A violent confrontation broke out between believers of rival Orthodox churches after the St. Michael's Cathedral in the central Ukrainian city of Cherkasy was handed over from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
The Russian Orthodox Church is basically a propaganda arm of the Russian government. The army has its own personal cathedral and Patriarch Kirill (“former” KGB asset, by the way) describes the invasion of Ukraine as a holy war.
The Russian Orthodox Church is basically a propaganda arm of the Russian government. The army has its own personal cathedral and Patriarch Kirill (“former” KGB asset, by the way) describes the invasion of Ukraine as a holy war.
Yup, spot on.