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Putin’s invasion divides Orthodox Christianity*

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has caused huge cracks among the Orthodox churches which will directly affect both the Russian Orthodox Church to which the overwhelming majority of Russians belong, the Orthodox churches in Ukraine, and the authority of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church.

While Russian Christianity traces its origins back to the conversion of Prince Vladimir of Kyiv in 988 AD, over time separate branches of Orthodoxy have emerged from this, i…

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