Readers of this magazine will be familiar with the religious situation in the Ukraine, where the stand-off between the Moscow Patriarchate and the Patriarchate of Constantinople has recently reached a new stage.
A great deal is at stake here, and the implications are not simply religious, but also political. If a new autocephalous and canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church emerges from the current situation it will be yet another sign that Ukraine is not Russia and not part of the Russian sphere of influence.
