“Religion in the Lives of Individuals”: A Meeting with Patriarch Volodymyr

1995. Ukrainian television, the “Nauka” creative association. The program “Religion in Personalities” is dedicated to a meeting with Patriarch Volodymyr, Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate, and his deputy, Metropolitan Filaret. The program’s participants discuss the formation of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Church, its role in nation-building, and the prospects for recognition by the global Orthodox community.

Patriarch Volodymyr and Metropolitan Filaret discuss the contributions of Vasyl Lypkivsky and Metropolitan Ilarion Ohienko to the development of Ukrainian Orthodoxy, and address issues such as church-state relations, the activities of church communities, and the transition of liturgical services to the Ukrainian language. Audience members in the hall join the conversation, asking about the number of parishes and theological institutions of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyiv Patriarchate and the use of the Ukrainian language during worship services.

Host: Mykola Rybachuk, Ph.D., Professor.