The Putin Interviews
2017
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Mar 2, 2022 · By Billy Hallowell. Editor. March 2, 2022. What does Russian President Vladimir Putin believe about God? That’s a fascinating question the world can’t answer “with any certainty,” according to Mark Tooley, president of The Institute on Religion and Democracy.
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’. Nostalgic...
Feb 27, 2022 · They trace their ancestry to the medieval kingdom of Kievan Rus, whose 10th century Prince Vladimir (Volodymyr in Ukrainian) rejected paganism, was baptized in Crimea and adopted Orthodoxy as the official religion. In 2014, Putin cited that history in justifying his seizure of Crimea, a land he called “sacred” to Russia.
Feb 16, 2022 · Posted 16 February 2022. Faith, 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.
Jan 21, 2023 · With his luxury watch and murky Soviet past, Patriarch Kirill is Putin's spiritual leader and power broker - ABC News. By Lucy Sweeney and Lucia Stein. Posted Sat 21 Jan 2023 at 10:42am. While Patriarch Kirill projects an ethos of spiritual humility, many Russians see him as a wealthy and powerful member of Putin's elite inner circle.
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.
Jun 5, 2023 · In that sense Putin is a follower of a very specific kind of religion." Outside Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, worshippers are queuing to see the Holy Trinity icon. Some here are ...
