The religious situation in Ukraine: will there be an end to the confrontation?
https://doi.org/10.26907/2079-5912.2023.3.86-93
Abstract
After the collapse of the USSR, transformation processes began to take place in the former republics of the Soviet Union in all spheres of social, political, spiritual and cultural life. The interfaith relations did not remain the same: we can see tension within Orthodoxy, in particular, between the church structures of the Kiev and Moscow Patriarchate, which continues today.
The independence of the country caused to life the old idea of creating a united Ukrainian church on the principle: the national state - the national church. This position was also supported by the political leadership of the newly formed state.
It is characteristic that the social and religious processes taking place in the former Republics of the Soviet Union are carried out according to the same algorithm, which testifies to a certain pattern, which probably results from the same purpose: to free themselves from Russia's influence not only in political and administrative terms, as a successor to the USSR, but also to try to break religious and canonical ties with the former metropolis by uniting scattered institutional entities into a single and one national and confessional structure. However, despite the fact of achievement of this goal (the establishment of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine) the confrontation did not stop because other interfaith problems as well as personal problems of some church hierarchs had not been resolved.
The article raises the question of the further development of the religious situation in Ukraine.
About the Author
A. K. Pogasiy
Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pogasiy Anatoly Kirillovich, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Professor of the Department of Religious Studies, Institute of Social and Philosophical Sciences and Mass Communications
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Pogasiy A.K. The religious situation in Ukraine: will there be an end to the confrontation? The Kazan Socially-Humanitarian Bulletin. 2023;(3 (60)):86-93. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26907/2079-5912.2023.3.86-93
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