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This year, exactly 100 years has passed since the publication of the famous collection of articles by the Russian intelligentsia, “Milestones.”
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In October of this year, a group for the Institute of Ecumenical Studies was created on Facebook.
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From November 9-11, 2009 in Minsk, there was held an international scholarly conference entitled “Christian-Jewish dialogue: religious values as the basis of mutual respect in civil society during the global economic crisis.”
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On October 10, 2009, during the 2nd ESW, a meeting was held of the young people of Taizé – a Day of Trust. Participating in the organization of this event was the French ecumenical community of Taizé, which was represented at the meeting in Lviv by Brother George. Not only Ukrainian young people, but also guests from Russia and Belarus, took part in the Day of Trust.
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During the 2nd ESW at Ukrainian Catholic University, Kateryna Yushchenko presented the scholarly-documentary exhibition “Repressed Spirituality: the Communist regime’s destruction of religion, the Church, and traditional rituals in Ukraine.”
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Specifically for the 2nd ESW, an Expert Commission worked for almost a year. The result of its work was the preparation of two legislative projects: “Percentage Philanthropy” and “Support of Non-Profit Organizations by Legislative Entities.”
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The Institute of Ecumenical Studies, together with its co-organizers – Ukrainian Catholic University, the Lviv City Council, and the Lviv Oblast Council and Administration – organized the 2nd Ecumenical Social Week (ESW) in Lviv.
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On September 7, the new academic semester for the Master’s Program in Ecumenical Studies began. Forty students are concentrating in two areas: religious journalism and Christian ethics.
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A week after the opening session, students of the Distance Master’s Program in Ecumenical Studies began their new on-line semester.
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This summer, the Institute of Ecumenical Studies in the partnership with the Mary sanctuary of La Salette (Iser department) organized for ten its students one month serving in France for the purpose of getting to know the spiritual and the cultural life of the French people and the language practice.