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Russia's War Against Ukraine

Washington Post: Tensions between Russia and Ukraine spill over to Byzantine world of Orthodox church

By Washington Post.

Published Oct. 10, 2018 at 5:06 pm

Believers of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) of the Moscow Patriarchate take part in the events dedicated to the celebration of the Day of Baptism of Rus in Kyiv on July 27.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

For centuries, the golden cupolas of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery and catacombs have been a refuge of tranquility and prayer in Orthodox Christianity. It is now caught in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia as it spills into the world of faith.