The role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian armed conflict
Journal: Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
Year: 2022

The article analyses the influence of the religious factor on the internal processes of nation-state consolidation in Ukraine and on the causes and consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The division of the Ukrainian Orthodoxy into three branches (UAOC, UOC-KP and UOC-MP) did not allow the Church to become a consolidating factor in the formation of a nation-state in independent Ukraine and a generator of social transformation. The situation may change for the better after the creation o