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Article 2020
What transforms the world: Alexander Schmemann on importance of joy as lifegiving and transfiguring power of Christianity
FIHAS Roman, n° Серія: Богослов’я, УКУ 2020, 2020.
The crisis of Christianity in the modern world, its inability to rethink and influence new philosophical, cultural trends, according to Fr. Alexander Schmemann is, to a certain extent, the result of t…
Article 2021
The reasons for the cautious attitude towards ecumenism in some circles of the UGCC
FIHAS Roman, 2021.
This article examines the reasons behind the lukewarm attitude towards ecumenism among certain clergy and lay members of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). Particular attention is given to th…
Article 2022
Authority and freedom as the Holy Spirit’s gifts: from opposition to reconciliation in obedience according to Fr. Alexander Schmemann
FIHAS Roman, 2022.
The article analyzes the issue of relationship between authority and freedom in the light of the theological proposals of Fr. Alexander Schmemann. According to the liturgist, worship as a source of th…
Article 2023
The Russian aggression against Ukraine and the demand of the new type of ecumenical dialogue in Ukraine and abroad / Ökumene im Krieg. Neue Wege für den Dialog gefragt
FIHAS Roman, n° May 2023, 2023.
Das ökumenische Leben in der Ukraine ist seit der Majdan-Revolution von neuer Annäherung und neuen Konflikten, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit der Gründung der Orthodoxen Kirche der Ukraine gekennzei…
Book 2026
Géopolitique de l’Ethiopie. Centre de gravité de la Corne de l’Afrique
DEWEL Serge, Paris, Bibliomonde, Géopolitique, 2026.
Ethiopia has now become one of Africa’s major economies, while also being the world’s most populous landlocked country. It has the continent’s second-largest—and very young—population. The following a…
Article 2019
The Concept of Uniatism: History and Contemporary Use
KURYLETS Taras, in Analecta UCU, 2019.
The article demonstrates that the term “Uniatism” underwent a significant transformation in respect to its original definition proposed by Cyril Korolevsky in the beginning of XX century: its focus sh…
Article 2020
What transforms the world: Alexander Schmemann on importance of joy as lifegiving and transfiguring power of Christianity
FIHAS Roman, in Наукові Записки УКУ, n° Наукові записки УКУ: Богослов’я. Вип. 7 (2020), pp. 135 - 144, 2020.
Криза християнства в сучасному світі, його нездатність переосмислювати нові філософські, культурні течії / тренди та впливати на них, на думку о. Олександра Шмемана, певною мірою є наслідком того, що…
Article 2025
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and Its Communion with the Bishop of Rome: Nurturing Its Ecumenical Engagement
FIHAS Roman, in Religions, n° 2025, 16(4), 457, 2025.
The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) is an Eastern Catholic Church that lives according to the Ukrainian–Byzantine Christian theological, liturgical, canonical and spiritual tradition and is in…
Article 2025
“Ecumenism in Ukraine Between Survival and Development” / “Kirchliche Identität und Ökumene. Wie der Krieg die Kirchen in der Ukraine verändert”
FIHAS Roman, in RGOW – Religion & Gesellschaft in Ost und West, n° 11/2025, 2025.
Russia’s full-scale invasion has placed Ukrainian Churches in a paradoxical reality where survival and development coexist. Amid destruction, suffering, and religious persecution in occupied territori…
2023
L’évangile arabe selon Matthieu, Marc, Luc et Jean – Texte du Sinaï Arabe 72 traduit du grec au VIIIe siècle, 2 volumes
ARBACHE SAMIR, Bruxelle, Éditions Safran, 2023.
Traduction en français et analyse linguistique d'un manuscrit du plus ancien texte arabe des quatre évangiles (Sinaï Arabe 72), traduit du grec. Il est daté de 897 après J.-C. et conservé au Mont Sina…
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