NEGOTIATING THE RIGHT FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS: THE CASE OF ORTHODOX COMMUNITY IN UKRAINE
Journal: POLITICS AND RELIGION JOURNAL
Year: 2022

The article explores the attempts, state, and challenges of developing external relations and representation in the international arena for Ukrainian Orthodox churches since the gaining of Ukraine’s independence in 1991. Despite the fact that Ukraine has the second largest Orthodox community in the world, Ukrainian churches are either excluded from international interreligious platforms or represented through foreign religious centres, primarily Russian. This situation developed during the Sovie