Concept of Ecumenism in the Eccleziology of the Kyiv Church of Byzantine Rite
Concept of Ecumenism in the Eccleziology of the Kyiv Church of Byzantine Rite

Summary/Abstract: The article reviewed the biblical principles of the unity of the Church of Christ. The ecumenical conception of the Kyiv Church of the Byzantine tradition, based on the writings of the hierarchs of the UGCC Andrei Sheptytsky, Joseph Slipy, Myroslav Ivan (Lubachivsky), Lubomyr Husar, and Svyatoslav Shevchuk, is analysed. In the context of the status of the Local Government in the Orthodox Church in Ukraine, the prospects of ecumenical dialogue between the two Ukrainian Churches are analysed, the purpose of which is to restore the identity inherent in the Kyiv Church. The dialogue between the Ukrainian Churches is being considered as part of the ecumenical movement towards the universal unity of the Church of Christ.

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