РЕЛІГІЙНА БЕЗПЕКА І КАНОНІЧНА ІДЕНТИЧНІСТЬ У СУЧАСНІЙ УКРАЇНІ: ВИКЛИКИ ДЛЯ ДЕРЖАВНО-ЦЕРКОВНИХ І СУСПІЛЬНО-РЕЛІГІЙНИХ ВІДНОСИН (2022–2026 РР.)

This paper explores the safeguarding of the religious space and the shifts in canonical self-identification in Ukraine amid the full-scale military aggression launched by the Russian Federation. The study covers the period from 24 February 2022 to August 2026, with data for 2000–2021 used as a retrospective background. Drawing upon sociological surveys conducted by the Razumkov Centre, official records and orders of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience, Ukrainian laws and the implementing regulations adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, as well as expert publications by the National Institute for Strategic Studies, the study traces the evolution of confessional preferences among Ukrainians, the mechanisms of parish jurisdictional change, and the normative framework governing relations between the state, the churches and society. The author’s own definitions of «religious space» and «canonical identity» are proposed, and the principal challenges for state–church relations arising from the legislative ban on the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in Ukraine are outlined.