The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation

by Nicholas E. Denysenko

The bitter separation of Ukraine's Orthodox churches is a microcosm of its societal strife. From 1917 onward, church leaders failed to agree on the church's mission in the twentieth century. The core issues of dispute were establishing independence from the Russian church and adopting Ukrainian as the language of worship. Decades of polemical exchanges and public statements by leaders of the separated churches contributed to the formation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875807895
• ISBN13: 9780875807898
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher