Millions of Ukrainians still worship in Orthodox churches deeply influenced by Russian clergy who support Moscow's invasion, sparking a clash of faith and national loyalty.
Worshippers loyal to the Moscow-affiliated Orthodox church gather for a protest service outside a monastery in Kyiv. Many believers say they're loyal both to Ukraine and their traditional faith.a branch of the Orthodox church long tied to Moscow gathered on a street outside a monastery in Kyiv to sing and pray.
Those ties became intensely controversial in February 2022, when Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine with the blessing of Kirill, the Moscow patriarch and head of the Russian Orthodox Church.NPR "I'm not proud of my church now but I'm still there, like believers often do," he said."We are not ideal."
"There are already Russian flags everywhere," Pavel can be heard saying."And people are happy. People are happy." "We are at war with Russia," said Alex Melnick, who carried Ukraine's blue and yellow national flag."We are protesting against the Moscow church, against the Moscow priests." Meanwhile, some religious leaders in Ukraine say it's time for the Moscow-aligned church to be banned outright.
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