Putin can blindly trust Russian Orthodox Church

25-02-2022

Eastern Europe

Maarten Stolk, RD

Putin can blindly trust Russian Orthodox Church

The Russian Orthodox Church is silent about Russia’s attack on neighbouring Ukraine. President Putin does not have to worry about possible criticism from the Russian Church either. The Church will only want to strengthen Russia’s position.

Relatives and friends mourn during a funeral service for the Ukrainian soldier Anton Sidorov, killed in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday. Photo EPA, Sergey Dolzhenko

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Everyone who takes a sword, will die by the sword. That was the message of the leader of the Ukrainian Church, Metropolitan Epiphanius of Kyiv.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia during an award ceremony in Moscow on 20 November 2021. Photo EPA, Mikhail Metzel

Church has too much influence on state, more and more Russians say

In the last five years, the number of Russians who believe that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and religious organisations have too much influence on the state, has almost doubled.

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