Religious affairs in Russia now under control of security services, Lunkin says
Roman Lunkin, president of the Russian Experts Guild on Religion and Law, says that “religious policy in Russia…
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“How to pray for Putin” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Three religious developments in Eurasia with more than religious implications
A Ukrainian bill that would make it easier for congregations to shift from the Moscow patriarchate to the…
Russian court orders demolition of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) in Moscow Oblast
The Moscow Regional Court has ruled that the Holy Trinity Church of the Bohorodsk Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
Scholar: Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate supports repressions, militarism
It would be comforting to believe that Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin was speaking only for himself when he suggested…
Chaplin, ‘a Zhirinovsky from the Orthodox Church,’ says mass repressions necessary and reasonable
Mass repressions don’t just start; the groundwork has to be laid in advance. And that task is being…
Why does Moscow need religious processions in Ukraine?
Two processions organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate called the "All-Ukrainian Procession of the…
Orthodox procession in Ukraine ‘not a road to Kyiv but to Constantinople,’ Portnikov says
Many Ukrainians and their supporters have misunderstood the Orthodox procession organized by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Vitaly Portnikov…
The Great Orthodox Council ended. Now what for Ukraine?
How was the Ukrainian question discussed at the Council? It wasn't explicitly present at the Council, not being…
Authorities ready to demolish only Ukrainian church in Russia
The City Court of Noginsk (Moscow region) has ruled to demolish the Orthodox Holy Trinity Church that is…
Inside Ukraine’s appeal for Church autocephaly
On the eve of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Churches, Ukraine’s Parliament approved and issued…
How Russia used Orthodox fundamentalism to hijack the Church Council in Crete
Behind this leadership squabble lurks a growing antagonism not only between the zealot – neo-fundamentalists – and the…
Orthodox world heading toward a new schism
The decisions of the Bulgarian, Serbian and Antioch Orthodox churches not to attend the Holy and Great Council…
Celebrating Russia Day and war
The rescheduling of Russia Day to a day tied to an event that took place in a foreign…
How the Moscow Patriarchate is creating a separatist Lavra “republic” in Kyiv
On April 23, 2016, Petro Poroshenko invited representatives from the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations to…
Pro-Russia Militants in Occupied East Ukraine Torture Protestant Pastor To Convert To Russian Orthodox Church
The story of Aleksandr Khomchenko, a Protestant clergyman from Donetsk, though sadly all too typical, is no less…
Ukraine and the Orthodox Taliban
The actions of certain Orthodox activists demonstrate that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) is…
Kirill wants a ‘guarantee’ from Pope in his war against Church in Ukraine, Kholmogorov says
The upcoming meeting of Moscow Patriarch Kirill with Pope Francis in Cuba is not only a major boost…
Russian ‘Maxim’ identifies 16 varieties of Russian patriots
Even though the Russian Constitution prohibits a state ideology, Vladimir Putin has made the promotion of patriotism as…
Another baker’s dozen of neglected Russian stories: ‘Nemtsov Place’ for Russian embassy in Washington?
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…