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Russian Orthodox Church As Apologist For The Current Russian Aggression, Valentyn Krysachenko, Alina Zadorozhnya, Yulia Lebedeva, Yuriy Figurnyi
Russian Orthodox Church As Apologist For The Current Russian Aggression, Valentyn Krysachenko, Alina Zadorozhnya, Yulia Lebedeva, Yuriy Figurnyi
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
The article analyzes the criminal character of the Russian Orthodox Church as an apologist for Russian imperial aggression. The concept of canonical territory is the ideological basis for the intervention of the Russian Orthodox Church in the internal affairs of independent states. Historically, the creation and growth of the network of the Russian Orthodox Church structures on its territory took place by illegal means, and the concept of canonical territory as a political trend was introduced in 1989 as a means of maintaining its own dominance in the post-Soviet states. The concept of “canonical territory” in the interpretation of the …
In Double Jeopardy: For Ukrainian Orthodox Church, A War On Two Fronts, Geraldine Fagan
In Double Jeopardy: For Ukrainian Orthodox Church, A War On Two Fronts, Geraldine Fagan
Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church faces trouble from its own government as well as its Russian brethren.