The religious and political situation in Moldova in the light of the position of the Russian Orthodox Church

Научно-аналитический вестник Института Европы РАН

卷:5

关键词: religiosity;    tolerance;    interreligious dialogue;    church-state relations;    religious factor;   

DOI  :  10.15211/vestnikieran52018204208

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The article dedicated to the analysis of the role of the Russian Orthodox Church inthe Moldovian church situation. The author stated that Russian-Ukrainian crisis after 2014 forcedthe leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) to take more balanced position on the postSoviet space, mainly in Moldova where exists the competing to the ROC the church jurisdiction andalso the separatist and unionist pro-Romanian ideas. As a result of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis andthe current church split between Moscow Patriarchate and Constantinople became more evident theinterests of the Russian Church on its territory. Also appeared that church interests differ sometimesfrom the interests of the Russian foreign policy but not yet contradicting to it. In the light of the situation in Moldova and Ukraine Russian Church wants to have good relations with all authorities ingeneral supporting the European vector of the progress of the countries-neighbors of Russia (besides the breaking of the bible values). In the same time the Church trying to avoid the manipulationfrom the state in any way, no matter what position the politician has in the struggle between Russiaand West

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