title: Leverages of social restraint of the UOC-MP in modern realities
abstract: The issue of the restrictive influence of the UOC-MP on Ukrainian society began to be actively discussed after the annexation of Crimea by Russia and the occupation of parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2014. At that time, the basic essence of the UOC-MP as an ideological and ideological agent of the political regime associated with the Kremlin became clear. The leadership and the vast majority of the bishops of the pro-Moscow church structure did not condemn Russian aggression even then, c