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Preliminary Material / Heta Hurskainen and Teuvo Laitila -- The All-Ukrainian Church Council 1918 (the First Session) Through the Eyes of the Members of the All-Russian Local Church Council 1917-1918 / Evgeny Ageev -- Living ‘Holy Rus' or ‘Kyivan Tradition' - The Socio-ethical Perspective on Common Roots and Diverging Identities / Regina Elsner -- Fighting for Freedom of Religion, or Human Rights, or Ukrainian Nationalism? Varieties of Verbal Resistance and Ecumenism in Fr. Vasyl Romanyuk's Appeals to Soviet and Western Powers / Teuvo Laitila -- Collateral Impacts of the War in Ukraine on the Northern Borders of Russia: Ecclesial, Ecumenical and Security Effects on Orthodox Christians in Finland / Pekka Metso and Petteri Lalu -- The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Russian Threat / Mikko Ketola -- War Changes Everything: Russian and Ukrainian Pentecostal Word of Life Churches under War in 2022 / Maija Penttilä -- Fragmenting Ukrainian Orthodoxy and Its Impact on International Ecumenism / Heta Hurskainen.

Orthodox churches in Ukraine and Russia share a common ecclesiastical tradition but differ in their views on practicing and interpreting it. To bolster their own views, different Orthodox churches emphasize different aspects of history, and ›forget‹ others, not favorable for their interpretations. These intentional memorizing also influence on the churches' reflection of their position and role in society at large. Interpretations of ecclesiastical tradition also influence the Orthodox churches' reactions to the other churches in Ukraine. Abroad, ecclesiastical organizations, especially ecumenical bodies are also influenced by the Ukrainian Orthodoxy, and have influence on the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodoxy, when recognizing or leaving without recognition the multiplicity of the Orthodox faith in Ukraine and Russia.

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