Posted on 03/30/2024 6:27:26 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
The Russian Orthodox Church this week approved a document declaring its country's self-described "special military operation" against Ukraine as a "holy war" being waged to protect Russia's "spiritual space."
The declaration was made in a document approved during a gathering of the World Russian People's Council, which brought religious, cultural, and political figures together at the Orthodox Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow, reports Newsweek.
"From a spiritual and moral point of view, the special military operation is a Holy War, in which Russia and its people, are defending the single spiritual space of Holy Russia," said the document, released under the heading of "special military operation," the Kremlin's official term for Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Are you implying that Ukraine "screwed around with" Russia's access to the sea?!
Are you suggesting that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was therefore somehow justified?
Don't recall Putin ever mentioning "screwing around with our access to the sea" as a casus belli.
Maybe I missed something.
Regards,
yes. the good thing about blessing rockets, missiles, and tanks is that they all can then get into Heaven
(?)
Russia bans ALL(!) Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church activities in occupied Ukraine region:
https://international.la-croix.com/news/world/russia-bans-all-ukrainian-greek-catholic-church-activities-in-occupied-ukraine-region/18838
& & & & & &
Russia’s Religious Persecution and Misinformation in Ukraine:
It should be no surprise that we’re having this conversation today about Russia’s religious persecution in Ukraine. Not only has Russia continued to persecute religious believers since their 2014 invasion of Ukraine and annexation of Crimea, but they also do so within their own borders. Russia has been designated a country of particular concern by the State Department, which is a designation reserved for those nations that repress religious freedom and believers within their own borders. This practice has extended with their campaign as I mentioned in 2014 with the initial invasion of Ukraine and has only been exacerbated by the 2022 full scale invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-religious-persecution-and-misinformation-ukraine
The Rus were Baptized into the Orthodox Christian faith at Kyiv in 998.
Russia keeps poking the Ukrainian Wolf... poking... poking...
Russia’s future it dimming accordingly...
“Russian Orthodox Doc Declares ‘Holy War’ in Ukraine”
Putin and the KGB aka FSB approve of this statement.
You gotta get out more.
By fire and sword, just like the Islamic Jihad?
By taking over churches, banning them...
Not true.
Ukraine has declared war on Orthodox Russia. Not cool.
Complete and utter nonsense.
O Lord save Your people and bless Your inheritance!
The dictator and the Russian Orthodox Church are in a self-satisfying symbiotic relationship, which is not morally supportable, as Christians, given the direct and indirect crimes of the dictator.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.