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Churches and Sacralization of Euromaidan Protest in Ukraine from a Post-Secular Perspective
Södertörn University, Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES). Södertörn University, School of Culture and Education, Media and Communication Studies. Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, History. Södertörn University, School of Historical and Contemporary Studies, History of Ideas.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1765-4775
Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine.
2025 (English)In: Sacralization of History in Times of Crises: Modern Eastern Europe / [ed] Liliya Berezhnaya, Heidi Hein-Kirchner, Central European University Press, 2025, p. 213-248Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The chapter focuses on the memory of the people killed during the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine called the “Heavenly Hundred” and which has contributed to the sacralization of protests in the country. It argues that this narrative is formed as “post-secular sacred” which allows a sacralized representation of the victims as martyrs without giving them a canonical status of martyrs recognized by the Church. Such sacralization without canonization is possible because the established tradition to represent fighters for national freedom as martyrs and saints serves as a mold for the memory of the Heavenly Hundred. In addition, the present moment of the war shapes this memory as a matter of national security. It provides the memory with the sense of immediacy and urgency in which the questions of canonicity can be ignored. 

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Central European University Press, 2025. p. 213-248
Keywords [en]
Euromaidan protests, Heavenly Hundred, post-secular, Revolution of Dignity, sacralization, Ukraine, Religious buildings, Social behavior, Euromaidan protest, National security
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Religious Studies
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Baltic and East European studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-59398DOI: 10.5117/9789048570171_ch08Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105029322019ISBN: 9781003721819 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-59398DiVA, id: diva2:2043545
Available from: 2026-03-05 Created: 2026-03-05 Last updated: 2026-03-05Bibliographically approved

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