Ban on Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine: Between Religious Freedom and National Security
On Tuesday, August 20, the Ukrainian parliament approved a law that would ban the Russian Orthodox Church in its territory. Although the majority of Ukrainians are of the Orthodox confession, the church split from its Russian roots and created an independent branch. The term is “autocephalous,” meaning that it has its own head.
Russian politicians are furious about the ban of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the law aimed to “destroy the true, canonical Orthodoxy and replace it with a false church.”
The leader of the A Just Russia party,…
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According to the International Institute of Sociology in Kiev,
