BOHDAN BOCIURKIW MEMORIAL LECTURE | THOMAS BREMER | KYIV - CONSTANTINOPLE - MOSCOW: AN ECCLESIAL TRIANGLE

Around the New Year, the new church body emerged and was recognized by the Ecumenical Patriarch. There are now two Orthodox Churches in the country, both of which claim canonicity. The presentation examines theological, canonical, and societal aspects of this complex situation.

19 March 2019

Thomas Bremer, Professor of Ecumenical Theology and Eastern Churches Studies at the University of Münster, gave the Bohdan Bociurkiw Memorial Lecture on Monday, February 25, 2019. A large audience gathered at St. John's Cultural Centre for his presentation on the topic, "Kyiv-Constantinople-Moscow: An Ecclesial Triangle." Professor Bremer brought his deep expertise in the past and present Orthodox world in Eastern Europe to bear on the burning contemporary issue of the Patriarch of Constantinople's recent announcement that he would grant autocephaly to a newly created Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The annual Bociurkiw Lecture is sponsored by the Program on Religion and Culture at the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.

 

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