ABSTRACT
The chapter focuses on the memory of the people killed during the Euromaidan protests in Ukraine called the “Heavenly Hundred” and which has contributed to the sacralization of protests in the country. It argues that this narrative is formed as “post-secular sacred” which allows a sacralized representation of the victims as martyrs without giving them a canonical status of martyrs recognized by the Church. Such sacralization without canonization is possible because the established tradition to represent fighters for national freedom as martyrs and saints serves as a mold for the memory of the Heavenly Hundred. In addition, the present moment of the war shapes this memory as a matter of national security. It provides the memory with the sense of immediacy and urgency in which the questions of canonicity can be ignored.
