U
- John Anthony McGuckin
Published Online: 10 MAR 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9781444392555.ch21
Copyright © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Volume I and II
Additional Information
How to Cite
French, T. E., Fitzgerald, T. and Holman, S. R. (2011) U, in The Encyclopedia of Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Volume I and II (ed J. A. McGuckin), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444392555.ch21
Editor Information
Union Theological Seminary, New York, USA
Publication History
- Published Online: 10 MAR 2011
- Published Print: 14 JAN 2011
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781405185394
Online ISBN: 9781444392555
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Keywords:
- Ukraine, host to the rich history - of the conversion of the Rus to Orthodoxy, spreading of Christianity in Asia;
- Ancient Christian legend, that St. Andrew the “First-Called” - mission to convert the Scythians, in the year 55;
- Kiev Mohyla Academy, founded by Ukrainian hierarch Peter Moghila - raising standards of the education of clergy;
- Vladimir's conversion, attributed - to his Christian grandmother St. Olga and political connections with the Byzantine ruler;
- hierarchy of Orthodox Church - division over issue of Imperial Byzantine policy for Union with Rome;
- Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC);
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow patriarchate - largest of the communities in the Ukraine;
- sale of Alaska, opening territory - to Protestant missionaries from the lower United States;
- early orthodox immigration and church development;
- Ecumenical Patriarch Meletios (Metaxakis) of Constantinople - envisioning a United Orthodox Church in the United States, in enthronement address in 1921
Summary
This chapter contains all entries for U:
Ukraine, Orthodoxy in the to Unmercenary Saints