Kremlinism/Anti-Christianity

• russian fascists turn eastern ukrainian sviatohirsk lavra, one of the most ancient monasteries in europe, in a pile of burning rubble
  • Wikipedia: Sviatohirsk Lavra#2022 Russian shelling

• Five of the 183 sites ruined or damaged by the Russian attacks are Muslim, five are Judaic, and the other 173 are Christian.

• In rebel-held Donetsk, religious intolerance grows

• The Myth of the “Crusader Putin”

• Ukrainian Catholics experiencing 'total persecution' in Crimea

• Kyle Orton, The Role of Christianity in Russia’s War on Ukraine

• On Ukraine-Russia Border, Evangelicals Endure as Invasion Looms

• 🇷🇺troops destroyed at least 307 temples in🇺🇦, shelled, looted, burned them. Churches suffered the most, but also mosques, synagogues. Attacking religious sites is a #WarCrime.

• DONBAS: Luhansk: More Christian texts "extremist", Catholic priests banned

• Five members of local churches were killed in Mariupol, two were taken prisoner

• From Russia with No Love

• Russias consistent persecution of Christians is something completely forgotten in Western media. You would think burning churches in killing pastors in Donbas & arresting parishioners in Russia would make a headline in right wing media, nope.

• Putin and Russian Orthodox Church forge an unholy alliance to take over Ukraine [1]

• Russia is fighting a “satanic West that has turned away from traditional religious values” by bombing a UNESCO cathedral in Odessa

• https://twitter.com/OstanniyCap/status/1711349896316334185

• росіяни вбили священника з окупованого Каланчака на Херсонщині
  • https://twitter.com/dkaleniuk/status/1758513256140812370

• Russia bans religious freedom in Ukraine

• Protestant pastors in Donetsk have been abducted and tortured

• Greek Catholic Priest abducted By pro-Russian armed forces in Crimea

• The idea that Putin is a champion of traditional Russian values is bonkers.

• “The Ukrainian Orthodox Church on Wednesday said two monks and a nun have been killed in the shelling of a historic monastery in eastern Ukraine.”

• “Using incendiary ammunition, Russian artillery deliberately targeted the monastery of Sviatohirsk Lavra in Donetsk Oblast. One of the most significant, and ancient, European monuments to Christianity, it was a place of zero military value. It’s now rubble.”

• “Ukrainian Catholics experiencing ’total persecution’ in Crimea”

• “All but one faith persecuted in occupied Crimea”

• “Ukrainian Churches are facing imminent ban in Crimea”

• “Losing Their Religion in Crimea: Russia’s Restrictive Religion Laws Take Their Toll”

• “In rebel-held Donetsk, religious intolerance grows”

• “Embroidery Day in Crimea: Detention, Interrogation & Ghoulish Threats”

• “In Donetsk, Protestants are being forced to conduct their services in apartments, persecuted by pro-Russia separatists who believe there’s only room for one religion in the region: Russian Orthodoxy.”

• “Russia’s war has fully or partly ruined 183 religious sites in Ukraine. According to the State Service for Ethnic Affairs and Freedom of Conscience, the lists includes churches, mosques, synagogues, educational and administrative buildings of Ukraine’s religious communities. Five of the 183 sites ruined or damaged by the Russian attacks are Muslim, five are Judaic, and the other 173 are Christian.”

• Russian soldiers have orders to kill Ukrainian pastors

• Russia Keeps Punishing Evangelicals in Crimea

• Russia’s Persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses

• Tonight on PBS @NewsHour, Russia persecutes evangelical Christians in occupied Ukraine. Thousands of believers have fled or gone underground as Russian forces close churches and saw down crosses.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh0IdyeiAiQ

• The evangelical case for U.S. military aid to Ukraine