намагаюсь бити на сполох. Та мені самому дуже страшно, що священики і, тим більше Єпископи УГКЦ, на цю тему

    • Михаил | 20 April 2018, 12:08

      Значит надо возбудить уголовное дело по факту взятки и посадить виновных в тюрьму.

    • velovs@ukr.net | 20 April 2018, 11:59

      "...УЖЕ К 2050-ГОДУ..." -------- А чи буде (настане) отой "2050-й год"?! ---- Тобто: численні й дуже характерні й красномовні і вже, судячи з усього, ЕСХАТОЛОГІЧНІ (АПОКАЛІПТИЧНІ)

    • В. Ясеневий | 20 April 2018, 11:23

      П.С. САМОЕ ГЛАВНОЕ,как всегда, ВПЕРЕДИ.ЧИТАЙТЕ И ГЛУБОКО РАЗМЫШЛЯЙТЕ,ДАРАГИЕ МИХАИЛЫ И НИКОЛАИ ГРИГОРЬЕВЫ... ШИРОКО ИЗВЕСТНЫЙ О. ДМИТРИЙ СМИРНОВ УЖЕ НЕ РАЗ БИЛ ТРИВОГУ И НЕБЕЗОСНОВАТЕЛЬНО УТВЕРЖДАЛ,

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