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The Russian full-fledged military invasion of Ukraine and the resulting call for the complete separation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) from the Moscow Patriarchate (MP) engendered a deep internal crisis in the UOC. The leadership of the UOC, which had initially refused to take active action, lost control of the situation, until an attempt to restore authority was carried out at a council on 27 May 2022. Since that time, the UOC has officially declared that it has left the MP. This council and its decisions have brought about intense debate. Defenders of the UOC are trying to prove that it is now in no way dependent upon either the MP or other local churches. At the same time, opponents of the UOC cite weighty arguments against this. Official representatives of the Russian Church stated immediately after the council that they still considered the UOC to be part of the MP. The question of the canonical status of the UOC after 27 May 2022 is located on the intersection of history, theology, and canon law. In addition, the issue of the status of the UOC is extremely sensitive for Ukrainian society, traumatised by the war. This all complicates the situation. This chapter presents a comprehensive analysis of the problem of the present canonical status of the UOC (after 27 May 2022), taking into consideration all the points of view outlined above.

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The Ukrainian Orthodox Church Facing the Challenge of War: The Relations with the Moscow Patriarchate and the Problem of a New Canonical Status

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    2025年

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  • Volodymyr Bureha

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The Russian full-fledged military invasion of Ukraine and the resulting call for the complete separation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) from the Moscow Patriarchate (MP) engendered a deep internal crisis in the UOC. The leadership of the UOC, which had initially refused to take active action, lost control of the situation, until an attempt to restore authority was carried out at a council on 27 May 2022. Since that time, the UOC has officially declared that it has left the MP. This council and its decisions have brought about intense debate. Defenders of the UOC are trying to prove that it is now in no way dependent upon either the MP or other local churches. At the same time, opponents of the UOC cite weighty arguments against this. Official representatives of the Russian Church stated immediately after the council that they still considered the UOC to be part of the MP. The question of the canonical status of the UOC after 27 May 2022 is located on the intersection of history, theology, and canon law. In addition, the issue of the status of the UOC is extremely sensitive for Ukrainian society, traumatised by the war. This all complicates the situation. This chapter presents a comprehensive analysis of the problem of the present canonical status of the UOC (after 27 May 2022), taking into consideration all the points of view outlined above.