VOA标准英语2008年-Ukraine and Russia Face Off Over Christian Orth
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（七月）
Top Orthodox Christian 1 leaders gathered in Ukraine's capital this week to mark the 1,020th anniversary of the region's conversion 2 to Christianity. But Russian leaders are viewing the festivities as a politically motivated demonstration 3 of a growing schism 4 between the Ukrainian and Russian churches. As Emma Stickgold reports for the VOA from Moscow, apparent political overtones threatened to cast a pall 5 over the elaborate religious ceremonies.
On the surface it seemed like a routine celebration of Christianity's rich history in the region, as the haunting melodies of traditional Christian chants mixed with scent 6 of incense 7 sent swirling 8 by Orthodox clergy 9 in their customary gold vestments.
But numerous comments and actions preceding the solemn liturgy 10 were viewed by many in Moscow as a clear sign that Ukraine is trying to consolidate 11 its three Orthodox churches into one united church that is no longer under Russian influence.
Orthodox believers in Ukraine and Russia trace their faith to Kyivan Rus, an ancient state that ruled Ukraine and parts of today's Russia, and which adopted Christianity in 988. Over the centuries, Ukrainians and Russians developed separate ethnic 12 identities and languages.
During the Soviet 13 era, the Orthodox patriarch in Moscow had control over Ukraine's Orthodox churches. Many of them continue to recognize the Moscow patriarch, but other Ukrainians are seeking recognition of their own church leader in Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko ruffled 14 some feathers Saturday when he asked Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Istanbul-based spiritual leader for about 250 million people worldwide, to bless the creation of a Ukrainian church that would be independent of Russia.
Mr. Yushchenko says he considers Patriarch Bartholomew's visit as recognition of the achievements of Ukrainian Christians 15 and the Ukrainian Church.
The Russian and Ukrainian churches both fall under the purview 16 of the Orthodox Christian church and Patriarch Bartholomew, who arrived last week in Kyiv.
Bartholomew says he came to celebrate a joint 17 mass in favor of unifying 18 all Orthodox believers in Ukraine into one church.
Though his remarks were non-committal, they were seen by many in Ukraine and Russia as supportive of the bid to move away from Russia's jurisdiction 19. Russian Orthodox leaders downplayed the perceived backing of an independent Ukrainian church.
But President Yushchenko's role in this weekend's ceremonies gave it a political charge that made Moscow uneasy, with Ministry 20 of Foreign Affairs officials calling recent Ukrainian actions disrespectful towards Russian Orthodox leaders.
The reaction underscored recent political tensions that have emerged surrounding Ukraine's bid to join NATO against Moscow's wishes, and other brewing 21 skirmishes such as the fate of the Russian naval 22 base in Sevastopol on Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
Russia Profile magazine editor Andrei Zolotov, whose area of specialty 23 is the Orthodox Church, told VOA that the politicization of this weekends' event was in no way subtle, and that there may be repercussions 24 if the church's fate remains 25 in the political arena 26.
"So, sooner or later, these issues have to be resolved and the unification of the orthodoxies in Ukraine is very necessary and this is a very, kind of the whole situation is a very painful wound on the body of the Orthodox Church worldwide, but of course the attempt to push these measures - to have an excessive kind of pressure from the government to do this can result not in healing this wound, but in actually exacerbating 27 the problem," said Andrei Zolotov.
But Patriarch Bartholomew said the unity 28 of the church transcends 29 any political or religious objective.
- They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
- His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。
- He underwent quite a conversion.他彻底变了。
- Waste conversion is a part of the production process.废物处理是生产过程的一个组成部分。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- The church seems to be on the brink of schism.教会似乎处于分裂的边缘。
- While some predict schism,others predict a good old fashioned compromise.在有些人预测分裂的同时，另一些人预测了有益的老式妥协。
- Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall.饭店里的饭菜已经不像以前那样诱人。
- I find his books begin to pall on me after a while.我发觉他的书读过一阵子就开始对我失去吸引力。
- The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
- The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。
- This proposal will incense conservation campaigners.这项提议会激怒环保人士。
- In summer,they usually burn some coil incense to keep away the mosquitoes.夏天他们通常点香驱蚊。
- Snowflakes were swirling in the air. 天空飘洒着雪花。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- She smiled, swirling the wine in her glass. 她微笑着，旋动着杯子里的葡萄酒。 来自辞典例句
- I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
- All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
- A clergyman read the liturgy from the prayer-book.一名牧师照着祈祷书念祷文。
- The mass is the church a kind of liturgy.弥撒是教会的一种礼拜仪式。
- The two banks will consolidate in July next year. 这两家银行明年7月将合并。
- The government hoped to consolidate ten states to form three new ones.政府希望把十个州合并成三个新的州。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
- Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
- His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
- These are questions that lie outside the purview of our inquiry.这些都不是属于我们调查范围的问题。
- That,however,was beyond the purview of the court;it was a diplomatic matter.但是，那已不在法庭权限之内；那是个外交问题。
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- In addition, there were certain religious bonds of a unifying kind. 此外，他们还有某种具有一种统一性质的宗教上的结合。
- There is a unifying theme, and that is the theme of information flow within biological systems. 我们可以用一个总的命题，把生物学系统内的信息流来作为这一研究主题。
- It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
- Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
- Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
- His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。
- The collapse of the company will have repercussions for the whole industry. 这家公司的垮台将会给整个行业造成间接的负面影响。
- Human acts have repercussions far beyond the frontiers of the human world. 人类行为所产生的影响远远超出人类世界的范围。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
- He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。
- This pedagogical understretch is exacerbating social inequalities. 这种教学张力不足加重了社会不平等。 来自互联网
- High fertilizer prices are exacerbating the problem. 高涨的肥料价格更加加剧了问题的恶化。 来自互联网
- When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
- We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。
- The chemical dilution technique transcends most of the difficulties. 化学稀释法能克服大部分困难。
- The genius of Shakespeare transcends that of all other English poets. 莎士比亚的才华胜过所有的其他英国诗人。