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Legal regulation of state-church relations in Hungary was analysed in the article. Current legislation of the country is considered, in particular constitutional norms and procedure of registration of religious organizations. The special attention is payed to the question of restitution of church property. The attempt to analyse mutual relations between the country and Vatican was undertaken . It is educed, that on the background of wide social and political changes in Hungary the new democratic partner phase of mutual relations has begun between the state and church. Priority directions of policy were definedin the field of state-church relations among which is an assistance to religious organizations in realization of their tasks ; Проанализировано правовое регулирование государственно-церковных отношений в Венгрии. Рассмотрено действующее законодательство страны, в частности конституционные нормы, процедура регистрации религиозных организаций. Особое внимание уделено вопросу реституции церковного имущества. Предпринята попытка анализа взаимоотношений страны с Ватиканом. Выявлено, что на фоне широких общественно-политических изменений в Венгрии начата новая демократическая партнерская фаза взаи­моотношений между государством и церковью. Определены приоритетные направления политики в сфере государственно-церковных отношений, среди которых, - содействие религиозным организациям в реализации их задач. ; Проаналізоване правове регулювання державно-церковних відносин в Угорщині. Розглянуто чинне законодавство країни, зокрема конституційні норми, процедура реєстрації релігійних організацій. Особлива увага приділена питанню реституції церковного майна. Здійснено спробу аналізу взаємовідносин країни з Ватиканом. Виявлено, що на тлі широких суспільно-політичних змін в Угорщині закладено нову демократичну партнерську фазу взаємовідносин між державою і церквою. Визначені пріоритетні напрями політики у сфері державно-церковних відносин, серед яких - сприяння релігійним організаціям у реалізації їхніх завдань.

A significant part of Polish society and Polish church met a communism collapse in 1989 being confident in their political impeccability. There are two faces of this impeccability: one is a moral absolutist and absolute justice searcher and the other one is a rebel who overthrew communism and strives for power. But in both forms there was a distinctive feature that makes them alike to a man from a previous era of Soviet Communism - the habit of Manichaean thinking. Is "Catholic fundamentalism" possible? Was the term invented by church opponents? It seems that a certain sort of Catholic fundamentalism which added common to all varieties of religious fundamentalism tactic to its armoury has arisen in Poland. In particular, it uses to its advantage all the benefits and convenience offered by the democratic system, with the financial benefits inclusive. However, he blames the democratic order in the loss of values and seeks a way to impose its own system of values to the democracy. This means that society as a whole, even if it adheres to the principle of pluralism, must live by these rules. Catholic fundamentalism acutely exposes the "plague of liberalism" in the bosom of the church. An expression of Polish Archbishop M. Lefebvre: "Once the aim of church and state relationship was to create a Catholic state, the perfect realization of the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today the society of pluralism became a result of creation of the illegitimate union of Vatican Church with atheistic state , religious Tower of Babel, a neutral state, the ultimate dream of Freemasonry "[16, p. 201]may serve as an example of such extreme forms. Nothing indicates that European democracy has found a solution to this problem. Democracy takes all relativity of absolutes and brings to the absolute only democratic procedure of ideological disputes resolving and compromise search in the conflict of interest. The dilemma of choosing between the ability of authoritarian solutions and logic unlimited freedom, will obviously always accompany the democratic civilization. A religious panorama view of modern Poland is the following. The country has over 150 recognized or registered churches and religious communities. The most numerous among them is, of course, the Roman Catholic Church. The amount of its adherents has reached almost 34.5 million people. According to the materials of Statistics, there are more than half a million of Orthodox people in Poland. The Ukrainian Greek Catholics and Jehovah's Witnesses in the register of churches and denominations by number of their believers share the third and fourth positions. There are some firmly rooted sects in Poland, among which the first place belongs to the most numerous group, its Jehovah's Witnesses. There are also new religious movements that seek their place in the country. Thus, Poland has become religiously and ideologically pluralistic country now. However, the pluralistic view faiths range and as well as non-believers do not diminish an eloquent phenomenon of Catholics absolute majority in the country: of 38% of residents 95% are Roman Catholics (i.e, there are even more of them than those who declare their faith in God.) That's why the Catholic Church has always been an authoritative spiritual power in the political arena Poland. ; Проаналізовано питання чи можливий "католицький фундаменталізм"? Чи цей термін вигадали противники церкви? Також висвітлено проблему міжконфесійних зв'язків в сучасній Польщі, та особлива увага приділена польсько-українським міжконфесійним та міжнацональним зв'язкам.

У монографії висвітлено етнокультурну роль Української ГрекоКатолицької церкви в суспільному житті України ХХ ст. На маловідомому джерельному матеріалі аналізуються церковно-релігійні трансформації в західному регіоні. Особливу увагу приділено життєдіяльності церковних структур після відновлення незалежної України. Автори простежують основні віхи життя митрополита Андрея Шептицького. Головна увага приділяється з'ясуванню аспектів наукової, освітньої та екуменічної спадщини визначного церковного, культурного і громадсько-політичного діяча України. У монографії також йдеться про взаємовідносини Галицького митрополита з діячами Закарпаття. Зокрема, висвітлюється позиція А. Шептицького стосовно проголошення в березні 1939 р. Карпатської України. Видання розраховане на широкий читацький загал. ; The monograph highlights the ethnocultural role of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the public life of Ukraine in the twentieth century. Church-religious transformations in the western region are analyzed on the basis of little-known source material. Particular attention is paid to the life of church structures after the restoration of independent Ukraine. The authors trace the main milestones in the life of Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky. The main attention is paid to clarifying aspects of the scientific, educational and ecumenical heritage of a prominent church, cultural and public and political figure of Ukraine. The monograph also deals with the relationship of the Metropolitan of Galicia with the leaders of Transcarpathia. In particular, A. Sheptytsky's position on the proclamation of Carpathian Ukraine in March 1939 is covered. The publication is intended for a wide readership.