Tag: Russian Orthodox church
Ukraine passes historic bill banning Orthodox church tied to Moscow
Ukraine's Parliament has approved an historic bill to ban the Orthodox Church with ties to the Russian Patriarchate.
Ideology and blasphemy meet in Russia
A recent document from the Russian Orthodox Church under Patriarch Kirill attempts to spiritualise and sanctify the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Holy See would do well to rally Christian leaders to condemn the notion that Russia is waging a “holy war” and has a special mission from God in the 21st century, writes George Weigel.
George Weigel: Christian solidarity with a martyr-church
Ever since the 1596 Union of Brest reestablished full communion between the Bishop of Rome and several ecclesiastical jurisdictions in eastern Europe, what we...
George Weigel: Please explain, Patriarch Kirill
In the early 1990s, I met Kirill, now Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia’, when the man christened Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev was chief ecumenical officer of the Russian Orthodox Church.
