Open AccessReligious Network of Ukraine 2015 in its Confessional Section and Problems
Author(s) -
Anatolii M. Kolodnyi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
relìgìjna svoboda
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-0818
pISSN - 2617-9296
DOI - 10.32420/rs.2016.19.1.968
Subject(s) - paganism , confessional , ruler , orthodoxy , christianity , section (typography) , state (computer science) , religious life , religious studies , philosophy , sociology , ancient history , history , law , political science , theology , computer science , politics , operating system , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics
Religious network of Ukraine has never been monoconfessional. Attempt of Prince Vladimir in the IX century to create a single pantheon of gods for the whole of Rus-Ukraine eventually remained unrealized. By introducing Christianity by state means, the ruler of Russia further complicated the picture of religious life, even though he sought to overcome polyconfessionalism in this way. In the end, he gave birth to official orthodoxy and two-sidedness, that is, the Orthodox paganism and pagan Christianity