Public Project
Road to Uzhhorod
This region has shifted borders many times in history, creating a patchwork of ethnic and religious diversity. “During the Soviet Union, it was prohibited to be affiliated with the church. After the fall of communism in the 1990s, people returned. Currently, the number of believers is lower, but we’re not trying to get more followers—we work to have people who have faith in life,” says Pavlo Fitsay, a Greek Catholic priest in neighbouring Uzhhorod.
Dotted with historical wooden churches and icons, religion retains a strong presence in both Eastern Slovakia and Western Ukraine—a reminder of the not-so-distant past. This story documents the various religious communities, weaving together the diversity present.
Commissioned for Are We Europe's Losing Our Religion? issue.
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