In Soviet times the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was part of the Russian church; when the Soviet Union fell it was granted self-governing status, but remained under the authority of the Moscow patriarchate. The other church which has almost the same name, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine emerged out of two unrecognised independent churches, which merged in 2018. On december 1st, as Russian missiles fell, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke of war on a different front. His government, he said, will pass a law banning religious organisations with links to centres of power in Russia. Do you think that Ukraine is likely to ban the Orthodox Church of Ukraine?

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