From the article:
“In practice, however, the whole notion of a resurgent Orthodox civilisation is unravelling. Putin’s Ukrainian proxies are hardly exemplars of Orthodox piety. Putin may have characterised Crimea as a land sacred to Russians at its annexation, but just weeks later the Russian parliament passed a new law establishing the territory as a special gambling zone. Many of the pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine claim to fight in the name of Orthodoxy – they even have an “Orthodox Army” – but there is next to no religious sentiment in their recruitment videos, to say nothing of their American-style rap anthem. Last summer a commander of these would-be Christian warriors had to resort to a special decree to curb their foul language.
This is not surprising, given that the separatist eastern territories are situated in the least religious area of Ukraine. In 2010, the number of religious communities per capita in easternmost Ukraine was less than half that of central regions, and only about a quarter that of western Ukraine.”
American style rap for their anthem? These guys really need to be killed. Also funny that the West is more religious than the East, but Putin depicts this as a religious war against an unbelieving West. By the way, the article doesn’t seem to mention that Kirill was outed as a KGB agent a long time ago. The ROC is just another arm of the Kremlin. The “patriarch,” thus, cannot be pushed to the brink. He just takes orders and gets paid anyway it goes.
The floors of Hell are paved with the souls of corrupt Priests.