The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, The State and The Russian-Ukrainian Crisis, 2014–2018
Journal: Politics Religion & Ideology
Year: 2018

This paper explores the significance of religion in the Russian-Ukrainian crisis which has been unfolding since February 2014. In the first place, the study presents the views on the military conflict in East Ukraine expressed in the public discourse of the most vocal religious leaders and official documents of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP). In connection with these views, special attention is given to the religious policies of the post-Euromaidan political re