The Moscow Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church, defines its territory of spiritual responsibility in the borders of the Soviet Union—except for the old churches of Armenia and Georgia. Still dozens of theologians and scholars of religion elaborated on the complicated relationship within the church community of the Holy Rus’
On 24 November, the website of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine published the text of draft law No. 8221 banning the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church represented on the territory of Ukraine by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC).
Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Holy See’s strained relations with China are the backdrop to Pope Francis’ visit this week to the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.
