Date of Award
Spring 4-10-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Modern Languages & Literature
First Advisor
James Holt McGavran III
Second Advisor
Anna Aydinyan
Third Advisor
Timothy Portice
Abstract
This paper analyzes the role that Eastern Orthodoxy played in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022-present). The first chapter looks at the development of Ukrainian nationalism, focusing on the role the Orthodox Church played in Kyivan Rus' and the Dnipro Cossacks. The second chapter discusses the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and its history as well as the general structure of Eastern Orthodoxy. The third chapter provides the pre-2023 political histories of twenty-first-century Ukraine and Russia, and the final chapter discusses potential futures for the OCU, Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), and Russian-Ukrainian relations.
Recommended Citation
Bechtol, Christopher, "The Forgotten Battlefield: Orthodox Church Politics, Nationalism, and Russian Propaganda in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine" (2023). Honors Theses. 430.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/honorstheses/430
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