Posted on 08/18/2025 9:57:59 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
A documentary about the suffering of evangelical Christians in Ukraine shows how one objective of the Russian invasion is to degrade Christianity, including allowing Chechen Muslims to partially Islamize occupied areas.
Steven Moore, founder of Ukraine Freedom Project and co-producer of A Faith Under Siege, said from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv that the country was surprisingly “highly functioning” despite the challenges of consistent attacks against the population – a drone-and-missile attack reported on Thursday night (July 30) resulted in 16 people dead, including a 6-year-old boy and another child.
“It’s understandable if people outside Ukraine think that Kyiv could be a smoke-and-ruin because that’s what the media portrays,” said Moore, who has lived there since day five of the Russian invasion in February 2022. “But this is a city of millions of people, and life goes on, and Ukraine is very resilient.”
In the 18 percent of territory controlled by Russia, however, “the worst things in the world are happening,” Moore said – torture, imprisonment, indoctrination, kidnapping of their children and brutal killings.
For example, occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in the southeast are now under the control of Ramzan Kadyrov, a Chechen Muslim warlord who has “declared an ‘Orthodox-Muslim Jihad’” against Ukrainians, according to an eyewitness called Petro, a young evangelical preacher who escaped an area of occupied Ukraine at the end of last year.
His identity hidden for security reasons, Petro testifies in the documentary to the realities of occupation.
“They’re repopulating our land with Muslims from Chechnya and from the Caucuses, and they’re focused on eliminating other religious denominations,” he says about the intentions of the Chechens who support Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.
(Excerpt) Read more at christiandaily.com ...
BUMP for later. I’ve been wondering about their fate in this present exchange.
Barrett, a U.S. Marine veteran and entrepreneur,...630 churches shelled, looted, or destroyed by Russia. That number is now 650,” Barrett said. Ukraine is known as the Bible belt of Eastern Europe, as U.S. missionaries “flooded” the country since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moore said. ..Before the Russian invasion, veteran evangelist Franklin Graham was even able to hold an event in Lviv with 39,000 people; ---- https://www.christiandaily.com/news/film-shows-effect-of-russian-invasion-on-ukraine-evangelicalsArticle is worth reading more of. But Putin-Russians persecution of evangelicals is ardently denied by Putin supporters here, while many/most TradCaths would support any war against evangelicals, these being enemy #1 after Islam.
Meanwhile,
Russian Patriarch Kirill Says [for Russian soldiers] Dying In Ukraine 'Washes Away All Sins'
HMMMmmm...
I've heard of this tactic being used in other locations as well.
yes it’s a rock and a hard place.
go with Putin and you will have Stalinist statues re-erected in the town squares (most Ukrainian ones were torn down in the past decade) plus Soviet Union PRIDE parades, Islam from the Chechen pockets, and state sanctioned Russian Orthodoxy as the only recognized Christian.
go with Zelensky and you have all the woke rainbow EU nonsense, but “freedom.” .
BUT: as Trump continually says, the killing is what needs to stop. And that is on Russia mainly.
Thanks, you make my point - Ukraine is simply fighting for which master will rule over them - they are NOT fighting for “freedom” as the Zeepers claim - ask Hungary how much ‘freedom’ they’re permitted as part of the EU. There are certainly some downsides to the Russians, but nothing like the Soviet days and I doubt they’ll have to worship Stalin...more like dealing with him as an annoyance. Regarding churches, as far as I know, Christian churches are not outlawed in Russia, neither is the Ukrainian language.
But the Globalists, in addition to shoving “Pride” into their kids, they will take away their gasoline/diesel cars (as they’re quickly doing in Europe), impose MASS IMMIGRATION on Ukraine, can easily be forced into another war against Russia, censorship at least as bad as Russia (cannot even debate mass immigration), world-leading electricity prices...the list is virtually endless.
The Yarovaya laws at issue forbid Missionary work, defined as defined in as broad a way as possible: “Missionary activity … is defined as activity of a religious association intended to spread information about its doctrines among people who are not participants (members, followers) of the particular religious association, with the goal of drawing those people into the group of participants (members, followers) of the religious association, carried out directly by the religious association or by citizens by the association or by legal entities, publicly, by means of the media, the information-telecommunication network “Internet”, or by other legal methods.”
Such broadly applies to
The activity of a religious association, aimed at disseminating information about its beliefs among people who are not participants (members, followers) in that religious association, with the purpose of involving these people as participants (members, followers). It is carried out directly by religious associations or by citizens and/or legal entities authorised by them, publicly, with the help of the media, the internet or other lawful means"...Citizens are also required to report unauthorized religious activity to the government or face fines.
https://motabredsquare.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/missionary-work-after-the-yarovaya-laws-part-ii-legal-analysis/: The bulk of the effect of this legislation on missionary work concerns the addition of a large section dedicated specifically to missionary work to the federal code concerning the freedom of conscience.
Missionary work is defined in as broad a way as possible: “Missionary activity … is defined as activity of a religious association intended to spread information about its doctrines among people who are not participants (members, followers) of the particular religious association, with the goal of drawing those people into the group of participants (members, followers) of the religious association, carried out directly by the religious association or by citizens by the association or by legal entities, publicly, by means of the media, the information-telecommunication network “Internet”, or by other legal methods.”
Missionary activity thus defined is allowed “without restriction” in buildings owned by the religious organization, and various other specially-designated places such as cemeteries, but (reasonably so) not in other religious associations’ property.
Missionary work is not allowed in residences. If there is one takeaway from the law, it should be this.
In other public situations, only the leader of the local religious association (or a designated alternate) is allowed to engage in missionary activities without a special permit – essentially, a legal declaration by the religious association that the carrier is authorized to perform missionary work. This requirement is notably targeted at Russian citizens, but a similar requirement is also required of foreign citizens. (It is my understanding that it is already the Church’s practice is to issue such declarations for missionaries.) Of particular note is the prohibition against missionary work intended to assist in the performance of “extremist activity.” This has been defined by recent legislation extremely broadly,...
One final provision clarifies that only religious services and rites, not missionary work, is allowed to be performed in people’s homes (by reference to the law governing religious meetings held outside of religious buildings). On the face of it, this suggests that anointing for the sick and afflicted is allowed in homes, and perhaps even holding Sacrament Meeting, but no missionary work. As a preventative measure, the provision also prevents the legal conversion of a residence into a religious space, meaning that you can’t just have someone in the branch register their apartment as a church and hold member lessons there. - https://motabredsquare.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/missionary-work-after-the-yarovaya-laws-part-ii-legal-analysis/
Under Putin, the Russian Orthodox Church and other approved religions became tools of state policy. According to Putin, there are four traditional and “exclusively Patriotic” religions, Russian Orthodoxy, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism. Since 2012, when the Kremlin started incorporating religious and conservative messages into the government’s rhetoric, these institutions were showered with financial and political benefits due to their close ties with the regime.
Those who fell outside these four patriotic religions’ freedoms were subject to anti-missionary laws and state surveillance, which eroded their ability to practice their religion openly. This tactical choice targets independent religious activity outside of the Kremlin’s control and allows the regime to prosecute religious groups through incredibly vague laws. Notable groups target under these laws include Jehovah’s Witnesses, Muslims, and Evangelicals. Indeed, according to a 2019 report, Evangelicals were the group most penalized under the anti-missionary laws. For example, the Kremlin forced a Russian Christian radio station to relocate from Moscow, Russia to Odesa, Ukraine. In 2022, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) recommended labeling Russia as a country of particular concern “for engaging in systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom”. - https://www.christianpost.com/voices/putin-is-not-the-defender-of-the-faithful.html
TO the WEF and left, “freedom” really means bondage.
I do believe you have found one of the keystones for the Left backing Ukraine.
Good job!
Are there any Muslim presidents, or any dictators, or any communist rulers who allow gay pride parades?
This isn’t so simple as free nations pro-gay/Russian dictator bringing Christ back to humanity.
Here is what Putin is doing to the Christians in the areas his troops take control of.
Film shows effect of Russian invasion on Ukraine evangelicals
https://www.christiandaily.com/news/film-shows-effect-of-russian-invasion-on-ukraine-evangelicals
“A documentary about the suffering of evangelical Christians in Ukraine shows how one objective of the Russian invasion is to degrade Christianity, including allowing Chechen Muslims to partially Islamize occupied areas.”
“For example, occupied areas of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions in the southeast are now under the control of Ramzan Kadyrov, a Chechen Muslim warlord who has “declared an ‘Orthodox-Muslim Jihad’” against Ukrainians”
““They’re repopulating our land with Muslims from Chechnya and from the Caucuses, and they’re focused on eliminating other religious denominations,” he says about the intentions of the Chechens who support Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion.”
No, but neither does Russian dictator bring Christ back to humanity.
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