On April 11, the delegation of the Anglican Church, which is led by Bishop Stephen Platten of Wakefield and is on an official visit to Ukraine, met with Cardinal Lubomyr Husar.
The bishop is accompanied by two canonists of the Anglican Church, the еcumenical secretary of the primate of the Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Fr. Jonathan Gudall, and an experienced participant of the Anglican-Orthodox dialogue, Fr. Hugh Wybrew.
The delegation was also accompanied by the leader of the Evangelical Baptist Church of Georgia, Malkhaz Songulashvili. The meeting was attended by Fr. Ihor Shaban, the head of the Committee for Promoting Christian Unity of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
The participants discussed urgent questions regarding Christian life in the world. Talking about the present situation in Ukraine, Cardinal Lubomyr stressed that “the main objective of the churches, especially the churches of the Kyivan tradition, should be to seek unity among the people.” The participants also touched upon the question of the future of Christian Europe and possible cooperation between the churches, especially in the social and moral areas of the society.
The guests noted that their society is becoming increasingly more secularized, especially among young people who are well-to-do and think “why trust in God if we have everything we need.”
In the end, the guests expresed their gratitude for the opportunity to deepen their knowledge about cooperation between churches in Ukraine, reports ecumenism.com.ua