Co-organized by Center for Christian Studies, CUHK
Brief Introduction: Do the rapid changes in the world affect the family of the Orthodox Churches and their relations between each other? How the major poles of Orthodoxy, Constantinople and Moscow, collaborate and face the new challenges? What is the future of Orthodoxy in the world that changes?
Speaker Introduction: Rev. Dr. Cyril HOVORUN is currently appointed head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. He earlier worked at the Metropolis of Kiev, administrating Body of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, and taught Patrology at the Theological Academy of Kiev and Moscow. Since 2004, he became the member of the Faith and Order Commission of the WCC. He published a number of articles on the topic of Patrology and Church History, a number of translations from Ancient and Modern Greek into Russian and Ukrainian, e.g., "Prayer and Spirituality in the Early Church". His new book called "Will, Action, and Freedom: Christological Controversies in the Seventh Century", Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2008 has just been published.
All lectures are free to public and speak in English. It is now available for register, please return the below receipt to reserve. For the details, please contact us through email: keith@iscs.org.hk or by phone: 852-26946803 or 26946809, Ms Winnie Chan.