CHALLENGES FOR THE SIGNS OF TIME FOR THE GREEK CATHOLIK CHURCH IN UKRAINE Cover Image

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CHALLENGES FOR THE SIGNS OF TIME FOR THE GREEK CATHOLIK CHURCH IN UKRAINE

Author(s): Lyubomyr Rzhyskyy, Oksana Volynets
Subject(s): History of Church(es), History of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: signs of time; Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church; national and ecclesiastic self-identification; liturgical renewal; ecumenism; pastorship

Summary/Abstract: On the basis of the theological pastoral analysis peculiarities of the time signs in Ukraine and their influence on the dynamics of the pastoral activity of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church has been researched in the article. The article contains the criteria of signs of time distinguishing and interpretation; the universal signs of time in the process of national spiritual revival and transformation of ideological priorities and the development of pluralistic society in Ukraine; this research points out the peculiarities of the Ukrainian signs of time and analyzes the actual state of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church activity and its understanding and response to the signs of time. The author's concept of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church response to the signs of time underlies the realization of dynamic and integral process — from the depth of theological understanding of the signs of God Providence in history through the search of his own ecclesiastical identity to the pastoral care, able to create a renewed Christian community.

  • Issue Year: 53/2016
  • Issue No: 53
  • Page Range: 179-191
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish