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Russian Orthodoxy’s leaders are instruments of Russian state power

Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate · Aug 11 · View source

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some of the activists attacking churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church may be connected to Russian special services

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the Orthodox Russian Federation turned against its Orthodox neighbor

Against · Russian Orthodox Federation
Orthodox Observer · Aug 12 · View source Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 Wikipedia
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the Armenian authorities are attempting to reshape the Church and effectively turn it into an arm of the state apparatus

Against · Armenian authorities
Union of Orthodox Journalists (SPZH) · Aug 12 · View source
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militants who seize churches may be doing so on orders from Russian special services

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Union of Orthodox Journalists (SPZH) · Aug 19 · View source
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the ingratitude of the Church of Russia – and not only of Russia – toward the Mother Church of Constantinople, from which they received the light of the Christian faith and enlightenment continues

Against · the Church of Russia
Union of Orthodox Journalists (SPZH) · Aug 14 · View source Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 Wikipedia
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the Russian government is waging an unjust war against its “Orthodox neighbor,” Ukraine, with the full approval of the Moscow Patriarchate, which has even blessed the conflict as a “holy war.”

Against · Russian government
Orthodox Observer · Aug 12 · View source Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 Wikipedia
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has criticized Russian aggression and specifically condemned Patriarch Kirill’s efforts to give a veneer of religious sanction to the war

Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate · Aug 11 · View source Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 Wikipedia
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instead of assisting Patriarch Theodore and his collaborators in their missionary work among the peoples of Africa, the Russian Orthodox Church has chosen to act in competition with them

Against · the Church of Russia
Orthodox Times (EN) · Aug 13 · View source Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 Wikipedia
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