Category: Panel / Roundtable

In light of recent developments in Ukraine toward establishing a unified Ukrainian Orthodox Church, coupled with the ecclesial conflicts between Constantinople and Moscow, this book’s appearance is very timely. In his presentation, Prof. Denysenko provides an overview of the history of Orthodox Christianity in Ukraine from the early twentieth century to the present. He will touch upon the dynamics of church and state in the attempts to restore an authentic Ukrainian religious identity in the contemporary Orthodox churches, and how these dynamics have played out in the current movement to overcome the divisions among the three Orthodox Churches in Ukraine.

This book launch is the second in a series of events looking at Ukrainian Orthodox Christianity and the question of autocephaly hosted by:

Event:

Book Launch The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation (available from Amazon)

Speaker:

Nicholas E. Denysenko, Emil and Elfriede Jochum Professor and Chair, Valparaiso University

Date and Time:

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 @ 5pm – 7pm

Location:

Munk School, University of Toronto Room 108N (North House) 1 Devonshire Place Windle House, 5 Elmsley Place


Epilogue on The Orthodox Church in Ukraine
by Myroslaw Tataryn, Professor Emeritus, Department of Religious Studies; Chair, Department of Religious Studies; Director of the Centre for Responsible Citizenship (St. Jerome’s University, University of Waterloo).

Poster (PDF)

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Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
11 October 2018

In the wake of the 2014 Maidan revolution – the “revolution of dignity” – as Ukraine continues its movement towards greater democratic rule and closer relationships with its European neighbours, it has struggled with conflicts over Russia’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of eastern Ukraine. Part of this revolution of dignity has been a movement within the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches toward the establishment of an autocephalous (self-governed) Church in Ukraine.

At the same time, the Russian government has tried to assert the Moscow Patriarchate’s position in Ukraine, in part to advance its concept of a ’Russian World’ sphere of influence. With the decision of the Patriarchate of Constantinople to reassert its role as the Mother Church of the Orthodox of Ukraine, having the right to grant autocephaly, a confrontation has emerged affecting Orthodox Churches throughout the world.

This roundtable brings together scholars who will address various aspects of the history leading to the process of granting autocephaly to a new Ukrainian Orthodox Church; international inter-Orthodox relations and divisions; the challenges with the Russian Orthodox Church’s control over a segment of Ukrainian Orthodox Christians; and what a newly established autocephalous Ukrainian Orthodox Church might look like.

ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS
Rev. Dr. Jaroslaw Buciora
Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Volodymyr (Toronto)

Dr. Frank Sysyn
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta

Anatolii Babynskyi
Journalist; Research Fellow, Sheptytsky Institute; PhD candidate, Ukrainian Catholic University

Dr. Jaroslav Skira
Acting Director, Sheptytsky Institute; Associate Professor, Regis College (in the UofT)

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