"Caesaropapism" in the Religious and Political Struggle for the Restoration of the Orthodox Church in the 20th and early 21st Centuries: Parallels between the ROC and the Ukrainian Church
Journal: Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
Year: 2025

The article characterizes the phenomenon of caesaropapism as a model of state governance in which the church and its structures are entirely dependent on secular authority. Within the context of the stated issue, the primary periods and contexts of the religious and political struggle for the restoration of the Orthodox Church in the 20th and early 21st centuries are identified. Parallels are drawn between the struggle for the legitimization of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the Ukrainian