The Problem "Religion - Nation - Church" in the Legacy of Ukrainian National Revival

Abstract

For Ukrainian, this problem has repeatedly appeared as fatal, especially in the years of the Ukrainian Revolution (1917-1920), when important steps were taken to give Orthodox-church life an autocephalous character. Therefore, not only scientific interest, but also the very conditions of national revival stimulated the study of this issue. We now observe a similar situation both in church and religious life and in theoretical discussions on this issue. Evidence of the latter is a significant recent publication which addresses and solves the problem of the Ukrainian National Church, incl. and by analyzing the interaction of universal and national foundations in the religion of the Ukrainian people. In view of this, it is scientifically justified to appeal to the works of Ukrainian national revival of the early twentieth century.