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Apr 10, 2024 · Kirill’s support for Russia’s brutal behavior—the 2014 annexation of Crimea and the bloody proxy war in eastern Ukraine—had made him a hated figure, and had helped boost support in Kyiv...
Aug 3, 2023 · The support of the Russian Orthodox Church has grown as the invasion of Ukraine has progressed, with Patriarch Kirill becoming one of the war’s most prominent promoters. In his sermons, he has accused “foreign forces” of trying to divide Russia and Ukraine, which he often describes as “one people.”. These thinly veiled attempts to ...
Feb 9, 2024 · This image is part of an outdoor art exhibition in central Moscow that urges Russian men to enlist. Moscow Patriarch Kirill, head of the world’s largest Orthodox Christian Church whose clout...
May 21, 2022 · Alexander Nemenov/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. Kirill has called Mr. Putin’s long tenure “ a miracle of God ,” and has characterized the war as a just defense against liberal conspiracies...
Mar 8, 2022 · March 8, 2022. Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, leader of Russia's dominant religious group, has sent his strongest signal yet justifying his country's invasion of Ukraine — describing...
Jan 9, 2023 · Vladimir Gundyayev was elevated to the post of metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad on February 25, 1991. He was subsequently elected patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia on January 27, 2009 ...
Jul 28, 2015 · Prince Vladimir - also called Volodymyr - is venerated as a saint in both Russia and Ukraine. By Olga Bugorkova and Natasha Matyukhina. BBC Monitoring. The legacy of a medieval prince has...
