Seeking compromise: encounters between the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the Soviet state

dc.contributor.authorKornelyuk, Bohdana
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeDickson, William Rory (Religion)en_US
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeZayarnyuk, Andriy (History)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorBarter, Jane (Religion and Culture, the University of Winnipeg) Friesen, Aileen (History, the University of Winnipeg)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T15:19:27Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T15:19:27Z
dc.date.copyright2020-06-20
dc.date.issued2020-05en_US
dc.date.submitted2020-06-17T17:27:59Zen_US
dc.date.submitted2020-06-20T20:20:59Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineReligionen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThe thesis focuses on the place of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church during World War II– one of the most tragic periods in the world history. At the time of the war, the population of western Ukraine, which was Greek-Catholic in its majority, experienced occupation of two regimes, Soviet and Nazi, which set up challenges for the locals. The thesis will focus on the relations of the Church with Soviet state and present state policies towards the UGCC, which interfered with its normal life. In this context, official church policies will be presented, and the methods church leaders used to “normalize” the situation will be described. This discussion will lead to deeper analysis of the adaptation of official church policies by local Greek-Catholic priests. The influence of national and religious identity on clerical understanding of politics will be taken into account. At this point, I will argue that three groups of clergy can be identified on the basis of their response to Soviet policies. What are these groups? How did average priests adapt to new realms? Why did they act in the way they did? All of these questions will be answered through the analysis of primary NKVD-KGB documents found in a couple of major Ukrainian archives.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2020en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/34722
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectUkrainian nationalismen_US
dc.subjectthe Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Churchen_US
dc.subjectthe Soviet stateen_US
dc.subjectWorld War IIen_US
dc.subjectGaliciaen_US
dc.subjectChurch historyen_US
dc.subjectEastern Christianityen_US
dc.titleSeeking compromise: encounters between the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and the Soviet stateen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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