The article discusses the conflict between the teachings of the Bible and the current actions of the Russian Orthodox Church under Patriarch Kirill, who imposes prayers for victory in the Ukraine war. Some clergy, like Ioann Koval, faced expulsion for advocating peace. Bishop Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko, a dissenting voice, condemns the war and administrators' repression, emphasizing the need for negotiation instead of violence. His arrest illustrates the growing danger for those in the clergy opposing the Kremlin's narrative, reflecting a larger pattern of religious persecution in Russia amidst the war.
The coordinated repression between Vladimir Putin's regime and Kirill reaches the last corner of Russia where speaking of peace without fear was still possible: the churches.
Bishop Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko emphatically told EL PAIS after celebrating Sunday Mass before a small group of parishioners in a remote chapel on a St. Petersburg industrial estate.
Ioann Koval dared to replace the word victory with peace and was personally expelled by the supreme leader.
For example, the acceptance of the Russian language. But they should have been resolved through negotiations. You can't go to war! You can't kill! Period!
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