Holy Russia? Holy War?

PART ONE: SHADOWS OF THE PAST

The New Rome

Rome never fell

The conversion of the Slavs

The Great Schism and the Crusades

Ottoman occupation

The Third Rome

Reformation and Enlightenment

Nationalism

Communism

Which brings us to today

PART TWO: WHO IS PATRIARCH KIRILL AND WHY IS HE DANGEROUS?

Introducing Putin's greatest admirer

What's so scary about the inclusion of 'God' in the Russian constitution?

Make no mistake, if there's a war between Russia and Ukraine, it will be a religious war

No, Patriarch Kirill is not calling for peace. In fact, he's Putin's accomplice

What are the 'evil forces' ranged against Russia and the Russian Church?

Now Kirill blames the war on Western pride parades

The Russian Patriarch just gave his most dangerous speech yet - and almost no one in the West has noticed

Meet 'The Putin Whisperer': Kirill may lead the Russian Church, but this Metropolitan has Putin's ear

How belief in Moscow as 'the new Rome' explains Kirill's astonishing declaration that 'Russia has never attacked anyone'

Putin's theo-propaganda minister invokes 600 years of history to lay claim to Ukraine

Now Kirill justifies Russia's invasion as a defence of orthodox faith

PART THREE: THIS IS NOT JUST A PROBLEM FOR UKRAINE

Russians on La rue Daru

Russian influence in Sub-Saharan Africa and the lessons of Ukraine

The enigmatic role of antisemitism in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

A twisted love story: how American evangelicals helped make Putin's Russia and how Russia became the darling of the American right

Palestinian Orthodox Christians, desperate for help, have caught the attention of Russia

Is this tiny divided orthodox nation the next front in Russia's religious war?

Independence of the Orhid Archdioceses is more about Russia than Macedonia

Is the worldwide Russian Orthodox Church looking to Westernize?

As tensions escalate in the Balkans, the West could hand Putin a valuable weapon

In Cyprus' search for a new archbishop Russia did not get its way

The Korean Peninsula: The next front in Russia's quest to be Orthodox influencers

Russia's man in Cyprus

PART FOUR: THE WAR WILL END BUT THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES WILL REMAIN, SO WHAT CAN BE DONE?

A Church (further) divided: Putin's patriarch faces a rebellion from within the Russian Orthodox Church

One prominent Russian orthodox church rejects the pro-Putin patriarch, raising tensions within the Orthodox world

Failure to grasp the character and history of Eastern Christianity is compromising our understanding of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Holy father, you're not helping: the problem with the Pope's plan to consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

Another important defection from the Russian patriarchate looms: the fate of Orthodoxy in the West hangs in the balance

Be careful what you wish for: the downside of kicking the Russian Orthodox Church out of the World Council of Churches

Sanctioning Patriarch Kirill would send a strong message

CONCLUSION

Two modern Russian saints

Epilogue