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NewsRepresentatives of L’Arche, Faith and Light Communities from More Than 30 Countries Gather in Lviv
08.03.2008 || Ecumenical News from Ukraine || KTSLviv — Representatives of the international councils of L’Arche and Faith and Light Christian communities from various countries of the world will meet for the first time in their history in western Ukrainian Lviv. The international council of L’Arche is represented by 30 persons from 14 countries of the world, and the international council of Faith and Light is represented by 19 persons from 17 countries, including France, Belgium, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland, India, Canada, USA, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Brazil, Uganda, New Zealand, Philippines, and Italy, reports ZAXID.NET news agency in reference to the press service of the Lviv City Council. RISU’s Ukrainian-language web page posted the story on 7 March 2008. Read more... Ukrainian Prison Chaplains Receive Professional Training 27.02.2008 || Ecumenical News from Ukraine || KTS 
Khmelnytskyi— An all-Ukrainian seminar was held in the town of Krasyliv in Khmelnytskyi Region on 18-21 February 2008 on the initiative of the Head of the Ukrainian Inter-confessional Christian Mission’s Board, Fr. Hryhorii Draus (chaplain of the Roman Catholic prison ministry in Ukraine). The seminar’s objective was professional training and exchange of experience for persons conducting Christian ministry in prisons. The aim was also to promote active cooperation with Christian confessions taking into account specificities of Ukraine’s criminal system institutions and penitentiary institutions. The story was reported by the press service of the Kolomyia and Chernivtsi Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Eparchy. Read more...The Church must foster patriotism, promote harmony in the relationship between itself, society, and the State, and respond to social injustice 18.02.2008 || Ecumenical News from Ukraine || KTS 
Kyiv — A round table that brought together hierarchs, clergy, and lay member sof Ukraine's churches, representatives of social organizations and State agencies, and members of Ukraine's parliament was held on February 13th at the Ukrainian Building in Kyiv. The theme of the meeting was the experience of Christian Churches in building civil society. It organized by the Council of Christian Churches in Ukraine and the Ukrainian branch of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Read more...Sources of Tolerance Exhibit Opens in Ternopil 06.02.2008 || Ecumenical News from Ukraine || KTS ERNOPIL – Yulia Smilyanska, director of the Institute of Judaism, told about the exhibit on Sources of Tolerance in Ternopil. 24 stands, set up in the building of city public school #24, introduce the subject of tolerance and the people who have contributed to it in Ukraine. A large part of the exhibit is devoted to religious tolerance, telling of the activities of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the first half of the 20th century; of the father and son Oleksandr and Oleksii Glagolev, Orthodox priests from Kyiv; and of the well-known academic Sergii Averintzev. 10 volunteers, from the upper grades of public school #24, serve as guides for this non-profit event, which will continue until February 14th. Read more... The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 22.01.2008 || Ecumenical News from Ukraine || KTS The World Council of Churches' choice of timing for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – January 18–25 – was not accidental. That week, according to the Gregorian calendar, ends on January 25th, which according to the European tradition is the day of the conversion of St. Paul. The symbolism here is powerful: on that day, on the way to Damascus, Saul – one of the persecutors of Christ's disciples – saw Christ Himself and heard His voice. Miraculously Saul was converted, and eventually became the Apostle to the Peoples, devoted to the Gospel and to Christ, Who is the center and foundation of all things. Read more... Interdenominational Center Opens in Kyiv 11.12.2007 || Ecumenical News from Ukraine || KTS 
The inauguration of the Saint Clement Center took place at the Mohyla Academy in Kyiv on Friday, December 7th. It was followed by a blessing of the new building on Saturday December 8th, the day dedicated to Saint Clement in the Eastern Christian calendar. Present for this occasion were Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity; Archbishop Philippe of Poltava (Ukrainian Orthodox Church); the Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine, Mgr Ivan Jurkovic; professor Konstantin Sigov, director of the Saint Clement Center; and a delegation from the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, headed by Father Iwan Dacko, president of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies (which is a member of the board of the new Saint Clement Center). At this inaugration, Dr. Antoine Arjakovsky, director of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies, gave the attached speech. Read more...Reflections on the 14th Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica by Ruth Reardon of the Association for Interchurch Families 25.10.2006 || IES News || Ruth Reardon reflects on her experience at the 14th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica in Prague, August 17th-22nd 2006, including the presentation by Antoine Arjakovsky, director of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies. The IES is now a member of the Societas Oecumenica. Read more... The WCC priorities 16.09.2006 || IES News || MAT 
In an interview with Dr Antoine Arjakovsky, director of the IES, president of the WCC Dr Mary Tanner expresses her views on the WCC priorities for the 7 years to come. Read more...Truth on Priests and Communist régime in Poland - An Interview With Historian Peter Raina 08.08.2006 || World Ecumenical News || MAT Some Polish clergy who lived under the Communist regime are being falsely named as a former spies by government officials, says historian Peter Raina. Peter Raina, author of numerous books on Modern Church History, analyzes in this interview with ZENIT the truth of the relationship the clergy had with Communists. Read more... New Ukrainian Greek Catholic Administrator Presented 24.07.2006 || Ecumenical News from Ukraine || MAT Bishop Hlib Lonchyna on 10 July 2006 was presented as the head of administration of the Religion Board of the Kyiv-Halych Metropolitanate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). Read more... Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | [>>] |
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