Category: Russian Orthodox church

Separation of the Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox Church: Freedom of Religion in Times of War

Commentary On Nov. 24, 2022, a draft law to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was registered in the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian Parliament. According to Ukraine’s European Solidarity Party, the draft law prohibits all activity of any religious organisation that is somehow associated with, or accountable to, the Russian Orthodox Church “in canonical, organizational, and…


Russia’s Historical Roots in Ukraine

Commentary Russian President Vladimir Putin’s view of his country’s history is remarkably conservative. He firmly believes that Russia’s strength lies in its traditional Orthodox values. For Putin, Russia’s isolation from the globalist agenda of the western elites allows his country to preserve its Byzantine inheritance, its old Slavonic culture and its Orthodox beliefs, untouched by…