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

• Main Authors: Lyubomyr Rzhyskyy, Oksana Volynets
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie 2016-12-01
• Series: Studia Warmińskie
• Subjects: signs of time; Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church; national and ecclesiastic self-identification; liturgical renewal; ecumenism; pastorship
• Online Access: http://www.studiawarminskie.uwm.edu.pl/assets/Artykuly/2.4-Rzhyskyy-Volynets.pdf

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.