The Orthodox Church of Ukraine: An Ancient Infant
This paper analyzes four formative periods of Ukrainian Church life: the first Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of 1921; the evolution of Ukrainian Orthodox identity in the diaspora; the late and post-Soviet autocephalous Orthodox Churches; and the contribution of the Maidan to Ukrainian Orth...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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The journal of Eastern Christian studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 74, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 307-322 |
| Further subjects: | B
Autocephaly
B Orthodox Church B Ukrainian Diaspora B Kievan Patriarchate B Ukraine B Moscow Patriarchate B Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC) |
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| Summary: | This paper analyzes four formative periods of Ukrainian Church life: the first Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church of 1921; the evolution of Ukrainian Orthodox identity in the diaspora; the late and post-Soviet autocephalous Orthodox Churches; and the contribution of the Maidan to Ukrainian Orthodox identity. The presentation concludes by posing a crucial question to the young Orthodox Church of Ukraine: Will the Orthodox Church of Ukraine rely solely on its past in shaping its mission? If so, is this a useable past or nostalgia, an attempt to recreate a past that contains no yeast for the present? The question of identity is crucial because it is at the core of a sense of community self-awareness that forms and shapes its activity. In the Church, identity is inexorably connected with mission. |
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| ISSN: | 1783-1520 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Eastern Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/17831520-20220019 |
