Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University in partnership with the Libertas Center for Interreligious Dialogue, l’Oeuvre d’Orient and International Federation of Catholic Universities will run an online Round table discussion "Ukrainian Churches in the Time of War" on Friday, March 4, 18:00-19:30 Kyiv time [17:00-18:30 CET]
Speakers:
- Myroslav Marynovych, Vice-Rector of UCU, Co-Founder of Amnesty International Ukraine, and a Founding Member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, Lviv
- Rev. Petro Balog, OP, Director of St Thomas Aquinas Institute, Kyiv
- Sergii Bortnyk, Theology Academy of Kyiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Kyiv
- Taras Dzyubanskyy, Director of the UCU Institute of Religion and Society and the Libertas Center for Interreligious Dialogue, Lviv
- Roman Soloviy, Director of Eastern European Institute of Theology, Lviv
- Most Rev. Pavlo Shvarts, Bishop of the German Evangelical Lutheran Churches of Ukraine, Kharkiv
- Rev. Ihor Shaban, Head of the Commission for Interconfessional and Interreligious Dialogue, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, Lviv
- Dmytro Horyevoy, religious journalist, Lviv
Moderated by Rev. Roman Fihas and Pavlo Smytsnyk, Institute of Ecumenical Studies.
The war in Ukraine is heavily affecting the entire population of the country, churches included. We gathered an ecumenical cohort of representatives from Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches, as well as religious observers to examine how Ukrainian churches are reacting to the Russian military invasion and assisting the population. We will also examine the religious narratives being formulated and how religious organizations abroad can help in this critical moment.
Youtube translation https://youtu.be/uhPjFFAyGTs
