Institute of Ecumenical Studies of the Ukrainian Catholic University invites You to take part in the International Conference "The Eastern Catholic Churches: Can They Speak with One Voice?" And we kindly ask You to share this information among your colleagues.
The Conference will be held on December 7-8, 2022 at 4 p.m. Kyiv time (UTC/GMT +2 hours).
Venue: Conference Hall of the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of UCU, str. Khutorivka 35a, with the possibility of online joining via ZOOM.
Working languages: Ukrainian and English with simultaneous translation.
To join the Conference, please follow the link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83051292588?pwd=T3RrTlhZcUdVanNLQnN1bXhmRHA1UT09
Meeting ID: 830 5129 2588
Passcode: 388990
The work will focus on exploring what the various Eastern Catholic Churches have in common that allows them to speak with one voice, and what are the main obstacles that make this task difficult? Our goal was to gather speakers with a solid academic background, representatives of various Eastern Catholic Churches and Liturgical Traditions.
PROGRAM
December 7, 16.00-19.00 First Session
16.00 Opening, Welcome Word from Acting Director of IES Rev. Dr Roman Fihas
16.05 Welcome Word from Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk)
16.15 Welcome Word from the General Director of the Charitable Fund l’Oeuvre d’Orient Rev. Pascal Gollnisch
16.20 Welcome Word from Dr. Adriana Bara, National Canadian Director, CNEWA
Prof. Edward Alam (Lebanon),
“Ecclesiastical Reflections on Unity: the Mission of the Eastern Catholic Churches”
Rev. Prof. Yury Avvakumov (USA),
The Henotic/Unionist Tradition in Its Historical Context: Toward Understanding the Theological Foundations of Eastern Catholic Christianity
Prof. Ines A Murzaku (USA),
“Balamad at 30 – What an Eastern Catholic Church from the Periphery Offer to the Universal Church?”
Prof. Oleh Turiy (Ukraine),
“What Unites the ‘Uniates’? Byzantine Rite Catholics in Central and Eastern Europe”
Prof. Bert Groen (Austria),
“The Conciliar Concept of Tradition and the Idea of Ecclesial Identity”
December 8, 13.00-18.00 Second Session
13.00 LITURGICAL SECTION:
Rev. Prof. Vasyl Rudeyko
Rev. Prof. Daniel Galadza
Rev. Raphael Strontsitsky
15.30 ECCLESIOLOGICAL-CANONICAL SECTION:
Presentation of the recently published books
Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk, Vatican II and the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church
and The Catholic Church and its Orthodox Sister Churches Twenty-Five Years after Balamand (by Prof. Jaroslav Skira and Prof. Peter De Mey)
Rev. Prof. Gabriel Hachem
Rev. Prof. Edward Faruggia
Rev. Prof. Sunny Thomas Kokkaravalayil
Rev. Dr Alexandr Lashchuk
With respect
Researcher of the Institute of Ecumenical Studies, UCU
Taras Kurylets