Author ORCID Identifier
Sokolovskyi: ORCID: 0000-0003-2228-3040
Slyusar: ORCID: 0000-0002-5593-0622
Hordiichuk: ORCID: 0000-0003-4606-9188
Abstract
The formation and development of relations between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and religious organizations, as well as the conditions and factors that influenced the formation of the institution of military chaplaincy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were analyzed. It was determined that Russia's military aggression against Ukraine actualized the issue of urgent reform of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The modernization of the Ukrainian army required not only structural changes in the military administration, the transition to NATO standards, but also the creation of qualitatively new conditions for meeting the religious needs of Ukrainian servicemen. With the beginning of hostilities in the East of Ukraine, the number of military believers increased significantly, which created the need for further improvement of military-religious relations and the search for effective forms and methods of pastoral care for the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is proven that military-religious relations between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and religious organizations before the full-scale invasion were outlined by measures, at the level of established traditions of interpersonal communication, which were aimed at the development of spiritual values. This was expressed in conducting joint scientific and scientific-practical events, the results of which formed further joint steps and prospects for the introduction of the institute of military chaplaincy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Therefore, the process of improving the legal framework for establishing cooperation with religious organizations and the gradual introduction of the institute of chaplaincy in the Armed Forces of Ukraine took place. The peculiarities of military chaplaincy activities of representatives of Christian and Muslim religious organizations in units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard of Ukraine, and other military formations formed in accordance with the laws of Ukraine have been determined.
Recommended Citation
Sokolovskyi, Oleh; Sluysar, Vadym; and Hordiichuk, Olha
(2024)
"The Experience of Religious Organizations in the Formation and Development of the Chaplaincy Movement in Ukraine,"
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe: Vol. 44
:
Iss.
3
, Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55221/2693-2229.2517
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol44/iss3/6