Ideas of the "Russian World" and Ukraine: Value Epicrises on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Under the Moscow Patriarchate
Journal: Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
Year: 2025

Against the background of the identity, jurisdictional, and institutional crossroads in which contemporary Ukrainian Orthodoxy finds itself, the authors analyze the mental, value-related, and personal (linked to the “human factor”) influences in Ukraine of the destructive and militant ideology of the “Russian World” (Russkiy Mir), as well as the degree of involvement of leading functionaries of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the dissemination of these influences. The article reveals the mechan