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A close ally of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Kirill has described Putin's rule as "a miracle of God". [1] According to Putin, Kirill's father baptized him. [1] During his tenure as Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus', Kirill has brought the Russian Orthodox Church closer to the Russian state. [2]
To Vladimir Putin, Orthodox Christianity is a tool for asserting Moscow’s rights over sovereign Ukraine. In his February televised address announcing the recent invasion of Ukraine, he argued ...
As President Donald Trump's administration works toward a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) are warning that Vladimir Putin's Russia ...
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; Russian: Русская православная церковь, romanized: Russkaya pravoslavnaya tserkov', abbreviated as РПЦ), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (Московский патриархат, Moskovskiy patriarkhat), [12] is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Christian church.
[15] The links between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian government under Vladimir Putin have led some commentators to describe the invasion as a religious war. [16] [17] [18] Some commentators have pointed to Russian Christian nationalism as playing a role in the Russian government's motivations for the invasion.
Now, the war has prompted dissent within the Orthodox Christian faith. The Moscow-based church's leadership has framed Russia's invasion of Ukraine in holy terms - as a defense of conservative ...
"Sect believes Putin is a modern day St. Paul". The Moscow News. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011; Jackson, Joe (4 October 2011). "Small Russian Orthodox Sect Considers Vladimir Putin a Saint". Time "Russian sect believes Putin reincarnation of Saint Paul". RIA Novosti. 11 May 2011
President Vladimir Putin, whose picture was shown between two giant images of an ancient Orthodox icon on Tuesday, warned the West ahead of elections in March 2024 that any foreign meddling in ...