John Burger, At the Foot of the Cross: Lessons from Ukraine. An interview with Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk. Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor, 2023. ISBN 978-1-63966-027-8. Paperback $21.95 US. The use of an interview with a prominent churchman in order to explore themes of contemporary religious life is a well-established practice. Italian journalist Vittorio Messori’s published … Читати далі
Is it inappropriate to write about Ukrainian church affairs in the US in the midst of Ukraine’s desperate struggle to defeat Russian aggression? Not really. It’s not just because our churches both in Ukraine and the diaspora contribute to the war effort, in terms of providing both military chaplains on the front, and material aid … Читати далі
Now I will say a terrible thing: in my 25, I have attended my friends’ funerals more often than their weddings. We have a youth that differs from the youth of our parents, a life different from the life of our friends in peaceful countries. And perhaps through their prism it looks like a lost youth. But we have so many things we have to think about, that we are not pondering much over our youth as such.
This article is dedicated to defining of, and explaining the origins of a new term which has started to be used in nowadays social and political science – rashism. References made to different historical sources clearly prove that the genocide policies themselves did not just jump out of nowhere in 2022, but do have a … Читати далі
Russia’s attack of February 24 was the latest test for the faithful of the churches and for church leaders. It was an even greater test for the leaders, because many of them had hitherto avoided recognizing the Russian aggression against Ukraine. In the following analysis, I will discuss the positions of the Orthodox and Catholic Churches regarding the Russian aggression.
In fact, the plain language of the authors, most of whom have taught undergraduates, suggests that they do not pursue abstruse or fashionable theologies of the academic “establishment,” but seek rather to present authentic Catholic teaching.
«Wood is warm and has its own energy. It accompanies us from birth to death, from the cradle, spoon, bed, closet, table, chair and to the grave. Icons are painted on wood, iconostasis are carved from it. It is present in all spheres of our life», – Roman Sulyk
Patriarch Josyf Slipyj called upon his faithful to maintain the Ukrainian Catholic Church, with its language and traditions, in the diaspora. As the diaspora’s contributions to Ukraine in various fields, including religion, have shown, it succeeded in this task. Today, it is time to set ourselves a different goal. For Ukrainian Catholics, that goal should be to develop a truly patriarchal and evangelizing church in the lands of settlement.
Halyna Teslyuk Ukrainian Catholic University The International Congress Renovabis 2020 The Coronavirus pandemic has covered the planet like a tsunami and caused different kinds of losses: our loved ones, our day-to-day life, our plans and even our dreams. It has changed on a large scale our social behavior, our perception of time and space. It … Читати далі
– Our Church has struggled with latinization for four centuries. Some have made a distinction between Latin practices that have been “organically” assimilated into our rite and those that should be excluded. Others have sought a “pure” Byzantine rite. What is your Church’s experience with latinization? We have internally certainly been latinized, particularly since our communion with Rome, which took … Читати далі