SECURITY CHALLENGES FOR UKRAINIAN ORTHODOXY DURING THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR
SECURITY CHALLENGES FOR UKRAINIAN ORTHODOXY DURING THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR
Author(s): Liudmyla FylypovychSubject(s): Eastern Orthodoxy
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC); Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU); Russian Orthodox Church (ROC); inter-Orthodox conflict; state-church relations; Russian-Ukrainian war; ... .
Summary/Abstract: The article looks at the rapid changes taking place in the Orthodox environment of Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war, exploring the main challenges for Ukrainian Orthodoxy and the issue of the religious security of Ukraine. It discusses the Law “On the Protection of the Constitutional Order in the Sphere of Religious Organisations” adopted by the Ukrainian Parliament on August 20, 2024, and the tensions within Ukrainian Orthodoxy, notably from the perspective of the relations between the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), and the position of the UOC towards the Russian Orthodox Church.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Theologia Catholica Latina
- Issue Year: 69/2024
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 63-80
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English