In Sermon on Birth of the ‘Fatherland,’ Putin’s Patriarch Kirill Equates Invasion of Ukraine with Defense of Orthodox Faith
If you’ve been educated in North America or Western Europe, you might be forgiven for…
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Unprecedented Anti-LGBTQ Statement By Orthodox Church in America Should Be Christian Nationalist Warning Sign to US Orthodoxy
Late last week, the Orthodox Church in America, the second largest Orthodox church body in…
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Moscow Suffers its Most High Profile Defection Yet
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now over 100 days old. When the war began,…
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Is This Tiny Divided Orthodox Nation the Next Front in Russia’s Religious War?
I’m writing from Iași, Romania, which was the capital of the Principality of Moldova between…
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Sanctioning Patriarch Kirill Would Send a Strong Message — Is the Problem That He Doesn’t Wear Mullahs’ Robes?
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, sanctions against Russian officials have been…
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The Russian Patriarch Just Gave His Most Dangerous Speech Yet — And Almost No One in the West Has Noticed
There’s little doubt that Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill’s Forgiveness Sunday Sermon last month received more…
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Palestinian Orthodox Christians, Desperate for Help, Have Caught the Attention of Russia
In case you’re thinking that Ukraine is the only place in the world where Orthodox…
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‘Russkii Mir,’ the Russian Equivalent of ‘Blood & Soil’ Ideology at the Heart of Putin’s War, Explained and Rejected by Theologians in New Statement
A new statement by Orthodox Christian theologians—some of whom sign from Russia—dramatically illustrates what’s at…
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Is Putin a ‘Real’ Christian? To Understand This Conflict We Need to Ask Different Questions
Vladimir Putin’s campaign of violence in Ukraine has brought to the fore questions about his…
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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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