Prominent Russian Orthodox Church Rejects Pro-Putin Patriarch Kirill, Raising Tensions Within Orthodox World
The Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas in Amsterdam has a rather prominent place in…
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Kirill’s Sermon May Be Bad Preaching and Even Worse Theology — But it’s a Top-Notch Rejection of Liberal Democracy
Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, gave a sermon on forgiveness this…
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If Kirill’s Bizarre Sermon Blaming War on Pride Parades Comes as a Surprise, it’s Time to Learn the History
Today is Clean Monday, the first day of the Orthodox Christian Lent. Yesterday was Forgiveness…
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In His ‘Forgiveness Day’ Sermon — a Slightly More Sophisticated ‘GloboHomo’ Rant — Kirill Lays Out an Authoritarian Vision in Which His Version of God Might Dominate and Rule the Human Race
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian…
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A Church (Further) Divided: Putin’s Patriarch Now Faces a Rebellion From Within the Russian Orthodox Church
While the world waits for Russian oligarchs to tire of their yachts being seized and…
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A Twisted Love Story: How American Evangelicals Helped Make Putin’s Russia and How Russia Became the Darling of the American Right
If someone from 1965 were to arrive in a time machine, there’s likely much about…
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Could Patriarch Kirill’s ‘Evil Forces’ Against Russia and the Russian Church Refer to Jews?
If it wasn’t already blatantly apparent that Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is not “calling for…
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No, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow is Not Calling for Peace — In Fact, He’s Putin’s Accomplice
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus is not calling for peace in Ukraine, and…
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The Enigmatic Role of Anti-Semitism in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
As noted recently in the New York Times and elsewhere, the Jews of Ukraine have…
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What’s So Scary About the Inclusion of ‘God’ in the Russian Constitution?
Last Friday, the House’s Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights heard testimony that Russia’s human…
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