ECUMENICAL ASPIRATIONS AND ORTHODOX RESISTANCE: UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC EFFORTS TOWARD DIALOGUE AT VATICAN II, 1959-1965

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dc.coverageSTUDIA UBB THEOL. CATH. LATINA, Volume 70 (LXX), No. 2, December 2025, pp. 42-67en-US
dc.creatorBABYNSKYI, Anatolii
dc.date2025-12-22
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-21T23:04:12Z
dc.descriptionThis article examines the efforts of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) to foster ecumenical dialogue and secure Orthodox participation at the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), focusing on the years 1959–1965. Despite sustained episcopal diplomacy, the UGCC’s aspirations for unity with Ukrainian Orthodoxy proved structurally impossible due to deep-seated historical and institutional resistance from Orthodox hierarchs. Key challenges included the Orthodox suspicions of the Council, the controversy over Moscow Patriarchate observers, and the eventual rejection of an invitation to send observers, even after the unauthorized visit of one hierarch, Archbishop Mstyslav Skrypnyk, underscored the internal divisions within Ukrainian Orthodoxy. The study reveals a profound asymmetry in ecclesial memory that prevented Greek Catholic calls for unity from taking root in Orthodox consciousness. Article history: Received 25.11.2025; Revised 2.12.2025; Accepted 5.12.2025.Available online: 22.12.2025; Available print: 30.01.2026.en-US
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dc.identifierhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologialatina/article/view/9877
dc.identifier10.24193/theol.cath.latina.2025.LXX.2.03
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/3198
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherBabeș-Bolyai University / Cluj University Pressen-US
dc.relationhttps://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbtheologialatina/article/view/9877/9524
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2025 Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Catholica Latinaen-US
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en-US
dc.sourceStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Theologia Catholica Latina; Volume 70, No. 2, 2025; 42-67en-US
dc.source2065-944X
dc.source1582-2524
dc.source10.24193/theol.cath.latina.2025.LXX.2
dc.subjectUkrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC)en-US
dc.subjectSecond Vatican Council (Vatican II)en-US
dc.subjectUkrainian Orthodoxyen-US
dc.subjectEcumenismen-US
dc.subjectMetropolitan Andrei Sheptytskyen-US
dc.subjectMetropolitan Maxim Hermaniuken-US
dc.subjectArchbishop Mstyslav Skrypnyken-US
dc.titleECUMENICAL ASPIRATIONS AND ORTHODOX RESISTANCE: UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC EFFORTS TOWARD DIALOGUE AT VATICAN II, 1959-1965en-US
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dc.typePeer-reviewed Articleen-US
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