The Russian Orthodox Church continues to openly militarize Russian society. This is evidenced by a steady stream of new statements from its leadership, which have nothing to do with either spirituality or the fundamentals of Christian ethics.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, stated in his latest sermon that the creation of the atomic bomb in the USSR was due to \u00abdivine intervention\u00bb. According to him, the emergence of nuclear weapons supposedly saved the Soviet Union from \u00abterrible destruction\u00bb, while the development of the bomb itself was guided by \u00abGod’s grace and mercy\u00bb.<\/p>\n
\u25ab\ufe0f The situation is deeply paradoxical. An institution that presents itself as a defender of \u00abtraditional spiritual values\u00bb and routinely contrasts Russians with the supposedly \u00abimmoral West\u00bb has spent years cultivating a culture of militarism and violence among its multi-million-strong flock.<\/p>\n
\u2757\ufe0f Such statements form part of the Russian Orthodox Church\u2019s long-standing strategy to sacralise war and provide a \u00abChristian\u00bb justification for the Kremlin\u2019s acts of aggression. This organisation has long served not God, but the Kremlin, as an instrument of state propaganda. Clear evidence of this is a book recently published by kirill, in which participation in the war is portrayed as a \u00abgodly cause\u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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