Russian Orthodox priests face persecution from state and church for supporting peace in Ukraine

Russian Orthodox priests face persecution from state and church for supporting peace in Ukraine

Last September, when President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists, Moscow Patriarch Kirill required his clergymen to wish for victory. Standing in entrance of the altar and dozens of his parishioners in one in all Moscow’s church buildings, Koval determined to place the peace above the patriarch’s orders. (Aug. 12)

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