Invasion of Ukraine forces a reckoning for the Orthodox world
Putin’s mobilisation of Orthodoxy has only undermined Russia’s authority in the faith it claims to be defending.
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Kathryn David is an assistant professor of Russian and East European Studies at Vanderbilt University. Her research focuses on religion, nationalism, and empire in Soviet Ukraine and Russia.
Putin’s mobilisation of Orthodoxy has only undermined Russia’s authority in the faith it claims to be defending.
By Kathryn David