st. clement's center presentation

Wherefore, having so many great andglorious examples set before us, let usturn again to the practice of that peacewhich from the beginning was the mark

set before us...

St. Clement of Rome, First Epistle to Corinthians, 19

NGO St. Clement’s Center: Communion and Dialogue of Cultures

• Founded in 2007 in Kyivwith the blessing of HisBeatitude Volodymyr, Metropolitan of Kyiv and allUkraine.

• Inaugurated on the feast ofSt. Clement of Rome onDecember 8, 2007.

Inauguration photo with the Archbishop of Poltava andMyrhorod Philipp, Cardinal Walter Kasper, Rev. Milan Zust SJ and Constantin Sigov, the founder of the Center.

Mosaic of St. Clement of Rome in St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv

Apse Mosaic in the Basilica of St. Clement in Rome

During the visit to Vatican, November 2009

On the right: archimandrite Philaret(Iegorov), the spiritual father of St. Clement’s Center, and ConstantinSigov greeting Pope Benedict XVI

During the meeting with Father Stefan Dartmann SJ, Head of Renovabis

Father Stefan Dartmann and Constantin Sigov with Bishop Hilary of Makariv and Fr. Ambrose (Makar)

Our Goals and TasksMain goal: • to contemporize and disseminate the spiritual heritage of

St. Clement of Rome and Stt. Cyril and Methodius

Principal tasks:• dialogue between Christians and diverse cultural

traditions towards peaceful resolution of controversial questions

• dialogue of Christians with contemporary culture from a missionary perspective

• active participation in spiritual and theological education, promotion of dialogue between academic education and the Church

Our Projects

•• TomosTomos AgapisAgapis Kyiv Summer Theological UniversityKyiv Summer Theological University

•• Theological publications of Bibliotheca Theological publications of Bibliotheca ClementinaClementina

•• Development of the Electronic Theological LibraryDevelopment of the Electronic Theological Library

• Development of the website of St.Clement’s Centre

Kyiv Summer Theological University(annually from 2003)annually from 2003)

Runs in cooperation with the Runs in cooperation with the ““ArkArk”” Orthodox spiritual and educational Orthodox spiritual and educational centre of St. centre of St. ParascevaParasceva parish of the village of parish of the village of LyshnyaLyshnya (Kyiv (Kyiv region). Parish priest region). Parish priest –– Archimandrite Archimandrite PhilaretPhilaret ((IegorovIegorov).).

Gathers participants (Orthodox, Catholic, GreekGathers participants (Orthodox, Catholic, Greek--Catholic, Protestant) Catholic, Protestant) from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy,from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany, Italy,France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, the USA, among other France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, the USA, among other countries.countries.

Consists of the Consists of the Lecture ProgramLecture Program and and ChildrenChildren’’s Academys Academy, which run , which run simultaneously.simultaneously.

Provides:Provides:1. Profound theological ecumenical education in a non-formal setting

both for laymen and clergy.2. Profound spiritual component in theological education (regular

common prayer and participation in the services of the Orthodox Church).

3. Integration of advanced theological studies with the life of the parish and, thus, with specific local realities of the Church.

Kyiv Summer Theological University

At the “Ark” Centre of St. Parasceva parishVillage of Lishnya, Kyiv region

At the beginning…

Constantin Sigov and Fr. Philaret in front of the Ark, 2004

With Archbishop Ivan Jurkovic, Rev. Milan Zust and Dr. Joachim Sauer 2007

And today…

Lecture program

In the classroom… Prof. Dr. Thomas Bremer, Münster, Germany

Round table on Theology in the Church and in the University

Rev. Didier Berthet, Paris, France

Round table in memory of Cardinal Thomas Spidlik Reading Dante in Italian with Dr. Stefania Sini

Lecture by Archbishop Alexander Golitsyn With Prof. Dr. Elena Glazov-Corrigan, Atlanta, Georgia

Moments….

“Points Coeur” volunteersfrom the USA, Poland, France, ColumbiaA baptism…

After lectures…Cooking…

At the village lake…

At the fire… “Juice of the Land” village folk ensemble

Sunday Liturgy in St. Parasceva of Serbia church

Small symbols of unity…

Children’s

Academy!

Icon painting workshop with Heart’s Home (2012)

Children’s Icons

Animation workshop (2012)

Life in the Lishnya’s Ark

Children’s Liturgy (2012)

Assumption Readings International Theological Conference

(yearly, 12 years)

• Organized by European Humanities Research Centre of National University of ‘Kyiv-Mohyla Academy’ in close cooperation with St. Clement’s Centre

• Ecumenical event: brings together distinguished theologians fromdifferent Christian traditions to discuss topics that unite them

• promotes cooperation between Academia and Church by holding the events of the conference both in Church and academic institutions

• promotes Christian tradition in Ukraine through raising interest to the conference in wider audiences of Ukrainian society.

The 10th Assumption Readings Conference (2010): “Christian Feast: Thanksgiving. Liberation. Unity.”Group picture in front of St. Sophia of Kyiv with His Beatitude Metropolitan Vladimir

Metropolitan Philaretand Archbishop Ivan

Moments…

Moments…

• 2011: Childhood in Christian tradition and contemporary culture.

• 2010: Christian Feast: Thanksgiving, Liberation, Unity,

• 2009: Memory and Hope: Horizons and Paths of Finding Meaning,

• 2008: Memory and History: at the Crossways of Cultures,

• 2007: Friendship and its forms, ordeals and gifts,

Assumption Readings Collection of ArticlesAssumption Readings Collection of Articles(in cooperation with (in cooperation with ““DukhDukh i i LiteraLitera”” (Spirit and Letter) (Spirit and Letter)

Research and Publishing AssociationResearch and Publishing Association

• 2006: The Unity of the Human Person and the Meeting of Cultures,

• 2005: Human Being. History. Gospel,

• 2004: Human Person and the Problem of Tradition: Meeting of Generations and the Quest of Continuity,

• 2003: Ways of Educationand Witnesses of Righteousness: Person. Family. Society,

• 2002: Education and Familyin Post-Atheistic Societies,

• 2001: Family in Post-Atheistic Societies,

Assumption Readings Collection of ArticlesAssumption Readings Collection of Articles

Bibliotheca Bibliotheca ClementinaClementina(in cooperation with (in cooperation with ““DukhDukh i i LiteraLitera”” (Spirit and Letter) (Spirit and Letter)

Research and Publishing AssociationResearch and Publishing Association

Bibliotheca Bibliotheca ClementinaClementina

Kyiv-Münster: International Student Seminar “Religion and the Church as a Challenge to Modernity:

Germany and Ukraine• Jointly organized by Münster University, St. Clement’s Center “Communion

and Dialogue of Cultures,” the European Humanities Research Center at theNational University of ‘Kyiv-Mohyla Academy’ (NaUKMA) and St. ThomasInstitute of Religious Studies

• an opportunity for an in-depth dialogue between Ukrainian and Germanparticipants

• Consisted of two parts: a week of sessions in Kyiv (late May) and a week of sessions in Muenster (late June)

12 Topics:• Ecclesial Identity as Roman Catholic/Orthodox Christian• Church and Modernity• Tradition and Innovation• Local Church and Universal ChurchThe Liturgical Consciousness of the

Church… among others

In Kyiv: Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, St. Sophia Museum, Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, Institute of Philosophy, St. Thomas Institute

Trinity feast in Lishnya…

Wilhelms-Universität Münster and Borromäum Seminary

Around Münster…

TaizeTaize Day of Trust in Kyiv in 2009Day of Trust in Kyiv in 2009

Taize prayer in St. Alexander Catholic Cathedral

St. Alexander Cathedral

With Bishop Hilary in Holy Assumption Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Visit to Visit to TaizeTaize in 2011in 2011

With brother Alois…

In Taize church…

Brother Roger. Simple Faith. Selected Texts. To be published in “Dukh i LItera” in September 2012

Preparing to the visit of brother Aloisto Kyiv in September 2012…

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