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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate (UOC-KP; Ukrainian: Украї́нська Правосла́вна Це́рква – Ки́ївський Патріарха́т (УПЦ-КП), translit. Ukrayínsʹka Pravoslávna Tsérkva – Kýyivsʹkyy Patriarkhát (UPTs-KP)) is one of the three major Orthodox churches in Ukraine, alongside the Ukrainian Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (which is a part of the Russian Orthodox Church), and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC).As a jurisdiction, the Kiev Patriarchate is unrecognised by the canonical Eastern Orthodox churches and is regarded as a schismatic grouping by the Moscow Patriarchate. Nevertheless, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew in early September 2018 indicated that the Church of Constantinople does not recognise the Moscow Patriarchate's claim to ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the region of today's Metropolis of Kiev; the decision by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of 11 October 2018 formally abrogated the legal consequences of the handover of the Kiev metropolis to Moscow effected in 1686, and thus de jure restored its ecclesiastical jurisdiction over Ukraine recognizing the bishops of the Kiev Patriarchate, along with those of the other two major jurisdictions, as canonical bishops of the Ecumenical throne of Constantinople.The St. Volodymyr's Cathedral in Kiev is the patriarchal cathedral of the UOC-KP. The primate of the church is Patriarch Filaret (Denysenko), who was enthroned in 1995. Filaret (Denysenko) was excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1997, but the Synod and Sobor of the UOC-KP do not recognize this action.
Following the Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople of 9–11 October 2018 Filaret (Denysenko) was canonically reinstated and the decision was made to proceed with the granting of autocephaly to the Church of Ukraine. As a consequence, the Kiev Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church are planning to merge with pro-independence bishops of the Moscow Patriarchate into an independent (autocephalous) Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which is expected to receive a tomos—an ecclesiastical decree on autocephaly by the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
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2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism | Wikipedia audio article
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2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism
00:03:13 1 Background
00:08:39 1.1 Russkiy Mir vs Romiosyne
00:09:10 1.1.1 Russkiy Mir
00:09:58 1.1.2 Romiosyne
00:10:32 1.2 1996 schism over Estonia
00:11:51 2 Deterioration of Moscow–Constantinople relations
00:12:31 2.1 Three Orthodox churches in Ukraine
00:15:28 2.2 Ecumenical Patriarchate and the ecclesiastical situation in Ukraine
00:19:31 3 Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine
00:19:42 3.1 June 2016 request of autocephaly
00:21:01 3.2 April 2018 request of autocephaly
00:26:39 3.3 Ecumenical Patriarch's legates in Ukraine and reactions of the Russian Orthodox Church
00:29:30 3.4 September 2018: Russian Orthodox synod's retaliatory measures and the aftermath
00:32:39 3.5 11 October 2018 communiqué of the synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
00:37:13 3.6 29 November 2018 communiqué of the synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
00:39:36 4 Break of communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate by the Russian Orthodox Church
00:40:36 4.1 Declarations by the Russian Orthodox Church
00:50:35 4.2 Declarations by the Ecumenical Patriarchate
00:51:00 5 Events in Ukraine
00:51:09 5.1 Transfer of St Andrew's church
00:53:27 5.2 Cancellation of the transfer of the Pochayiv Lavra
00:55:10 5.3 Planned unification council
01:05:19 5.3.1 Convocation of the council
01:08:03 5.3.2 Disagreement with the UOC-KP
01:12:53 5.3.3 Unification council
01:14:47 5.3.4 Election of Metropolitan Epiphany
01:15:12 5.4 Ukrainian Supreme Court
01:15:59 5.5 Kerch Strait incident
01:16:40 6 Reactions
01:16:49 6.1 International community
01:18:50 6.2 Responses from other autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches
01:19:02 6.2.1 Church of Cyprus
01:19:57 6.2.2 Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the Polish Orthodox Church
01:21:47 6.2.3 Serbian Orthodox Church and the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
01:24:13 6.2.4 Georgian Orthodox Church
01:25:32 6.2.5 Romanian Orthodox Church
01:26:58 6.2.6 Albanian Orthodox Church
01:28:59 6.2.7 Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia
01:29:59 6.2.8 Other Orthodox churches
01:30:43 6.3 Responses from churches under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church
01:30:56 6.3.1 Belarusian Orthodox Church
01:32:05 6.3.2 Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
01:33:58 6.3.3 Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
01:37:34 6.3.4 Archdiocese of Chersonesus
01:38:25 6.4 Responses from churches under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate
01:38:37 6.4.1 Archdiocese of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe
01:40:21 6.4.1.1 Defection of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Nativity of Christ
01:42:55 6.4.1.2 Dissolution of the archdiocese
01:46:16 6.4.2 American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese
01:46:40 6.4.3 Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Germany
01:47:51 7 Canonical issues
01:50:21 7.1 Ecumenical Patriarchate's claims
01:54:39 7.2 Arguments against the Ecumenical Patriarchate's claims
01:57:07 7.3 Possibility of a pan-Orthodox synaxis on the question of Ukraine
02:01:07 8 See also
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The Moscow–Constantinople schism, also known as the Orthodox Church schism of 2018, is a schism which began on 15 October 2018 when the Russian Orthodox Church unilaterally severed full communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. This was done in response to a decision of the synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate on 11 October 2018 to move towards granting independence (autocephaly) to the orthodox Church of Ukraine, to reestablish the stauropegion of the Ecumenical Patriarch in Kiev, to revoke the legal binding of the letter of 1686 which led to the Russian Orthodox Church establishing jurisdiction over the Ukrainian Church, and to lift the excommunications which affected clergy and faithful of two unrecognized Orthodox churches in Ukraine.Those two churches (the UAOC and the UOC-KP) were competing with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) and were, and still are, considered schismatics b ...
Духовный кризис украинского общества. Пути и способы преодоления.
Духовный кризис украинского общества. Пути и способы преодоления.
В рамках проекта «Всем миром к добру и объединению» недавно, в г. Кировоград, состоялся круглый стол представителей разных религиозных конфессий. Каждый из представителей высказался о том, что все конфессии должны объединиться и нести людям доброту и единство. А это возможно сделать на основе культурно-нравственных ценностей и духовного развития.
В конце круглого стола, представители Международного общественного движения «АЛЛАТРА», вручили каждому участнику книгу Анастасии Новых АллатРа. Смотрите подробнее на канале «АллатРа ТВ»:
Liszt - Wilhelm Tell Songs v.2 - Drei Lieder aus Wilhelm Tell
Pianist Artem Belogurov collaborates with Soprano Farah Darliette Lewis on Liszt's Wilhem Tell Songs, second version, s.292b, published in 1855. Performed January 13, 2011 at St. John's Episcopal Church, under the auspices of the JP Concerts series and Mr. Peter Terry.
The following are notes I made in researching the songs for performance, and are thus quite informal.
Drei Lieder aus Wilhelm Tell (1860)
1. Der Fischerknabe (Es lächelt der See)
2. Der Hirt (Ihr Matten lebt wohl)
3. Der Alpenjäger (Es donnern die Höh'n)
The original versions were composed for tenor voice & piano in 1845, (S.292a) and published in 1847 by Haslinger (Vienna) The 2nd version (ours) S.292b were revised/composed for soprano or tenor voice & piano, 1855 and published in 1859 by Kahnt (Leipzig). At the same time, he orchestrated these versions for voice & orchestra, 1855 (S.372), though those weren't published until 1872 by Kahnt (Leipzig). The original Liszt works are beautiful, quite dramatic and virtuosic for both the piano and vocal parts.
However, the texts for these songs have very specific cultural & dramatic references in that, the author of the Wilhelm Tell play (Schiller) wrote them to be sung to Ranz des Vaches (procession of the cows) melodies which are Swiss Mountain songs originally sung by shepherds while working or grazing dairy cows. They are the types of 'stereotypical' melodies heard on Swiss alp horns, and so will often have the chord progressions, intervals and themes associated with natural horn instruments and pastoral movements, making use of the overtone series or scalar figures, etc. They can also be sung a capella in all Swiss languages and the Swiss have a deep attachment to these songs even today. In the days when Swiss mercenaries were abroad in foreign armies, the songs were often banned, in an effort to keep the soldiers-for-hire from feeling homesick enough to abandon their posts.
Schiller's stage direction indicates that the three songs are to be sung one after the other by a fisherman, shepherd and mountain hunter at the opening of the play, and it appears that they serve as a sort of overture to the dramatic work. It's my guess that Liszt may have been inspired to rearrange/rewrite these songs 10 years after the originals in an effort to set the songs in a way that would be usable in the setting of the play itself, rather an as 'art songs' per se, as the original version composed in 1945 was. It may be appropriate therefore to step outside the traditional restraint often accorded to German Lieder performances and grant the Wilhelm Tells songs a bit more dramatic presentation. At least it seems correct to assume that the 3 different stage characters who sing these would sing them as themselves singing traditional songs/stories of their trades rather than as singer/collaborator accomplishing a piece of music.
PERFORMER BIOS -
Artem Belogurov received his early training at the Stolyarsky School of Music for Gifted Children in Odessa, Ukraine, majoring in piano performance, composition, and music theory. He was the laureate of several piano and composition competitions in the Ukraine, including Heinrich Neuhaus Piano Competition in Kirovograd and Vorzel Chamber Music Competition in Kiev. In 2005 he was accepted to New England Conservatory in Boston and graduated with a Bachelor degree in piano performance in 2009.
Farah Lewis, soprano, is a Masters' candidate (May '11) and Presidential Scholar at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge. Miss Lewis specializes in both lyrical and florid singing and holds Art Song, Operatic Performance & Oratorio close to her heart. In-home recitals presented on a theme special to the hosts and their guests are another favorite performance milieu. Farah holds bachelor degrees from both New England Conservatory and Tufts University, and currently studies with soprano Karyl Ryczek.
Afrikan Spir | Wikipedia audio article
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Afrikan Spir
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- Socrates
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Afrikan Aleksandrovich Spir (Russian: Африка́н Алекса́ндрович Спир; German: Afrikan (von) Spir; French: African (de) Spir; Italian: Africano Spir; 15 November 1837 – 26 March 1890) was a Russian Neo-Kantian philosopher of German-Greek descent who wrote primarily in German. His book Denken und Wirklichkeit (Thought and Reality) exerted a lasting impact on the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Timeline of the Euromaidan | Wikipedia audio article
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Timeline of the Euromaidan
00:00:46 1 21–29 November 2013
00:05:41 2 30 November attack on protesters
00:08:24 3 1 December 2013 Euromaidan riots
00:09:07 4 2–7 December 2013
00:17:08 5 8–10 December 2013
00:27:13 6 11 December 2013 police clash with protesters
00:34:39 7 12–16 December 2013
00:39:41 8 17 December 2013 Ukrainian–Russian action plan
00:42:38 9 18–31 December 2013
00:48:32 10 1–15 January 2014
00:51:47 11 16 January 2014 anti-protest laws
00:56:16 12 19–27 January 2014
01:09:03 13 28 January–5 February 2014
01:18:19 14 6–17 February 2014
01:24:42 15 18–23 February 2014
01:28:34 16 Aftermath
01:30:01 16.1 Crimean crisis
01:30:10 16.2 War in Donbass
01:30:18 17 See also
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The Euromaidan (Ukrainian: Євромайдан, Yevromaidan, literally Eurosquare) was a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on the night of 21 November 2013 with very large public protests demanding closer European integration. The scope of the protests evolved over subsequent months, culminating in resignation of Azarov's government and ousting of President Yanukovych. Protesters also have stated they joined because of the dispersal of protesters on 30 November and a will to change life in Ukraine. By 25 January 2014 the protests had been fueled by the perception of widespread government corruption, abuse of power, and violation of human rights in Ukraine.