On Thursday, November 17, 2016 the Red Hall of Chernivtsi National University named after Yuriy Fedkovych was the place of lecture by the monograph of His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar – “Andrey Sheptytsky Galician Metropolitan (1901-1944), a forerunner of ecumenism”, as winner of Ivan Franko International Prize.

By the will of His Beatitude Cardinal and Archbishop Emeritus Lubomyr, the lecture was delivered by the Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Director of the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Professor, Head of the Faculty of the International Information of the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Basic Sciences of the National University “Lviv Polytechnic”, Stepan Pavliuk.

The event was also attended by Director of Ivan Franko International Fund, Ihor Kurus and Doctor of Philology, Professor of the Faculty of Philology, writer Boris Bunchuk.

Ihor Kurus thanked Chernivtsi National University named after Yuriy Fedkovych, headed by Rector Stepan Melnychuk, for cooperation and support of the Prize. He also informed that starting from January 15 of next year the Fund will accept papers for Ivan Franko International Prize 2017.

In its speech the academician Stepan Pavliuk outlined the main theses of work of His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar. In particular, he emphasized that the main idea of the monograph is a unity: “implementation of ecumenical idea is impossible without unity in society and convergence of Christian Churches in Ukraine, at least social movement for its implementation could be a core component of a successful path to statehood,” stated the speaker.

Solemn academia was held in the fifth central building of the university, where student Ivan Franko trod 125 years ago.