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Article: Orthodox Church divisions in newly independent Ukraine, 1991-1995.
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- East European Quarterly
- Article date:
- September 22, 2007
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The Orthodox Church has played a prominent role in Ukrainian life and culture since the Christianization of Kievan Rus in 988. Historical developments in the pre-Soviet centuries and the Soviet period illustrate the centrality of the Eastern Orthodox Church through the ages. The Church evolved into three competing religious jurisdictions during Ukraine's early years of independence, 1991-1995. The specifics of this division follow the intricacies of confessional identities, affiliations and national identities. On the one hand, this division is decried as subverting the possibility of establishing a Ukrainian national church. On the other hand, the divisions and the ...
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