The impact of securitization of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) on the changes in Ukrainian law on religion after 2013 Cover Image

Wpływ sekurytyzacji Ukraińskiego Kościoła Prawosławnego w jedności z Patriarchatem Moskiewskim na zmiany w ustawodawstwie wyznaniowym Ukrainy po 2013 r.
The impact of securitization of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) on the changes in Ukrainian law on religion after 2013

Author(s): Tomasz Szyszlak
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Church(es), Politics and religion, Eastern Orthodoxy, Sociology of Religion, Comparative Law
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II - Wydział Prawa, Prawa Kanonicznego i Administracji
Keywords: Euromaidan; securitization; Ukraine; Ukrainian Orthodox Church; Moscow Patriarchate;Ukraina; Ukraiński Kościół Prawosławny;Patriarchat Moskiewski

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the impact of the process of securitization of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) on the changes in Ukrainian law on religion since the Revolution of Dignity (Euromaidan). Securitization as a concept originated in security sciences belongs to constructivist approaches because under these approaches the threat is not a real phenomenon. The threat is subjectively indicated by the actor of the process and recognized as such by its recipients. Although this study is not concerned with the securitization process itself, it emphasizes the circumstances surrounding its consequences for law on religion. Among these circumstances is the war in Donbas and granting autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The article discusses the normative acts adopted after 2013, which oblige the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to include its subordination to the Russian Orthodox Church in its name, making it easier for parish communities to change their jurisdictional subordination and hindering the functioning of military pastoral care in the Armed Forces and other military formations.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 429-448
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish