Putin's war creates schism in Russian Orthodox Church

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Last weekend, at a special midnight service in a packed church in Udine, in northeast Italy, a priest led his flock of Ukrainian, Russian and Eastern European immigrants through their usual Orthodox Easter traditions. But recently, he's also accompanying them on a much less familiar path, sparked by the war in Ukraine.

In March, this parish decided to split from its mother church in Moscow, joining instead the Istanbul-based Orthodox Church, whose leader has criticized the war – in stark contrast from the head of the Russian Orthodox Church.

"By separating from Moscow," Father Vladymir Melnichuk told "Sunday Morning," "we are adhering to the Christian vision of the world."

There are roughly 100 million Russian Orthodox – the largest church within Orthodox Christianity. Their leader is Patriarch Kirill, who has framed Russia's invasion of Ukraine in holy terms.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putins-war-creates-schism-in-russian-orthodox-church/ar-AAWOmXn

[hunter]

1. The Russian Orthodox church in Russia isn't going to turn against Putin...

... since he restored them to power after the official atheism of the Soviet Union.

Putin himself is as Orthodox as Trump is Evangelical.

The leaders of these churches support these evil men in hopes of gaining more political power.