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Religious Freedom, Self-Defense, and the Orthodox Communities in Ukraine

In the year since Vladimir Putin's invasion of their nation, the people of Ukraine have endured relentless violence, economic catastrophe, and enduring hardship. In addition to mobilizing its military defense, the Ukrainian government has recently passed legislation that places new scrutiny on religious organizations administered from a hostile country to determine whether those organizations are undermining the nation's self-defense. But what are the limits of these laws, and will they become the basis of de facto criminalization of Moscow Patriarchate's alleged supervision of its parishes in Ukraine? How might this legislation challenge or enable the integration of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church that was until May 2022 historically aligned with Moscow?

Mar 25, 2023 04:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)