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We live in a world in which external limitations on the individual are becoming fewer and fewer. This concerns not only freedom of movement or access to information. The very architecture of human life is changing: what only a few centuries ago was determined by one’s place of birth, social status, territory, access to knowledge, profession, or tradition today depends to a much greater extent on personal choice.

We continue the webinar series of the “Youth for the Future of Ukraine” project, and today we are discussing perhaps one of the most demonized words in the context of the Ukrainian church conflict — the word “compromise.”

Archpriest Heorhii Khodun, Volyn Orthodox Theological Academy, Orthodox Church of Ukraine The years of Russia’s full-scale aggression have significantly transformed perceptions of Ukraine’s post-war recovery.

“If it has to be explained, then it does not need to be explained” – one of the most popular expressions defining the boundary between “our own” and “outsiders” in our society. Immediate affinity and a minimum of radical otherness are critical prerequisites for productive interaction.

The authors of the article proceed from the thesis voiced by President Zelenskyy upon the adoption of Law of Ukraine No. 3894-IX “On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Sphere of Activities of Religious Organizations” (referred to as the law on spiritual independence): an independent state must also be spiritually independent.

Maryna Starodubska, cross-cultural interaction consultant, Adjunct Professor at Kyiv-Mohyla Business School, and author How social norms govern our behavior When implementing profound social change, simple

I would like to begin my presentation by returning to the paper “Faith in One Church: Myth or Reality?”, presented by Doctor of Theology, Professor of the Kyiv Theological Academy Serhii Bortnyk at the webinar “Myths and Prejudices as Obstacles to the Unity of Ukrainian Orthodoxy.”

Million-scale donations for the needs of the military, often without demands for formal reporting, combined with the desire to pay as little tax as possible or not to pay taxes at all. A willingness to share one’s last possessions in order to help even not particularly close acquaintances whose homes have been destroyed, combined with corrupt schemes of an audacity unheard of even in a country that is not at war.

Edited transcript of a broadcast on the Pryamyi TV channel. Natalka Fitsych spoke with Myroslav Marynovych – a human rights activist, founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group, dissident, and political prisoner of the Soviet era.

Millions in donations for the needs of the military, often without demands for formal reporting, alongside the desire to pay as little tax as possible or not to pay taxes at all. A willingness to share one’s last possessions to help even not-so-close acquaintances whose homes have been destroyed, alongside corrupt schemes of an audacity unheard of even in a country that is not at war.

Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky impresses me with how, having been raised in a Polish aristocratic environment, he managed to understand the character and destiny of Ukrainians and describe very clearly the reasons behind their defeats. Moreover, he repeatedly addressed us with warnings.

“This is not only a war for territory. It is a war for our souls, for our identity, for our values, because this is an existential war”.

I believe that there are people in government who sincerely care about Ukraine’s victory and prosperity. Nor is there any shortage of such people outside government.

After its defeat in the Second World War, Germany lay in ruins comparable perhaps only to present-day Bakhmut, Soledar, and Avdiivka. Overall, 45% of the housing stock on the territory of the Third Reich was destroyed during the Second World War.

To prevail in the war and win the future, it is not enough to love one’s homeland. It is not enough to dislike Russians. It is not enough to speak Ukrainian, cultivate the cult of Stepan Bandera, or even be prepared to kill and die for Ukraine. We need to have in our imagination a vision of Ukraine – a dream of a Ukrainian “city upon a hill.”

When cohesion policy is discussed in Ukraine, the focus is almost always on the territorial dimension: disparities between Kyiv and the regions, between large cities and the periphery, and between donor communities and recipient communities.

Whereas previously there was a strict Byzantine binary of “Church – state,” now there is a more intriguing triangle of “Church – society – state.” As with any transition from 2D to 3D, the Church-political picture has become more complex, but it now corresponds more closely to the rapidly evolving realities in Ukraine.

Ukrainian political culture is based on principles that have sound and progressive origins, but in Ukrainian political realities they sometimes cease to serve their original purpose.

For a considerable part of its history, Ukraine was under the oppression of neighboring states, subjected to attacks from all sides, censorship, and subjugation. For years, our history was rewritten and distorted, our traumas were silenced and denied, our intelligentsia was murdered, and attempts were made to destroy our language.

“Ukraine’s transformation of weakness into strength is not the cunning of ressentiment but a mythological transformation. It is how a child becomes an adult,” reflects

A conversation about the future: what it could look like and who is responsible for shaping it. Below is a summary of a dialogue between

Serhii Proleiev is a philosopher and writer. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree and serves as Head of the Department of Philosophy of Culture,

Ten or twenty years ago, Ukrainian intellectuals were actively – though entirely unsuccessfully – preoccupied with the search for a “national idea.” More recently, however, this theme has largely been displaced by discussions of the “social contract.”

It is a dynamic condition of society that requires shared, unifying solutions – often uncomfortable ones. Maryna Starodubska During the annual conference of the Georgiy

The full-scale war has now continued for more than half a year, and along many sections of the front it has turned into positional warfare. Fatigue, losses, trauma, uncertainty about the future, and a threat that shows no sign of disappearing are all making themselves felt.

Undoubtedly, this is a powerful and profound text that has sparked intense discussion. It is recommended reading for everyone. Especially for parents who are thinking about the future of their children.

“A Vision of Ukraine’s Future as an Inspiration for Our Resilience.” That is the topic of our conversation, and I will try to answer it quite literally. It seems to me that we first need to make several clarifications.