“Dr. Taras Dzyubanskyy holds a PhD in Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Since October 2012, Taras has been working as an adviser for religious and ecumenical issues to the Mayor of Lviv. In May 2013, he inaugurated an interfaith centre “Libertas.” Taras has been awarded with several distinctions related to his innovative approach on interfaith dialogue and social issues. Alumnus of the UNAOC Fellowship Program, Taras is active in developing workshops and training for various interfaith dialogue centers and organizations. He also teaches at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine and at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He holds an advisory role at the John Paul II Center for Interreligious Dialogue. Taras is strongly committed to promoting interfaith and intercultural dialogue as he believes that people of different faiths have a lot to offer to humanity through their religious experiences and traditions which are an invaluable source of wisdom, prudence, love and respect. A motto that Taras identifies with is “Seek the truth, and the truth will set you free.””
