An International Scholar Conference "Friendship, an Ecumenical Value",
held on the Inauguration of the
Institute of Ecumenical Studies
11-15 June 2005
Program
of the Inauguration of
the Institute of Ecumenical Studies
Saturday 11.06
Arrival of conference speakers. Welcome.
Sunday 12.06
11.00 – 12.30: Liturgy in different communities.
12.30 – 13.00: Saint George's Cathedral: Visit of the tombs of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and Patriarch Josyf Slipyj.
15.00 – 16.00: Visit of ‘Shevchenk o Grove' Park Museum.
16.30 – 17.30: Meeting with ‘Faith and Light', an ecumenical movement of Christian communities for persons with developmental disabilities.
18.00: Vespers.
Monday 13.06
9.00: Registration of participants.
9.15 – 12.00: Friendship, the Institute of Ecumenical Studies in Lviv and Current Experiences of Ecumenism of Life.
Chair Prof. Jeffrey Wills, Vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University.
09.20: Welcoming words by His Excellency Archbishop Ivan Yurkovich, Apostolic Nuncio.
9.30: Msgr. Iwan Dacko, President o f the IES : Friendship and the Ecumenism of Life.
9.50: Dr. Antoine Arjakovsky, Director of the IES: The Philia and the Projects of the IES.
10.10: Discussion.
10.30: Coffee break.
10.45: Msgr. Philippe Brizard, Director of the Oeuvre d'Orient – France : The Oeuvre d'Orient and the Ecumenism of Life.
11.05: Prof. Myroslav Marynovych, Vice-rector of UCU: Presentation of the book on the Orange Revolution, The Revolution of the Spirit.
11.25 – 11.50: Discussion.
12.00 –13.00: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom.
15.00 – 18.15: Friendship: Heart of the Creation of the Christian Academic Fellowship in Ukraine.
Chair Myroslav Marynovych, Vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University.
15.05: Dr. Konstantin Sigov , Professor at the National University of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy – Ukraine : Friendship: A Word of Life and Horizon of Expectation.
15.30: Fr. Piotr Oktaba, Rector of the St Thomas Aquinas Institute – Ukraine , Kyiv : Friendship as an Ecumenical Value in the David Jonathan Narratives.
15.55: Coffee break.
16.05: Dr. Andriy Yurash, Professor at UCU – Ukraine : Lviv's Brotherhood in the Past and Present of Ukrainian Ecumenism.
16.30: His Excellency Archbishop Ihor Isichenko, Rector of the Patriarch Mstyslav College and Director of the Ukrainian Centre of Byzantine Studies and Patrology – Ukraine : The Phenomenon of St. Petro Mohyla: Identity and Universality in the Religious Experience of Mohyla's Kyiv.
16.55: Coffee break.
17.05: Dr. Mykhailo Petrowycz, Director of the Institute of Theological Terminology and Translation at UCU – Ukraine : Liturgical Experience as a Basis for Common Theology in the Kyivan Church.
17.30: Fr. Andrew T. Onuferko, Acting Director of the Sheptytsky Institute – Canada , Ottawa : The Kyivan Church Study Group: A Timely Initiative.
17.55-18.15: Discussion.
18.30: Vespers.
Tuesday 14.06
9.00 – 12.00 : Friendship, Authority and the Conciliatory Process amongst Christians. Chair Fr. Michael Kwiatkowski, Vice-rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv).
9.05: Fr. Dr. Yury Avvakumov, Munich, Visiting Professor of UCU : Historical Heritage of the Union Churches: A Challenge to the Present-Day Ecumenical Community?
9.30: Fr. Michael Plekon, Professor at Baruch College – USA : The Power of Love – Nicolas Afanasiev on the Rule of Love in the Church's Life.
09.55: Coffee break.
10.20: Fr. Mykhailo Dymyd, Director of the Canon Law Institute at UCU – Ukraine : Mater semper est certa, or Normative-Canonical Principles of Present-Day Ecumenism.
10.45: Prof. Peter de Mey, Professor at Leuven University – Belgium : Is 'Affective' Collegiality Sufficient? A Plea for a More 'Effective' Collegiality of Bishops in the Roman Catholic Church and its Ecumenical Implications.
11.10: Fr. Daniel Ange, Founder of the Ecumenical Evangelisation Centre of Jeunesse et Lumière – France : Attesting Truth and Bearing Witness to Kindness Hastens Unity.
11.35 –11.50: Discussion.
12.00 –13.00: Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom.
15.00–18.30: Conclusion: Friendship and the Perspectives of the Ecumenical Movement.
Chair Fr. Borys Gudziak, Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University
15.05: Rev. Jeffrey Wilson, Minister of Word and Sacrament, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and Ph.D Student, School of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America – USA, Washington / France, Paris: Saint Aelred of Rievaulx's Model of Spiritual Friendship as a Paradigm for Ecumenical Conversation.
15.35: Rev. Konrad Raiser, University Professor, former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches – Germany : Confidence Building in Ecumenical Relations.
16.05: Coffee break.
16.20: Monseigneur Pierre d'Ornellas, Auxiliary Bishop of Paris and Rector of Paris ' Cathedral School – France : The Beauty of Friendship. Read by Dr. Marie-Aude Tardivo, Project manager at the IES.
16.40: His Grace Antony Scharba, Archbishop of the Eastern Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the U.S.A – Constantinople Patriarchate, and Director of the Educational Complex of South Bound Brook – USA: Friendship in the Ecumenical Movement.
17.05 Discussion.
17.25: His Beatitude Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Grand Chancellor of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv – Ukraine : The Ecumenical Perspectives of the Kyivan Church .
18.00: Closing of the conference.
18.30: Vespers.
Wednesday 15.06
10.30 – 12.30: Morning session:
Creation of the Ukrainian Christian Academic Fellowship
15.30 – 18.30: Afternoon session:
Discussion on the projects of the Association
* The Liturgy (rite of Saint John Chrysostom) will take place at the Ukrainian Catholic University from 12.00 to 13.00 from Monday to Wednesday. Conference guests are welcome to attend. A tour of the university will also be provided.
