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Editor's note:
The story of how two Orthodox churches emerged in Ukraine – and the conflicts between them – sheds light on the broader tensions playing out between Ukraine and Russia.
The older and larger church is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Moscow Patriarchate, which is under the spiritual authority of Moscow. The other is the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which was recognized as a separate and equal member of the worldwide communion of Orthodox churches in January 2019.
J. Eugene Clay, a scholar at Arizona State University who studies the religious history of Russia and Ukraine, writes about how each church claims to be the “one true Ukrainian Orthodox Church for the Ukrainian people” and how that reflects two competing historical visions of the relationship between Russians and Ukrainians.
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