What role does religion play in Ukraine? How does Russia use its branch of Orthodoxy in Ukraine as an instrument of political influence?
Which Christian denominations are the most influential, and how does Christianity coexist with Islam and Judaism? Why is Ukrainian Orthodoxy divided, and what is the story behind the emergence of an autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine?
- Host: Volodymyr Yermolenko, a Ukrainian philosopher, editor-in-chief of UkraineWorld, and president of PEN Ukraine.
- Guest: Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun, a prominent Ukrainian theologian.
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