Autocephaly for the Ukrainian Church: Religious Transitions Before and After Tomos and Attitudes Towards it (the Case of the Volyn Region)

The attainment of autocephaly by the Orthodox Church Ukraine intensified religious transitions parishes that were preceded individual parishioners’ switches. highest dynamics such occurred in Volyn Region north-western part Ukraine. These refer exclusively to a switch from Ukrainian Moscow Patriarchate without affecting other communities. Most population supported autocephalous status Ukraine, for they consider granting as major historical event nation. process active was primarily determined aptness each parish community and political climate on national level. able maintain its high regard, but with change power 2019, it lost support. dwindled.