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Theopolitics of the Orthodox World—Autocephaly of the Orthodox Churches as a Political, Not Theological Problem

Religions, 2022
The recognition of the autocephaly of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2019 sparked a debate in the Orthodox world about the legitimacy of such an act.
Barbara Baarová, Martin Solik
exaly   +3 more sources

The Separation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church From the Moscow Patriarchate as a Reflection of Ukrainian State Identity

Journal of Global Strategic Studies
This article discusses the formation of Ukrainian state identity in the struggle for the status of an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church from the Moscow Patriarchate. Since Ukraine's independence in 1991, the country has had two national churches and
Civa Syadza Masnun
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What Sustains Wars: Will to Fight Versus Military Might [PDF]

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1554, Issue 1, Page 66-86, December 2025.
This essay examines how psychosocial forces shape will to fight through the Devoted Actor Framework (DAF). Devoted actors, bound by sacred, non‐negotiable ideals and fused group identities, pursue a quest for ontological significance that sustains conflict beyond material incentives.
Scott Atran
wiley   +2 more sources

Autocephalous Trends in Ukrainian Church: Historical-Political View

RUDN Journal of Political Science, 2015
In this article, the author analyses the causes of the Autocephalous movement in Ukraine on the basis of memoirs of Metropolitan Benjamin (Fedchenkov). The activities of the Local Council Orthodox of Moscow of 1917-1918, and its decisions regarding the ...
Y L Olenchak
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Prawosławie i katolicyzm na Ukrainie w latach 1989-2014 - podejście ilościowe [PDF]

Nowa Polityka Wschodnia, 2020
The complex reality of religious and institutional situation in Ukraine (three orthodox churches; two catholic churches), imposed on ethnic relations, has a significant impact on the balance of power in Ukraine, reinforcing existing divisions: between ...
Tadeusz Dmochowski
doaj   +1 more source

De Facto or De Iure? Ukrainian Autocephaly as a Contentious Issue in Orthodoxy

Collectanea Theologica, 2023
The purpose of this article is to present the contentious issue of Ukrainian autocephaly in today’s Orthodox Church. The topic is developed in four sections. Firstly, the method of proclaiming autocephaly in the Orthodox Church is presented.
Tadeusz Kałużny
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The omitted role of the Churches in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

Stato, Chiese e Pluralismo Confessionale, 2022
SUMMARY: 1. Premise - 2. The recognition of the Autocephaly of the new Ukrainian Orthodox Church as a factor of crisis of relations between Ukraine and Russia - 3. The stages of the crisis - 4. The Kiev Metropolia of the Moscow Patriarchate and the War -
Giovanni Cimbalo
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The Political Situation in Ukraine in the Light of the Church Split [PDF]

Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН, 2018
In the article analyzed the religious factor during the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. The special attention payed to the positions of various religious associations, mainly Orthodox jurisdictions and protestant denominations as Russian Orthodox Church ...
Roman Lunkin
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Russian Baptism and Orthodoxy. By Constantine Prokhorov

Богословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2017
Book review: Russkii baptism i pravoslavie (Seriia “Dialog”) [Russian Baptism and Orthodoxy (Series “Dialogue”]. By Constantine Prokhorov. Moscow: Izdatel’stvo BBI. 2017. Pp. 450.
Andrei DUDCHENKO
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Eastern Christian Churches Between State and Society: An Overview of the Religious Landscape in Ukraine (1989–2014)

Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal, 2016
The decline of the communist regime in the late 1980s stimulated decentralizing processes within the Russian Orthodox Church; a final result being the emergence of Eastern Christian Churches in independent Ukraine: the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the ...
Natalia Shlikhta
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