Is This Tiny Divided Orthodox Nation the Next Front in Russia’s Religious War?
…antinople, with its seat in Iași. What is today eastern Romania and all of Moldova were under the Metropolis of Moldova until Bessarabia was annexed by the Russian Empire in 1812. Bessarabia, located in eastern Moldova, is the region that is currently under dispute. When this occurred, the Russian Orthodox Church took control of the churches and monasteries in the region and the local clergy came under the control of Moscow. In 1918, in the wake o…
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