Aggressors may establish direct forcible and administrative control over local religious institutions, depriving them of canonical independence and subordinating them to their own spiritual centers. The elimination of independent jurisdiction makes it possible to remove authoritative national institutions (seizure of governance) and to use the religious apparatus for the long-term imposition of loyalty and the ideological consolidation of the occupation.
| ID | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| C0009 | "Eternal Peace" with Poland (1686) |
The diplomatic entrenchment of spiritual occupation. Moscow secured the inclusion in the treaty of a clause on the jurisdiction of the Moscow patriarch over the Orthodox in Poland: "the higher Orthodox clergy shall receive consecration from the Metropolitan of Kyiv [already subordinated to Moscow]"[1][2]. |
| C0008 | Annexation of the Kyiv Metropolis by the Moscow Patriarchate (1685–1690) |
The liquidation of independent jurisdiction to turn the church into an instrument of assimilation: "The annexation of the Ukrainian church to the Muscovite church in 1686" [2]. Moreover, these actions "were carried out not at all in accordance with lawful canonical prescriptions"[1][3]. |
| C0079 | Cultural Terror and the "Executed Renaissance" (1933–1938) |
Mass closure and destruction of churches, as well as repressions against clergy, aimed at the complete destruction of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC)[4]. |
| S0009 | Diplomacy |
The diplomatic entrenchment of spiritual occupation. Moscow secured the inclusion in the treaty of a clause on the jurisdiction of the Moscow patriarch over the Orthodox in Poland: "the higher Orthodox clergy shall receive consecration from the Metropolitan of Kyiv [already subordinated to Moscow]"[1][2]. |
| S0008 | Government |
Institutional seizure and liquidation of an independent spiritual structure on the Right Bank: «In 1839, the tsarist authorities liquidated the Greek Catholic Church»[5]. |
| C0059 | Liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church (1839) |
Institutional seizure and liquidation of an independent spiritual structure on the Right Bank: «In 1839, the tsarist authorities liquidated the Greek Catholic Church»[5]. |
| S0011 | Moscow Patriarchate |
The liquidation of independent jurisdiction to turn the church into an instrument of assimilation: "The annexation of the Ukrainian church to the Muscovite church in 1686" [2]. Moreover, these actions "were carried out not at all in accordance with lawful canonical prescriptions"[1][3]. |
| G0009 | Russian Empire |
Institutional seizure and liquidation of an independent spiritual structure on the Right Bank: «In 1839, the tsarist authorities liquidated the Greek Catholic Church»[5]. |
| S0017 | Secret Police and Security Services |
Mass closure and destruction of churches, as well as repressions against clergy, aimed at the complete destruction of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC)[4]. |
| G0008 | Tsardom of Muscovy |
The liquidation of independent jurisdiction to turn the church into an instrument of assimilation: "The annexation of the Ukrainian church to the Muscovite church in 1686" [2]. Moreover, these actions "were carried out not at all in accordance with lawful canonical prescriptions"[1][3]. |
| G0008 | Tsardom of Muscovy |
The diplomatic entrenchment of spiritual occupation. Moscow secured the inclusion in the treaty of a clause on the jurisdiction of the Moscow patriarch over the Orthodox in Poland: "the higher Orthodox clergy shall receive consecration from the Metropolitan of Kyiv [already subordinated to Moscow]"[1][2]. |
| G0010 | USSR |
Mass closure and destruction of churches, as well as repressions against clergy, aimed at the complete destruction of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC)[4]. |