Ukrainian Church Autocephaly: The Redrawing of the Religious Borders and Political Identities in the Conflict between Ukraine and Russia
There has been a sudden change of religious and political boundaries and identities between the Ukraine and Russia and within the Ukraine. This edition of the
Russian Analytical Digest considers the political implications of the recent establishment of an autocephalous
Orthodox Church of Ukraine, independent from the
Moscow Patriarchate. Alexander Ponomariov addresses how the dispute between the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople and the
Moscow Patriarchate, over Orthodoxy in Ukraine, is reshaping religious identities and political boundaries. Regina Elsner examines the political entanglements and power struggles in the efforts to unify Orthodoxy in Ukraine and their potential influence on the relationships between the country’s Orthodox churches in future.
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