{"id":75640,"date":"2023-03-06T13:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evocation.info\/?p=75640"},"modified":"2023-03-09T14:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T14:10:51","slug":"clerics-in-uniform-how-the-russian-orthodox-church-in-europe-works-for-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evocation.info\/en\/clerics-in-uniform-how-the-russian-orthodox-church-in-europe-works-for-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Clerics in uniform: how the Russian Orthodox Church in Europe works for Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Agents of the Russian Orthodox Church in Europe: Who is helping Putin to implant the “Russian world” in the West?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Putin’s terrorists continue their bloody war in Ukraine. And the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) justifies in every way the crimes of the occupants on Ukrainian soil. The so-called patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Kirill (Vladimir Gundyaev), has repeatedly approved of Russian aggression.<\/p>\n

The ROC has a fairly extensive network in Europe. Gundyaev’s subordinates in the West usually do not make loud statements like their boss, but that does not mean they do not support him. They do it quite delicately. They try to ignore the war in Ukraine, and if they do mention it, they do not call Russia an invader. They focus attention on religious issues in Ukraine, claiming “persecution” of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP). And, of course, do not forget to praise their boss, wishing him health and longevity.<\/p>\n

Evocation<\/a> investigated the centers of the Russian Orthodox Church in Europe. Many influential Russian church functionaries in the West have been linked to the Kremlin’s security services since Soviet times.<\/p>\n