Cyril Hovorun
Director of the Huffington Ecumenical Institute | Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
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Biography
Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun is a graduate of the Theological Academy in Kyiv and the National University in Athens; he completed his doctoral studies at Durham University in the UK. He served as a chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and the first deputy chairman of the Educational Committee of the Russian Orthodox Church. Later, he did his research as a fellow at Yale and Columbia Universities and as a visiting professor at the University of Münster in Germany. He is an international fellow at Chester Ronning Centre for the Study of Religion and Public Life at the University of Alberta in Canada and an invited professor at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
More than 500 pieces of his research and journalism have been published in 30 languages. His books include "Eastern Christianity in Its Texts" (London: T&T Clark, 2022); "La riconciliazione delle memorie: Ricordare le separazioni tra le Chiese e la ricerca dell’unità" (Roma: San Paolo, 2021, in co-authorship with Lothar Vogel and Stefano Cavallotto); "Political Orthodoxies: The Unorthodoxies of the Church Coerced" (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2018; Ukrainian translation published in 2018); "Ukrainian Public Theology" (Kyiv: Dukh і Litera, 2017, in Ukrainian), "Scaffolds of the Church: Towards Poststructural Ecclesiology" (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2017; Ukrainian translation published in 2018; Russian translation published in 2024); "Meta-Ecclesiology, Chronicles on Church Awareness" (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015; Ukrainian translation published in 2017); "From Antioch to Xi’an: an Evolution of ‘Nestorianism’ "(Hong Kong: Chinese Orthodox Press, 2014, in Chinese and English); "Will, Action and Freedom. Christological Controversies in the Seventh Century" (Leiden - Boston: Brill, 2008).
Education (5)
Durham University: PhD in Theology, Theology 2004
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: BA, Theology 2000
Kyiv Theological Academy: MA, Theology 1998
Kyiv Theological Seminary: BA, Theology 1994
Kyiv National University: unfinished, Theoretical physics
Areas of Expertise (4)
Christology and Trinity in the Early Church
Ecclesiology
Byzantine theology
Public theology
Accomplishments (1)
Fr. Cyril Hovorun's ecumenical commitments included representing the Russian Orthodox Church to:
• Orthodox-Lutheran dialogue • Orthodox-Anglican dialogue • Orthodox-Roman Catholic dialogue • Orthodox-Oriental dialogue • Orthodox-Jewish dialogue • Dialogue of the Orthodox Churches and the United Bible Societies
Affiliations (13)
- Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles
- Stockholm School of Theology
- Chester Ronning Centre For the Study of Religion and Public Life at the University of Alberta
- Yale University
- Columbia University
- Doctoral School of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches
- Saint Irenaeus Joint Orthodox-Catholic Working Group
- Past member of the Accompaniment group for the Ecumenical Institute at the Château de Bossey, which is a part of the World Council of Churches and attached to the University of Geneva
- Past member of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations
- Past member of the Steering committee for the Orthodox-Eastern Catholic dialogue
- Past member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches
- Past member of the Drafting group for the Unity Statement of the General Assembly of WCC in Busan
Media Appearances (14)
Faith on the Ukrainian Fault Line
BBC radio
2016-08-21
Talking on religion in the post-Maidan Ukraine
EXPLAINED: Why ‘Russian World’ Doctrine Declared Heresy Is Important for Orthodoxy
Kyiv Post online
2024-05-26
Interview about the Orthodox Church of Ukraine declaring at a synod that the Russian Church’s teachings were heretical.
The Orthodox churches still think in imperial terms
New Eastern Europe online
2024-04-11
Interview concerning the paper, “Christian duty in Ukraine.”
Геть від Папи, УПЦ заборонити, Трамп – чорт. Архімандрит Кирило Говорун про контексти, які маємо враховувати, перш ніж волати про зраду
Українська правда
2024-03-25
Discussion on the complexities of Pope Francis's statements on the war in Ukraine, the challenges of banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), the influence of Russian propaganda, and the necessity of nuanced diplomacy and advocacy to combat misinformation and support Ukraine on the global stage.
Poetin is de misdienaar van patriarch Kirill. Zonder de kerk zou er geen oorlog in Oekraïne zijn geweest
Nederlands Dagblad online
2024-02-10
Interview
ПОЯСНЕННЯ: ПЦУ визнала єретичним вчення про «Русскій мір» - чому це важливо
Kyiv Post online
2024-05-18
Interview
Is Religious Liberty ‘Under Attack’ in Ukraine?
The Wall Street Journal online
2024-03-22
Interview discussing Ukraine's dilemma of dealing with an Orthodox church controlled by Russia.
A New Church for War Veterans Has Muscovites Struggling to Save Their Park
The Moscow Times online
2024-02-02
A New Church for War Veterans Has Muscovites Struggling to Save Their Park
Ukrainian Primate: Beware Russian propaganda
Church Times online
2024-02-02
Ukrainian Primate: Beware Russian propaganda
Архімандрит Кирило Говорун: У РПЦ може з’явитися свій Пригожин
Glavcom.ua
2024-01-26
Архімандрит Кирило Говорун: У РПЦ може з’явитися свій Пригожин
Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun to Orthodox Times: Why the Patriarch of Moscow defrocked me
Orthodox Times online
2024-01-30
Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun to Orthodox Times: Why the Patriarch of Moscow defrocked me
Russia’s plan to seduce Christians in Africa
The Economist online
2024-01-25
Russia’s plan to seduce Christians in Africa
«Скоро станет неприличным быть не лишенным сана». Архимандрит Кирилл Говорун дал «Новой-Европа» первое интервью после отстранения от РПЦ из-за антивоенных взглядов
Новая газета online
2024-01-20
«Скоро станет неприличным быть не лишенным сана». Архимандрит Кирилл Говорун дал «Новой-Европа» первое интервью после отстранения от РПЦ из-за антивоенных взглядов
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