Abstract
ABSTRACT In the Ukrainian ecclesial crisis, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) plays an important role. It claims Ukraine as its canonical territory and dismisses any action by the Ecumenical Patriarchate (EP) regarding Ukraine as illegal. The ROC therefore suspended communion with the EP when the latter granted autocephaly to the newly founded Orthodox Church of Ukraine. Nevertheless, the majority of Orthodox bishops in Ukraine belong to the Church in communion with the ROC. This paper analyzes the ROC’s actions during the conflict over Ukrainian autocephaly, including the options it had and the possible paths to resolve the situation, which continues to affect not only the Church in Ukraine but Orthodoxy worldwide.
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