freedom of religion

The article covers political, historical, legal, constitutional issues of state-church relations, the importance of spiritual values as an object of constitutional-legal relations, the formation and implementation of legislation on freedom of religion in Lviv. The importance of holding the All-Ukrainian Orthodox Council in Kyiv on December 15, 2018 is underlined. The decision of the Council became the legal basis for the creation of an autocephalous local Orthodox Church.

In the paper is analyzed general theoretical provisions on the right to education and (or) secular education as a component of freedom of religion. Examined the features of the protection of the right to education and freedom of religion by the European Court of Human Rights and its importance to the practice of law in Ukraine.

In the paper is analyzed general theoretical provisions on the freedom of religion as a human (general social) natural law, examined the features of the protection of freedom of religion by the European Court of Human Rights and its importance for legal practice in Ukraine.