The Responsibility of a Christian Today

On September 29, as part of the 7th ESW, the session hall of the Lviv Regional Council hosted an academic conference "The Responsibility of a Christian in Modern Society." The academic conference began with an ecumenical
prayer for peace in Ukraine.
An advisor to the president of Ukraine, head of the Department of Constitutional and Legal Modernization at the
Office of the President of Ukraine, Maryna Stavniychuk, focused on the fact that Christian values should be incorporated into the basis of legal processes in Ukraine.
Professor of Theology at Oxford University Graham Ward in his presentation "The Kingdom of God: The Other Side of Sectarianism," drew attention to the dangers of multiculturalism in the UK experience. The head of the Kharkiv Human Rights Group, Yevhen Zakharov, analyzed the human rights situation in Ukraine. He noted that political freedom in the country, with the exception of the territory covered with ATO (anti-terrorist operations) and Crimea, is high. However, human rights violations have become the norm. The speech of Ihor Todorov, Ph.D., professor of international relations and foreign policy at Donetsk National University, who outlined the public attitudes of
Donetsk area and causes that have shaped them, ended the conference.

7th Ecumenical Social Week opens

On September 29 the ceremonial opening of the 7th Ecumenical Social Week, "The Responsibility of a Christian in Modern Society," which ran until October 4, was held at the Lviv City Council. Participating in the press conference were: Ihor Todorov, Ph.D., professor of international relations and foreign policy at Donetsk National University; Iryna Podoliak, head of the Culture Department at the Lviv City Council; and Maria Kandyba, coordinator of the ESW.
"This year has brought a lot of changes to our country, and we have all faced many challenges. We must accordingly respond to this. That is why the organizers of the forum chose the topic "The Responsibility of a Christian in Modern Society," said Maria Kandyba.
Iryna Podolak noted that from its inception to the present day the Ecumenical Social Week has developed significantly and pointed out that Lviv is a great platform for initiatives in Ukraine, which often occur there for the first time.
Ihor Todorov said that the forum deserves total support and respect.

Bernard Chenevez

General Secretary of Social Weeks - France

Round table "Formation of a socially responsible society: Europian e[perience, Ukrainian perspectives"

October 1, 2014

Presentation

Frans Hoppenbrouwers

Foundation Communicantes, Tilburg, Netherlands

Seminar of the Ukrainian Christian Academic Society (UCAS) “Memory, History, Identity”

October 2, 2014

Christ and Christian Faith are Universal, Unbound to Man-Made Frontiers

Introduction. When I was invited to present a short lecture at this meeting, I was told that we would discuss the question, whether the EuroMaidan had brought a Church union closer. This is an interesting and complicated issue. It is very much connected to the way in which we understand the dynamics between Christ – faith, Church, believers – on the one hand, and the culture, the secular world in which Christians find themselves embedded on the other. In a nutshell, here, the dialectics of Christ and culture come into play.

Ihor Todorov

Doctor of History, Professor

Аcademic Conference “The Responsibility of a Christian in Modern Society”

September 29, 2014

The social and political dimension of valuable orientations of modern Donbas