The Putin Interviews
2017
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Feb 27, 2022 · WHAT IS THE RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE OF UKRAINE? Surveys estimate a large majority of Ukraine’s population is Orthodox, with a significant minority of Ukrainian Catholics who worship with a Byzantine liturgy similar to that of the Orthodox but are loyal to the pope. The population includes smaller percentages of Protestants, Jews and Muslims.
Mar 2, 2022 · Russia’s brand of Christianity. Rather than spiritual compatriots, the Christian faith seen in many Western countries is radically different from the Russian rendition of self-described, government-aligned religiosity. Watch Tooley explain what Putin might believe, Russia’s religious background, and why Ukraine is in the crosshairs:
Mar 31, 2022 · Putin’s religion. Putin was born in Leningrad – a city that reverted its original saint’s name of St Petersburg in 1991 – to an atheist father and devout Christian mother, who baptised him in...
With religious rhetoric, Putin taps into a long tradition that imagines a Greater Russia extending across present-day Ukraine and Belarus, in a combined territory known as Holy Rus’.
Jun 5, 2023 · A 600-year-old Orthodox icon - one of Russia's most precious - believed to have been painted by the medieval artist Andrei Rublev. It's known as The Holy Trinity. For a century, this fragile...
Feb 16, 2022 · Putin and the Orthodox Church: how his faith shapes his politics. In light of recent events around Ukraine, we are re–sharing this extract from The Mighty and the Almighty (2017) in which Ben Ryan considers Putin’s unusual symbiotic relationship with the Orthodox Church. 16/02/2022. Biography.
Mar 17, 2022 · Putin’s claim reflects a commonly held interpretation of the history of Orthodox Christianity in Russia. According to this view, Russians and Ukrainians are one people who originate from the same Christian kingdom that came into being in the 10th century.
