War and Autocephaly in Ukraine

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dc.contributor.authorHovorun, Cyril
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-23T23:24:47Z
dc.date.available2021-02-23T23:24:47Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractA series of conflicts that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union culminated in the war in Ukraine waged by Russia in 2014. The international community was taken by surprise, and its reactions to the Russian aggression were often confused and inadequate. Even more confused and inadequate were the responses from global Christianity. Russian propaganda often renders the aggression against Ukraine as a quasi-religious conflict: a "holy war" against the "godless" or "heterodox" West. It would be natural, therefore, for the Christian churches worldwide to loudly condemn both propaganda and aggression. However, in most cases, their response was silence. Such reactions came from most local Orthodox churches, the Roman Catholic church, and international ecumenical organizations such as the World Council of Churches. An exception was the reaction from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which decided to grant autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The article argues that the Tomos for autocephaly was, among other reasons, a reaction to the war in Ukraine. The responses of other local Orthodox churches to the Tomos also indicate their attitude to the war in Ukraine. These reactions have demonstrated a profound crisis in inter-Orthodox solidarity and social ethics.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHovorun, Cyril. War and Autocephaly in Ukraine / Cyril Hovorun // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2020. - № 7. - P. 1-25.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.18523/kmhj219645.2020-7.1-25
dc.identifier.urihttps://ekmair.ukma.edu.ua/handle/123456789/19577
dc.language.isoenuk_UA
dc.relation.sourceKyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal.en_US
dc.statusfirst publisheduk_UA
dc.subjectwaren_US
dc.subjectchurch diplomacyen_US
dc.subjectTomosen_US
dc.subjectautocephalyen_US
dc.subjectthe Ecumenical Patriarchateen_US
dc.subjectthe Orthodox Church of Ukraineen_US
dc.subjectarticleen_US
dc.titleWar and Autocephaly in Ukraineen_US
dc.typeArticleuk_UA
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