ЮРИСДИКЦІЙНЕ РОЗДІЛЕННЯ СУЧАСНОГО УКРАЇНСЬКОГО ПРАВОСЛАВ'Я

Abstract

The article deals with the problem of the current jurisdictional division of Ukrainian Orthodoxy into three main branches. During the years of independence, our crew never received a long-awaited religious reconciliation. Today, Ukraine is one of the largest Orthodox countries in the world. Since 1991, Orthodox churches, which are different in their jurisdiction, operate in parallel, and they are not mutually recognized and opposed to each other. Having a common Volodymyr christening and being the same or similar in content, they differ in their own institutionalization in Ukrainian society. The process and conditions of historical formation and the moment of occurrence are analyzed; universal and all-Orthodox recognition; institutionalization as a socially important element; modern development; distribution and transformation during the years of independence of the parish network of each of the Orthodox churches represented in Ukraine. It has been established that the canonical recognition of the newly formed Orthodox Church of Ukraine will contribute to the consolidation of the Ukrainian nation and the strengthening of the independence of the state. This is extremely important for the formation of a new civil society in Ukraine. Moreover, the new united church is one of the indispensable elements of the establishment of Ukrainian statehood and its weight in the international arena. At the same time, there are a number of unresolved issues. In itself, Tomos did not combine all branches of Orthodoxy into a single church at this time. Problems of simony, dominance of the episcopate in comparison with priests, Sodom sin, super-luxurious bishop's life, church extortion, low level of general and spiritual education of the majority of clergy, lack of official employment of the clergy, extracurricular profitable activity of clergy and others remain unsolved. At the beginning of 2019, the jurisdictional separation continues. The pro-Russian church in the vast majority of dioceses and parishes does not participate in the process of association. Only the beginning of the CSP as a legal entity and its official registration have begun. Delegates are expected to be nominated and the first Organizing Synod of the newly formed church structure is to be convened. It is important to declare its existence, but to achieve its recognition by all the local churches of the world without a real and complete unification of the currently divided Orthodox churches in Ukraine will be difficult. Therefore, the in-depth analysis of the jurisdictional division of Ukrainian Orthodoxy in its historical section will give an opportunity to explain as much as possible the essence and reasons for the distinction for their possible elimination and further unification.