A series of conflicts that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union culminated in the war in Ukraine waged by Russia in 2014. The international community was taken by surprise, and its reactions to the Russian aggression were often confused and inadequate. Even more confused and inadequate were the responses from global Christianity. Russian propaganda often renders the aggression against Ukraine as a quasi-religious conflict: a “holy war” against the “godless” or “heterodox” West. It would be natural, therefore, for the Christian churches worldwide to loudly condemn both propaganda and aggression. However, in most cases, their response was silence. Such reactions came from most local Orthodox churches, the Roman Catholic church, and international ecumenical organizations such as the World Council of Churches. An exception was the reaction from the Ecumenical Patriarchate, which decided to grant autocephaly to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The article argues that the Tomos for autocephaly was, among other reasons, a reaction to the war in Ukraine. The responses of other local Orthodox churches to the Tomos also indicate their attitude to the war in Ukraine. These reactions have demonstrated a profound crisis in inter-Orthodox solidarity and social ethics.

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乌克兰的战争和自治

苏联解体后的一系列冲突最终导致俄罗斯于 2014 年对乌克兰发动战争。国际社会措手不及，对俄罗斯侵略的反应常常是混乱和不足的。全球基督教的反应更加混乱和不足。俄罗斯的宣传经常将对乌克兰的侵略描述为一场准宗教冲突：一场针对“无神论”或“异端邪说”的西方的“圣战”。因此，全世界的基督教会大声谴责宣传和侵略是很自然的。然而，在大多数情况下，他们的反应是沉默。这种反应来自大多数当地的东正教教堂、罗马天主教会和世界基督教协会等国际普世组织。一个例外是普世宗主教区的反应，它决定授予乌克兰东正教教会自治权。文章认为，除了其他原因外，托莫斯自治是对乌克兰战争的反应。其他当地东正教教会对托莫斯人的反应也表明了他们对乌克兰战争的态度。这些反应表明了东正教之间的团结和社会伦理的深刻危机。