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Father Mikhail Vasiliev died on the front line in Donbas on November 6. Like many other Russian Orthodox priests, he had volunteered to serve as a military chaplain. Three days later, Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church performed his funeral service in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. For the leader, the unconditional support of Vladimir Putin and the “special military operation” in Ukraine, to reassert his military vision of a pastoral mission that is submissive to the state of the Orthodox Church. “The combination of love for the motherland and the church is ideal.” Patriarch Kirill said on November 9, adding that Father Vasilev had “embodied this ideal in his life and remained faithful to it until his death.”

To say that Kirill has been at the forefront of Russia’s offensive in Ukraine is an understatement. On February 27, four days after the start of hostilities, the Patriarch of the Church…

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