Announcing A DISTANCE LEARNING MASTER’S PROGRAM at the INSTITUTE OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES

The IES is a research and educational institute created in 2004 and dedicated to the cause of Christian unity. The Institute sets as its task to study the Church, the churches, and their relations in a: trans-disciplinary, inter-confessional and practical way THE INSTITUTE OF ECUMENICAL STUDIES PROMOTING THE ECUMENISM OF LIFE joint prayer for Christians belonging to different denominations or rites; rigorous and comprehensive academic research; the everyday life of mixed-faith families; friendship in the image of the relations that the Lord Jesus Christ established with His disciples; solidarity and civil engagement of Christians coming from different cultural or national traditions

SUPPORT AND BLESSING The activity of the IES is blessed and supported by: His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity His All Holiness Bartholomew І, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The Most Reverend Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana and all Albania, President of the World Council of Churches THE IES HONORARY COMMITTEE His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Grand Chancellor of the Ukrainian Catholic University His Excellency Antony Scharba, Archbishop of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States (Constantinople Patriarchate) Director of the Educational Complex of South Bound Brook (USA) Doctor of Theology Konrad Raiser, Pastor of the German Evangelical Church, University Professor, Former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches His Excellency Pierre d’Ornellas, Auxiliary Bishop of Rennes (France)

Distance Learning Master’s Program in Ecumenical Studies (DLPES)  A new project for the Institute  A new project for the world. No similar program currently exists!  A truly international opportunity:  Offered in English  International and multi- confessional faculty  Students from every country and confession are welcome to apply  An opportunity to learn and write under the guidance of an international Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant ecumenically active faculty, and to share ideas in a worldwide ecumenical network…  All without leaving home!

A Unique Location: Ukraine Ukraine is a place of encounters of European Christians of the Byzantine and Latin traditions, dating as far back as the Middle Ages. The Kyivan Church, which was born in the baptism of Kyiv- Rus’ by Volodymyr in 988, managed to preserve Eucharistic unity between all Christians until the 16th century. During the modern period, from the 16th through the 19th centuries, confessional differentiation among Christians increased. Nevertheless, the collective popular memory preserved a desire to restore the visible unity of the Church. The contemporary period is fundamentally characterized by the “signs of the times”, which demonstrate the necessity of a change of heart and reconciliation among Christians belonging to different confessions. The Orange Revolution, which took place in Ukraine in December 2004, was actively supported by the IES as it was a peaceful and spiritual event which revealed the great desire of Ukrainian Christians – Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant – to unite in a political, national and religious sense.

Courses and Faculty …and others Classes can be taken either towards the Master’s degree or INDIVIDUALLY  Survey of the Catholic Tradition  Survey of the Eastern Christian Tradition  Survey of Contemporary Contextual Theology  Ecumenical Theology  Christian History from an Ecumenical Perspective  Introduction to Ecumenical Christian Ethics  Ecumenical Ecclesiology  Ecumenical Hagiology …and others Father Cyril Hovorun, Ph.D., president of the department of external church relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Ukraine). Teaching: The Orthodox Church in the Ecumenical Movement Reverend Konrad Raiser, Ph.D., former General Secretary of the World Council of Churches (Germany). Teaching: Introduction to Ecumenical Social Ethics. Reverend Dagmar Heller, Ph.D., dean for academic affairs at Bossey Ecumenical Institute (Geneva). Teaching: Ecumenical Theology Father Emmanuel Clapsis, professor at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology (USA). Teaching: Ecumenical Ecclesiology. Father Thomas Baima, Ph.D., provost of the University of Saint Mary of the Lake / Mundelein Seminary Teaching: Bilateral and Multilateral Dialogues

Class Structure   A course of reading is chosen and provided by the professor, broken up into seven thematic sections, and made available through Moodle distance learning software.   Each section includes at least one piece of writing by the professor.   A dialogue of ideas is conducted through biweekly response papers, which students write and professors comment.   At the end of the semester, each student writes a page final paper per class.   Five courses are offered every semester. In Each Class:

Why DLPES?   A unique opportunity to earn a Master’s degree, through distance learning within a new field.   Becoming part of an online worldwide ecumenical community.   A first step into the professional and academic world of ecumenism.   A supplementary education for those working in other areas.   Credit and grading system compatible with ECTS (Bologna Agreement).   Low fees (by European and American standards).

DLPES: Cooperation Addition to the existing ecumenical programs Addition to the existing ecumenical programs Friendship Friendship Teaching Teaching Advertising Advertising Etc Etc

Visit the Distance Learning Program in Ecumenical Studies at: Institute of Ecumenical Studies Ukrainian Catholic University