Russian Orthodox Church

• Russian Orthodox Church
• Ivan Verbytskyi, “Let me tell you a few words about the so-called Ukrainian Orthodox Church allegedly banned by Zelenskyi this week 🧵” (thread) (pdf)

Kremlinism

• Putin Runs The Russian State--And The Russian Church Too
• Moscow Church Increasingly Working As Spy Network For Putin Regime

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow

• Wikipedia, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
• KGB agent [1]

Artemy Vladimirov

• Russia’s Holy War Against the West

Aggressions

• A Ukrainian soldier's funeral came to blows on July 22 when a priest of the Moscow Patriarchate used a large crucifix to attack a priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, who was urging people to abandon the Patriarchate and not use the deceased soldier's Russian name.

Spy operations

Norway

• Dual-purpose parishes
• Orthodox Church of Russia acquired properties in Norway next to military bases in recent years
• The Russian Orthodox Church is buying buildings overlooking military bases in Norway

Dissent

• Among Russian Orthodox, glimmers of dissent against the invasion of Ukraine
• Orthodox priest reportedly arrested in Russia for sermon decrying invasion of Ukraine
• Russian Orthodox priests call for immediate end to war in Ukraine

• Russian Orthodox Church faces schism following patriarch's support for Ukraine invasion

• Over 400 Orthodox priests in Ukraine condemn Patriarch Kirill
• Over 400 Orthodox priests in Ukraine sign appeal against Patriarch Kirill
• Orthodox priests in Ukraine seek removal of Patriarch Kirill
• Orthodox priests call for patriarchs to depose Kirill

Letters

• Appeal of the Clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church Calling for Reconciliation and an End to the War (original in Russian, 293 signers)
• Open request to the primates of local Orthodox churches (original in Ukrainian, 438 signers)