Revival of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (1989-1991)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15407/uhj2024.05.121Keywords:
Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), believers, Orthodoxy, religious life, national liberation movement, Soviet power, “perestroika”Abstract
The purpose is to analyze the processes of the revival of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in the late 1980s and early 1990s, to consider the factors that contributed to these processes and those that hindered them.
The research methodology is based on the principles of historicism, systematicity, comprehensiveness, and impartiality. The following methods were used to implement scientific tasks: analysis and synthesis, historical-genetic, historical-problematic, and historical-comparative.
The scientific novelty. Little-known aspects of the history of the UAOC, changes in the course of its development, the influence of representatives of the national liberation movement on its revival, opposition from representatives of the authorities, relations with other religious currents, etc. are considered.
Conclusions. At the end of Gorbachev’s “perestroika”, when the Ukrainian people, accepting the challenges of the times, awakened their state and spiritual forces, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church became part not only of religious life in Ukraine but also the subject and object of Ukrainian national revival. It was closely connected with the patriotic Ukrainian clerisy, underwent a certain politicization, and exerted political influence itself. The Soviet authorities had a negative attitude toward the process of revival of the UAOC in Ukraine, seeing in the national churches a powerful disintegrative force that threatened the existence of the USSR. In addition to the opposition of the Soviet authorities, the supporters of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, in the process of developing their churches, faced another serious problem — intra-church struggle. All this hindered the involvement of wider masses of believers in the UAOC. Despite all the troubles, supporters of the church were able to achieve considerable success in the revival and development. At the end of the Soviet period, the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church became an important factor in the spiritual and national-cultural life of the Ukrainian people.
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