The Second Vatican Council: Gifts of the Spirit - Mystery of the Church - Testimony of Man

Conference Program

May 31, Thursday By the afternoon Arrival of the participants 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Registration

Plenary session

3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Opening Session (moderator: Rev. )

Welcome Speeches:

- H. B. Lubomyr (Husar), Archbishop Emeritus of Kiev-Halych, UGCC - H. E. Thomas Edward Gullickson, Tit. Archbishop of Bomarzo, Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine - H. E. Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Metropolitan of Lviv, Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine - H. E. Milan (Shashik), of Greek-Catholic of Mukachevo, «Unity and diversity according to Vatican II»

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Welcome Speeches: - H. E. Cyril (Vasil'), SI, Secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches (Holy See). Vatican II and Eastern Canon Law

- H. E. Philaret (Kucherov), Bishop of Drohobych, Vicar of Lviv Eparchy, Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Vatican II and its Challenges

5:15 pm - 5:45 pm Discussion

1 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm Coffee break 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Inaugural Session (moderator: Myroslav Marynovych):

- Rev. Iwan Dacko, St. Pope Clement Institute, UCU (Lviv-Rome). Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the Second Vatican Council - Victor Yelenskyy, Ukrainian Association of Religious Freedom (Kiev). Religious Freedom Before, During and After the Second Vatican Council

7:00 pm - 7:30 pm Discussion 7:30 pm Dinner in the refectory at UCU Khutorivka

June 1, Friday 7:30 am - 9:00 am Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine rite in the chapel at UCU Khutorivka 9:00 am - 9:30 am Breakfast for participants in the Liturgy Parallel Sections 1. Theological Section (moderators: Rev. Yuriy Shchurko, Viktor Zhukovsky)

9:30 am - 10:30 am Papers: - H. E. Hlib (Lonchyna), Apostolic for Ukrainian Greek- Catholics in Great Britain (London). Understanding of the Liturgy according to the Second Vatican Council

- Mykhajlo Petrovych, Theology Department, UCU. Eucharist in the Teaching of the Vatican II and UGCC

- Rev. Vasyl Rudeyko, Theology Department, UCU. Constitution on the Holy Liturgy - 50 years afterwards

10:30 am - 11:15 am Discussion 11:15 am - 11:45 am Coffee Break 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Papers: - Rev. Petro Galadza, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (Ottawa). The Second Vatican Council and the Problem of Anti-Jewish Expressions in the Liturgical Hymnography

- Yuriy Tabak, Independent researcher (Moscow). Jewish-Christian Dialogue: Problems and Challenges

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Discussion

2 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Lunch 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Papers: - Yuriy Pidlisnyy, Institute of Marriage and Family Life, UCU. The Role and Mission of the Laity in the Documents of the Second Vatican Council

- Rev. Ivan Muzyczka, St. Pope Clement Institute, UCU (Rome). Vatican II and teaching of Pope John Paul II on Laity - Rev. Volodymyr Zhdan, Theology Department, UCU. The Influence of the Second Vatican Council on the Pastoral Mission of the Church

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Discussion 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm Coffee Break 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm Papers: - Rev. Andriy Olijnyk, Theology Department, UCU. The Pastoral Council. Inclusive Vision of the New Prospects of the Practical Action of the Church

- Rev. Yevhen Stanishevsky, Theology Department, UCU. «And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?» (Acts 2:8) - Rev. Oleg Kindiy, Theology Department, UCU. Eschatological Encounter of Human Progress and the Kingdom of God in Gaudium et Spes, 39

6:15 pm - 7:00 pm Discussion

2. Ecumenical-Ecclesiological Section (moderators: Rev. Iwan Dacko, Roman Zaviysky)

9:30 am - 10:30 am Papers: - Archim. Kyrylo Hovorun, SS. Cyril and Methodius Postgraduate and Doctoral School (Moscow). Twentieth Century - the Time of Ecclesiology

- Pavlo Smytsnyuk, Institute of Ecumenical Studies, UCU. The Theologians of the Russian Diaspora and the Teaching of Vatican II

10:30 am - 11:15 am Discussion 11:15 am - 11:45 am Coffee Break 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Papers: - Ella Bystrytska, Department of Ancient and Medieval History, Ternopil V. Hnatyuk National Pedagogical University. Unionistic Tendencies in the Catholic Church and Vatican II

3 - Rev. Andriy Onuferko, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies (Ottawa). The Role of the Second Vatican Council in the Evolution of Ecumenical Reflection and Ecumenical Structures of the Catholic Church

- Victoria Lyubaschenko, I. Krypjakevych Institute of Ukrainian Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Lviv). Vatican II and the Protestant World

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Discussion 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Lunch 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Papers: - Rev. Yuriy Sakvuk, Theology Department, UCU. Decree on the Eastern Catholic Churches: History and Significance

- Taras Kurylets, Institute of Ecumenical Studies, UCU. Ecclesiological Status of the Eastern Catholic Churches according to the Document of the Second Vatican Council Orientalium Ecclesiarum

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Discussion 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm Coffee Break 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm Papers: - Rev. Mykhajlo Dymyd, Theology Department, UCU. The Issue of the Proclamation of the Eastern Patriarchates in the Decree on Eastern Catholic Churches

- Rev. Myron Bendyk, Drohobych Seminary of the Blessed Priests Severyn, Yakym and Vitaliy. The Second Vatican Council and the Patriarchate of the Ukrainian Church

- Anatoly Babynsky, Magazine «Patriarchat» (Lviv). The Patriarchal Movement in the UGCC as a Consequence of the Vatican II

6:15 pm - 7:00 pm Discussion

3. Socio-Historical Section (moderators: Rev. Andriy Mykhaleyko, Ihor Skochylias)

9:30 am - 10:30 am Papers: - H. E. Andriy (Sapelyak), Bishop Emeritus UGCC. The UGCC at the Second Vatican Council: Testimony of an Eyewitness

- Jaroslav Skira, Toronto School of Theology. of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church at the Second Vatican Council (Based on the Diaries of Metropolitan Maksym Hermaniuk)

4 - Sergey Firsov, St. Petersburg State University. Russian Orthodox Church and Vatican II: To the Problem of Perception

10:30 am - 11:15 am Discussion 11:15 am - 11:45 am Coffee Break 11:45 am - 12:45 pm Papers: - Rev. Andriy Mykhaleyko, Institute of Church History, UCU. The Second Vatican Council and the Greek-Catholic Underground in Ukraine

- Volodymyr Fenych, Faculty of History, Uzhgorod National University. The Perception and Impact of the Second Vatican Council on the Underground Life of the «Church of Silence» of Transcarpathia

- Nataliya Shlikhta, Department of History, National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy". Ukrainians between Vatican and Moscow: On the Impact of the Second Vatican Council on the Ukrainian Exarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm Discussion 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Lunch 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Papers: - Nadezhda Beliakova, Centre of the History of Religion and Church of the Institute of the World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow). The Catholics in the Republics of Late USSR: the Conditions of Survival and Reception of the Ideas of Vatican II

- Mirosław Czech, "Gazeta Wyborcza" (Warsaw), The Impact of the Second Vatican Council and the Pontificate of Pope John-Paul II on Restoring Hierarchical Structures of the Greek Catholic Church in Poland

- Rev. Marcel Mojzeš, Mirón Duda, Greek-Catholic Theological Faculty, University of Prešov. The Impact of the Second Vatican Council on the Greek-Catholic Church in Poland

4:00 pm - 4:45 pm Discussion 4:45 pm - 5:15 pm Coffee Break 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm Papers: - Jakub Forst-Battaglia, Austrian Cultural Forum (Kiev). The Impact of Vaticanum II on Society and Politics in Austria and Eastern Europe

- Zbigniew Nosowski, Magazine "Więź" (Warsaw). The Church in the Dialogue With the World 50 Years After the Inauguration of the Vatican II: Naivity or Openness?

5 6:15 pm - 7:00 pm Discussion 7:00 pm Dinner in the refectory of UCU Khutorivka

June 2, Saturday

Parallel Sections 1. Theological Section (moderator: Victor Zhukovsky)

9:30 am - 10:30 am Prayer. Papers: - Rev. Wojciech Surówka, OP, Institute of Religious Sciences of St. Thomas Aquinas (Kiev). The Catechism of the Catholic Church as a Fruit of the Vatican II

- Rev. Yury Avvakumov, University of Notre Dame (USA). From Neo-Scholasticism to Post-Modernism: Theology after Vatican II and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

10:30 am - 11:15 am Discussion 11:15 am - 11:45 am Coffee Break

2. Ecumenical-Ecclesiological Section (moderators: Roman Zaviyskyy, Pavlo Smytsnyuk)

9:30 am - 10:30 am Prayer. Papers: - Rev. Ihor Shaban, Commission of the UGCC for Promoting Christian Unity (Kiev). Synodality and Collegiality Before and After Vatican II

- Andrij Jurash, Faculty of Journalism at Lviv National Ivan Franko University. The Second Vatican Council as a Challenge and Motivation for the Development of Theological and Ecclesiological Traditions of the Christian East

10:30 am - 11:15 am Discussion 11:15 am - 11:45 am Coffee Break

3. Socio-Historical Section (moderators: Rev. Andriy Mykhaleiko, Ihor Skochylias)

9:30 am - 10:30 am Prayer. Papers:

6 - Lyudmyla Fylypovych, Department of Religious Processes at the Institute of Philosophy of Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences; Centre for Religious Information and Freedom of the Ukrainian Association of Religious experts. The Second Vatican Council - the Dialogue as a Strategy for Inter-Religious Relations

- Rev. Svyatoslav Kyjak, Department of Religious Studies and Theology of the V. Stefanyk Carpathian National University. Second Vatican Council in the Context of Religious and Social Problems of Ukraine

10:30 am - 11:15 am Discussion 11:15 am - 11:45 am Coffee Break Plenary session 11:45 am - 1:00 pm Round Table «Anniversary of Second Vatican Council: Concluding, Looking into the Future» (moderator: Andriy Onuferko)

Participants: Rev. Yury Avvakumov, Rev. Borys Gudziak , Rev. Iwan Dacko, Myroslav Marynovych Thanksgiving prayer

1:00 pm - 2:30 pm Lunch 2:30 pm Departure of the participants. Guided tours in Lviv city centre

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