A NEW ORTHODOX CHURCH OF UKRAINE: FAQ

 St. Michael’s Monastery in Kyiv

  Nicholas Denysenko

On December 15, a unification council was held at St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. Three Orthodox Churches existed in Ukraine until then: the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), the Kyivan Patriarchate (KP), and the Moscow Patriarchate (MP).

ΝICKOLAS DENISSENKO, THE 2018 COUNCIL - A CHANCE

 

ΝICKOLAS DENISSENKO, THE 2018 COUNCIL - A CHANCE

THE STRUGGLE FOR UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALY: SUBVERSION AND CANONICITY

Nicholas Denysenko

UKRAINIAN COUNCIL EVENING UPDATE

Nickolas Denissenko

UKRAINIAN COUNCIL-EVENING UPDATE

THE ORTHODOX CHURCH IN UKRAINE A CENTURY OF SEPARATION NICHOLAS E. DENYSENKO

The Orthodox Church in Ukraine

A Century of Separation

Nicholas E. Denysenko

NICKOLAS DENISSENKO:POST-TOMOS EVERYDAY CHURCH LIFE

NICKOLAS DENISSENKO

A handful of commentators are wondering what issues might be discussed and resolved at the Ukrainian Council coming in December. My guess is that the council will elect a primate and establish an episcopate, with an All-Church council to follow later in 2019 to continue the unification process. A few items to keep in mind:

NICHOLAS DENYSENKO: AN ORTHODOX GRAVEYARD AND THE TOMOS OF AUTOCEPHALY FOR UKRAINE

Nicholas Denysenko is the Emil and Elfriede Jochum University Chair and Professor of Theology at Valparaiso University. He is an ordained deacon of the Orthodox Church in America.

I have many vivid memories from my first visit to Ukraine in 1993, taken with my brother and grandfather. During our stay in Tetiiv (approximately 80 kilometers west of Kyiv), our family hosts asked us to walk with them to the family cemetery.

NICHOLAS DENYSENKO, DECODING THE UKRAINIAN CHURCH CRISIS, VIDEO

Nicholas Denysenko, A video presentation designed to address difficult questions about the Orthodox Church in Ukraine and autocephaly.

THE CHURCH IN MODERN UKRAINE: INFORMATION LITERACY AND THE NARRATIVE

by Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko

THE PROMISE OF AUTOCEPHALY IN UKRAINE: WHAT'S AT STAKE?

by Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew talks with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko

Last week, news circulated that Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew is expected to issue a Tomos of autocephaly to the Orthodox Church in Ukraine.

ΙΕΡΑΡΧΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΥΝΟΔΟΙ: ΔΟΚΙΜΑΖΟΝΤΑΣ ΤΑ ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΑ

Αιδες. Διακόνου Νικόλαου Ντενισένκο (Nicholas Denysenko)  English|

Σε αυτήν την εποχή της νεωτερικότητας και της μετανωτερικότητας, οι επίσκοποι και οι σύνοδοι έχουν χρησιμοποιήσει πολλές και ποίκιλες προσεγγίσεις για να δοκιμάσουν τα πνεύματα και να διαπιστώσουν τι χρειάζεται για την ανανέωση της ποιμαντικής λειτουργίας.

NICHOLAS DENYSENKO:THE LETTER ON THE ORDINATION OF THE DEACONESS

HOLY AND GREAT COUNCIL

Nicholas Denysenko, praytellblog.com

The Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church is now in session on the island of Crete. Readers may have heard that the Churches of Antioch, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Russia have withdrawn from the council.

REFLECTION ON “THE IMPORTANCE OF FASTING AND ITS OBSERVANCE TODAY”

Rev. Dr. Stelyios Muksuris, Rev. Dr. Alkiviadis Calivas, Rev. Dr. Nicholas Denysenko, John Klentos, Paul Meyendorff, Lewis Patsavos, Teva Regule, Rev. Dr. Philip Zymaris.

In accordance with Orthodox Christian scriptural and patristic tradition, fasting finds its origins in the divine commandment given in paradise (Gen 2.16-17; St. Basil, On Fasting 1.3; PG 31.168A), where man is invited to honor his relationship with God by obedience.

THE GREAT AND HOLY COUNCIL AND THE UKRAINIAN PROBLEM

             

                                                                                                                                                            

 by Nicholas Denysenko

                                                                                  

As the Orthodox Churches continue preparations for the Great and Holy Council, which will take place June 16-27, 2016, in Crete, one of the primary unresolved problems is the schism of the Church in Ukraine. While the council itself did not formally address the Ukrainian matter, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow stated that the council will not consider the possibility of granting Ukraine autocephaly, a position he said is supported “unequivocally” by Patriarch Bartholomew (Mospat.ru, 1/27/2016).

PHYLETISM AND THE CASE FOR UKRAINIAN AUTOCEPHALY

by Nicholas Denysenko,

In my previous post, I introduced the Ukrainian problem and its significance for the forthcoming Great and Holy Council to be held in Crete in June 2016. Having argued that the movement for autocephaly in Ukraine originated nearly one-hundred years ago and is beginning to mature only in this post-soviet period, a formidable obstacle to Ukrainian autocephaly can be addressed: the problem of phyletism.