Religion and Politics: The Significance of the Ukrainian Commemoration of the 1025th Anniversary of the Christianization of Rus’
Tuesday, September 24th, 2013
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, September 24, 2013 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Seminar Room 108N, Munk School of Global Affairs 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
Political and church leaders placed high hopes in this unusually numbered (1025 years) jubilee of the Christianization of Rusʹ. For Viktor Yanukovych it was to be the beginning of his presidential campaign; for Vladimir Putin, a serious step in the drawing of Ukraine into the Eurasian union; for Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, a demonstration of the unity of “Holy Rusʹ,” while for both the Kiev Patriarchate and for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, it was to allow the consolidation of religious-national forces and the strengthening of the “Ukrainian world.” The jubilee revealed that religion in the post-Soviet space in general and in Ukraine in particular is becoming an ever more important resource for political mobilization and nation building.
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