His Beatitude Sviatoslav at the symposium of 425th anniversary of the Union of Brest: We would like to suggest a discussion about a model of Church unity
To Ukraine the Union of Brest became a turning point of forming its identity into modern, post-modern and post-industrial time, as the Head of the Church assumes.
As for him, to dream and build up unity of Church together is a task which belongs not to the UGCC only, thus, it might be an option to consider it from different perspectives, even though the model of unity is far from being perfect.
The Head of the UGCC mentioned that unity of Churches is being vividly discussed and fervently prayed for, however without a clear vision how to implement it. “We would like to propose for us and our neighbors, Ukraine and the world a discussion about a model of unity. We have to look for it and work on it”.
The conference included academic researches of scientists. It had been formerly agreed to audit all previous works conducted on the question of unity, hence present works produced further on at the Institute of History of Church. It was also suggested to view an apparatus for classifying terminology using the topic of the Union of Brest in popular literature and majority of scientific and theological publications.
The organizers say that the scientific symposium was held with the blessing of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC and His Beatitude Sviatoslav. The participants are scientists from around Ukraine, Germany, Poland, the USA and Switzerland. The Forum is organized to celebrate the 425th anniversary of the Union of Brest, declared in October 1596.
