Ukraine: Religious Perspectives

The First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska addressed the World Council of Churches with a request to become a mediator in the organization of humanitarian corridors and to help Ukrainians fleeing the war. - RISU

Dr. Don Fairbairn (professor of Patristics) and Dr. Skip Elliott (professor of Russian history) present some historical perspective on the Russian/Ukraine co...

Yesterday Russia announced a revised military doctrine, signed by President Vladimir Putin, that names NATO as the Kremlin’s main adversary and clarifies that Russia’s military reserves…

On the religious roots of war and the Christian response.

His Holiness Kirill Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Russian Orthodox Church Your Holiness, We write you as brothers and sisters in Christ.  Some of us have worked with you in fellowship in ecumenical settings.  All of us serve in various positions of leadership and service in churches and Christian organizations.  We know well the […]

The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, is a historic threat to a people of Orthodox Christian tradition.

Churches in the “Wheaton of Ukraine,” a suburb of Kyiv, help residents escape war as one member gives his life to save a fleeing family.

Read this article on a talented middle schoolers drawing of how he understands God's Heart for the Ukrainian People. For more content like this, visit MygrationChristianConference.com.

On Wednesday, March 2, His Beatitude Metropolitan Tikhon sent the following letter to His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy of Kyiv and all Ukraine. Your Beatitude, Dear Brother and…

Priests of Lviv eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Moscow patriarchate public an open letter with the demand to call for Archieparchial Sobor (Council) of the UOChurch to declare the full independence from Moscow. - RISU

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow addressed a message to the Hierarchs, the clergy, and the faithful of the Russian Orthodox Church. The Patriarch emphasized that "as the Patriarch of All Russia and the primate of a Church whose flock is located in Russia, Ukraine, and other countries, I deeply empathize with…

Dearly beloved children in the Lord, In light of the distressing developments in Ukraine affecting millions of…

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Orthodox Christian responses to Putin’s invasion of Ukraine range from ridiculous to courageous.

ORTHODOX leaders have joined Churches worldwide in denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and appea...

American evangelicals can learn from Russia—by not treating religion as a tool to maintain power.

For the past century, America’s conservative Christians and politicians were united in the belief that the communist USSR — and later, Russia — was anti-American, anti-God and a threat to the world. But recently, some Christian nonprofits have consistently praised Russia as a global beacon of hope f

Yesterday we offered a “Bonus Roundup” on how American evangelicals are responding to the invasion. Today we have part two: Dinesh D’Souza, a favorite of conservative evangelicals and the former president of the evangelical The Kings College, is backing Putin: […]

The European Evangelical Alliance says there is “no justification” for Putin’s invasion. National Association of Evangelicals: Former Trump lawyer, court evangelical, and Liberty University Falkirk Center fellow Jenna Ellis smells an opportunity to politicize the invasion: The Russian Evangelical Alliance […]

When it comes to Russian Orthodoxy, Kyiv is essentially Jerusalem.

The religious president wants to rebuild Christendom

Putin has now ordered Russian troops into Donetsk and Luhansk. The first major conflict between two Orthodox Christian nations since the War of the Stray Dogs in 1925 has likely just begun. That conflict (the resolution of which was incidentally perhaps the only significant accomplishment of the Lea

There are at least three clearly religious dimensions to this conflict which, so far, have largely been overlooked in most analysis.

by Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis | ελληνικά | Română | Српски Few, if any, would go so far as to claim that Patriarch Kirill, as head of the Orthodox Church in Russia (or “the Russias,” as he likes to say), could be charged with crimes against humanity or war crimes for not preventing unwarranted and unjustifiable […]