Ukraine is moving toward a ban on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, a denomination accused of maintaining ties with Russian leadership.
The Ukrainian legislature is moving toward a ban on its historic Orthodox church due to concerns about Russian ties. Law 8371 would grant the Ukrainian government power to investigate and ban Ukrainian religious authorities with connections to Russia. It was overwhelmingly approved with a vote of 267-15.
The UOC formally split from the Russian Orthodox Church in May 2022, declaring itself autocephalous and autonomous. The Orthodox Church of Ukraine , founded in 1995, became official in 2018 with the approval of Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, who oversaw the separation after a unification council. Following the decision, a crisis of continuity has arisen between the UOC, the Russian Orthodox Church, and those clerics and laity who have assumed the name Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
Both the UOC and the OCU claim to be completely severed from Russian influence, but accusations of Putin-aligned sympathies have kept them a national talking point. The new law, if passed, would grant the Ukrainian government freedom to dismantle the UOC for the sake of national security. The Russian Orthodox Church continues to consider churches under the UOC and OCU as part of their church, appointing bishops in the contested territories.
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