Stepan Barna: Celebrating the 500th anniversary of the reformation,it is important to unite the Church
the Leading religious scholars of Ukraine and the world presented in Ternopil, the results of their research on the impact of the reformation and development of Protestantism, and also discussed the issue of religious freedom and the history of Christianity. "The Protestant Church in the context of national history and social transformations" - under such name was held a scientific-practical conference in Ternopil national pedagogical University named after Volodymyr Hnatiuk. Participated well-known scientists from different regions of Ukraine and the world, public figures, representatives of the authorities. "This year the whole world community celebrates the 500th anniversary of the reformation. This is an extremely significant event, which is of particular importance for the further development of European civilization. Therefore, we, as historians, religious scholars could not ignore this event", doctor of historical Sciences, Professor, theologian Ella Bystritskaya. Noting the 500th anniversary of the reformation, it is important to unite the churches, said the Chairman of regional state administration Stepan Barna. The priority must be the return of Christianity to the source, that is, biblical principles. "It's important for us to raise the question of the unity of all denominations of Christian churches that are on the territory of Ukraine, who have set themselves one goal – to ensure the territorial integrity and spiritual unity of the Ukrainian society", — said the head region. In the past, representatives of Protestant churches were persecuted and harassed, many of them were destroyed by Soviet authorities. For individual countries the world is still urgent problem of religious freedom. "Protestantism is a minority faith, is the faith of people who know the object of their faith, who were willing to pay a very high price for the object of their faith. And they pay her as in the days of Soviet persecution and in the days of the tsarist Empire. they won for himself a worthy place in the Ukrainian society. Think it's the window to Europe, which will help Ukraine to become difficult towards the West, but also to maintain the Christian Foundation," — said the doctor of philosophical Sciences, Professor of the Ukrainian Catholic UNIVERSITY Michael Shanks. The reformation gave birth to a new model of patriotism, which is based on a biblical worldview. Such patriotism is necessary for the rebirth of Ukraine, noted master of Philology, University of Warsaw, Director of East European leadership a form Yaroslav Lukasik "The ideas of the reformation are necessary for us. They are some guidance for Ukraine at this critical time of crisis. We need civil society, we are committed to the rule of law. History has very clearly shown the way how to do it. But it all starts with internal changes, the transformation in the hearts of Ukrainians", — said Yaroslav Lukasik. "Ukraine for years declares its European integration. And to go to Europe? It is necessary to have some achievement, some success in the spiritual, economic aspects. I believe that for Ukraine, God gave me the chance to become a full-fledged European country," — said senior Bishop of the Ukrainian Church of Christians of Evangelical faith, Mykhailo Panochko. The celebration of the 500th anniversary of the reformation in Ukraine introduced the representatives of the traditional churches. They see the need to return to specific identity in Biblical truths. This was reported in the Ternopil regional state administrationÏåðåâåäåíî ñåðâèñîì "ßíäåêñ.Ïåðåâîä÷èê": translate.yandex.ru.
Source: http://uzinform.com.ua/
