Storìnki Istorìï (May 2014)
БОРОТЬБА МІЖ КИЇВСЬКИМ ТА ХАРКІВСЬКИМ ЦЕНТРАМИ В УКРАЇНСЬКІЙ АВТОКЕФАЛЬНІЙ ПРАВОСЛАВНІЙ ЦЕРКВІ В ДРУГІЙ ПОЛОВИНІ 1920-х рр.
Abstract
The article studies the history of the conflict within the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, between the entourage of metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivsky (Kyiv center) and the third composition of the Presidium of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Council (Kharkiv center), its causes, nature and consequences. Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (abr. UAOC) spoke on the historical stage in the crisis period for Orthodoxy. The revolution brought dramatic changes in the religious life of the Ukrainian people, significantly weakening the influence of the church on society. The process of decomposition of church life quickly went out of the Russian Orthodox Church. Spreading to the UAOC, it had created a lot of opposition and secessionist movements, conflicts centers, which inevitably led to the decline of the church. The aim of the study is to analyze the nature of conflict between the supporting groups of metropolitan Vasyl Lypkivsky and bishop Petro Romodanov (Kyiv and Kharkiv Center respectively), its importance in the religious life of Ukraine in 1920’s.
