Disputes over the Orthodox churches in Ukraine: And sorting through the news about them

The Ukrainian government currently sees the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) as the “good” Orthodox church and Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) as the “bad,” pro-Russian one.

However, as Ksenia Luchenko recounts, “The [more Russia-friendly] UOC remains the biggest church in Ukraine, a country in which 12 percent of the population go to church weekly, compared with just 6 percent in Russia.” And the supposedly bad UOC “since the start of the war has supported the Ukrainian army, provided humanitarian aid, and helped to organize humanitarian corridors into besieged Mariupol, earning thanks from President Volodymyr Zelensky.“

Full post: https://brucemillerca.substack.com/p/disputes-over-the-orthodox-churches