Gevyuk A. The impact of external political and institutional factors on the development of socio-religious sphere of Ukraine.

Functional and institutional status of the socio-religious spheres in the context of internal processes and external threats and challenges is analyzed. The comparative analysis of common and distinctive features of religious organizations represented in Ukraine and in countries of their main residence and the nature of their impacts on socio-religious spheres is made. The nature, main directions and principles of various external and internal actors with regard to Ukraine is identified and analyzed. The forms and methods of international religious and public institutions in Ukraine are analyzed. Changes that are taking place in the spiritual-religious and socio-political environment of Ukraine under the influence of foreign centers are determined.