EXPLAINER: How is Russia-Ukraine war linked to religion?

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Ukraine’s tangled political history with Russia has its counterpart in the religious landscape, with Ukraine’s majority Orthodox Christian population divided between an independent-minded group based in Kyiv and another loyal to its patriarch in Moscow.

But while there have been appeals to religious nationalism in both Russia and Ukraine, religious loyalty doesn’t mirror political fealty amid Ukraine’s fight for survival.

Even though Russian President Vladimir Putin justified his invasion of Ukraine in part as a defense of the Moscow-oriented Orthodox church, leaders of both Ukrainian Orthodox factions are fiercely denouncing the Russian invasion, as is Ukraine’s significant Catholic minority.

“With prayer on our lips, with love for God, for Ukraine, for our neighbors, we fight against evil - and we will see victory,” vowed Metropolitan Epifany, head of the Kyiv-based Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

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https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-vladimir-putin-kyiv-europe-nationalism-ff22c6c17784674a5eaad0f0a1ff17ca

[Magoo48]

1. Violence, both religion and war are quite violent

[Yorkie Mom]

2. I posted this the other day, and it pretty much sank.

The author is a Russia expert.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216394799


Putin’s Attack on Ukraine Is a Religious War

https://topsecretumbra.substack.com/p/putins-attack-on-ukraine-is-a-religious?utm_source=url