“God Is with Us!”
Ukraine’s Churches and the Euromaidan
Margarete Zimmermann, Michael Melnikow
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
Kiev’s Maidan protest movement was in regular contact with Ukraine’s various religious communities. Congregations and clergies of all faiths saw their place “along-side the people” and expressed solidarity with the Maidan. Only parts of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate expressed opposition, while Protestant circles demonstrated caution. During the escalation of violence in February 2014, the churches saw their task above all in promoting reconciliation and providing comfort.
(Osteuropa 5-6/2014, pp. 259–276)