UCU Summer Liturgical School to begin in Rome

St. Clement Institute of the Ukrainian Catholic University invites all who are interested to participate in the UCU Summer School which will take place 30 June to 4 July in Rome. “The Liturgical and ritual tradition of the Kyivan Church with regards to the relations between the  Byzantine East and Latin West” will be the theme of this year’s School. The programme of the School will treat important issues related to the history and modern liturgical life of the Christians of Byzantine-Slavic rite. Therefore, this includes the ritual controversies between Byzantine East and Latin West and the ritual issues regarding the Union of Brest. Finally, it will include the ritual identity of the Greek-Catholics of the Central and Eastern Europe in XX century etc.  Among the lecturers of the Summer School will be famous scholars: Metropolitan Lavrentij Hutsuliak, Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, Rev. Jurij Avvakumov, Rev. Petro Galadza, Rev. Pshemyslav Novakovsky, Dr. Mykhailo Petrovych, Rev. Robert Taft, Taras Shmanko, and others. The Summer School events may be joined by young teachers, as well as graduates of doctoral and license programmes. It may also include university students and seminarians in junior and senior years who are specialized in Liturgics and who have made a proper scholarly contribution. The working language of the School will be Ukrainian. For more detailed information follow the link below: ucu.edu.ua/news/4249/