Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk, Vatican II and the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church

This volume offers a collection of essays, by internationally known

scholars, on the Ukrainian-Canadian Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk and the

Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church during the Second Vatican Council. A

number of essays describe the historical context of the Ukrainian

Greco-Catholic Church during and after the Council. Other essays focus

on Met. Hermaniuk’s contributions during the Council, from his speeches

on episcopal collegiality, ecumenism and the importance of the Eastern

Christian Churches, to his work on the various conciliar commissions.

Concluding sections of the volume then assess Hermaniuk’s efforts to

promote the reception of the Council in his church. These essays

critically engage and comment upon The Second Vatican Council Diaries

of Met. Maxim Hermaniuk, C.Ss.R. (1960-1965), Eastern Christian

Studies 15 (Leuven: Peeters, 2012). Two appendices include Met.

Hermaniuk’s commentary on Orientalium ecclesiarum, plus an essay on the

participation of the Ukrainian bishops at the Council.