The Orthodox battlefield: The role and abuse of the church in Russia's war on Ukraine, and the state of freedom of religion in Ukraine”
Roundtable discussion, London
29 JANUARY 2025
This roundtable will explore:
- What is the significance of the orthodox faith for Ukraine’s identity and its nation-building project?
- What is the difference in state-religion relations between Russia and Ukraine?
- What is the reasoning behind the ban on the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church and linked organisation in Ukraine? And what is the true state of religious freedom in Ukraine?
- How do different religious communities work together during the war?
Speakers:
- Orysia Lutsevych OBE, Deputy Director, Russia and Eurasia Programme; Head of the Ukraine Forum;
- Lucy Ash, Journalist, Author of “The Baton and the Cross: Russia's Church from Pagans to Putin”;
- Bishop Anatoliy Kozachok, President of the Ukraine Christian Churches Council;
- Metropolitan Yevstratiy Zorya, spokesman for the Kyiv Metropolis of the OCU, Deputy Head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine;
- Oleksandr Zaiets, Chairman of the Board of the Institute for Religious Freedom.
Venue: CHATHAM HOUSE.
29 JANUARY 2025 - 2:30PM TO 4:00PM.
Register at the link:
https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/research-event/orthodox-battlefield