One God, One People, One Führer: why the Russian Orthodox Church is copying the state’s repressive apparatus
OPINION One God, One People, One Führer: why the Russian Orthodox Church is copying the state’s repressive apparatus 1 February 2024 Sergey Chapnin Senior fellow, Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, multiple Russian Orthodox priests who declared their antiwar stance have been banned from ministering — or even defrocked.