Open AccessActivities of Greek Catholics in the Second Half of the 1960s - the First Half of the 1980s as an Expression of Anti-Soviet Opposition in the Society of Western Regions of Ukraine
Author(s) -
Ranguelov Boyko
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
ukraïnsʹke relìgìêznavstvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-9792
pISSN - 2306-3548
DOI - 10.32420/2009.49.2015
Subject(s) - opposition (politics) , ukrainian , political science , economic history , harassment , law , ancient history , political economy , history , sociology , politics , philosophy , linguistics
One of the components of anti-Soviet opposition in post-war Ukraine is resistance of believers to the policies of Soviet power. Particularly specific is the resistance of Greek Catholics formed under the conditions of prohibition of the activities of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (hereinafter referred to as the UGCC). Despite the government's harassment, the church continued to operate underground. Of interest to researchers is the period of the second half of the 1960s - the first half of the 1980s - the time of the growing systemic crisis of the Soviet system.