Center for Countering Disinformation<\/a> at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\u201cThe sermons by the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev), boiled down to several propaganda narratives: Russia walks a special civilizational path, for which it is hated and \u2018beaten\u2019; the West is completely sinful, there is a total \u2018moral collapse\u2019; we need to pray for \u2018Orthodox President Putin\u2019 and the Russian army,\u201d the report says.<\/p>\n
“The ROC, which is completely subordinate to the Kremlin, has long had nothing to do with Christianity in general and Orthodoxy in particular. It only serves as a tool for ideological support and justification of war,” the CCD emphasized.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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