Three and a half years into Russia's full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church is finally facing its judgment day. Under a law passed in 2024, the branch — the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate —  is supposed to either sever its ties with Russia or be banned. Neither has happened so far. Due to the invasion, the church has faced an escalating crisis due to its affiliation with Russia and some of its priests' collaboration with the Russian auth

Three and a half years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church is finally facing its judgment day. Under a law passed in 2024, the branch — Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate — is supposed to either sever its ties with Russia or be banned. None had happened so far. Due to the invasion, the church has faced an escalating crisis due to its affiliation with Russia and some of its priests’ collaboration with the Russian authorities. Th

  • Cosmoooooooo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Well duh, the russian orthodox church sponsors russian terrorism. Encourages it. Benefits from it.

    Discourage this bullshit religion, and all other bullshit religions. (Hint, they’re all bullshit religions)