A CONFESSIONAL CONFLICT ON UKRAINE 2018/2019 Cover Image

KONFLIKT KONFESYJNY NA UKRAINIE PRZEŁOMU LAT 2018/2019
A CONFESSIONAL CONFLICT ON UKRAINE 2018/2019

Author(s): Adam Myślicki
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, History of Religion
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Geopolityczne
Keywords: Ukraine;Orthodox Church of Ukraine;Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate);Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate);Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church;autocephaly;Orthodox Church

Summary/Abstract: The Unification Council of the Orthodox churches of Ukraine held on 15th December2018 and the granting of the tomos on autocephaly by the Patriarch of Constantinople,the Bartholomew I on 6th January 2019, have initiated, lasting to date, the religiouscommunities’ conversion process from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (MoscowPatriarchate) subordinated to the Russian Orthodox Church, to the jurisdiction of newlyestablished Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The article’s aim is the analysis of the rivalryon followers, that has transformed into the informational war. Furtherly, the mostimportant laws providing the juridical foundation for the process implemented by theVerkhovna Rada of Ukraine were analysed, and – as widely as possible – the basicstatistical data on its intensity was investigated.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 29
  • Page Range: 102-121
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish