{"id":8989,"date":"2014-01-10T05:13:05","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T05:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/?p=8989"},"modified":"2014-01-10T05:17:14","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T05:17:14","slug":"church-and-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secularright.org\/SR\/wordpress\/church-and-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Church and States"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Novodevichy,<\/a>Cross-posted on the Corner<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s first modern \u2018official\u2019 ideology was developed in the early 19th Century, primarily as a response to the potential liberal challenge from both home and abroad, and was summed up in the words Orthodoxy, autocracy and nationality. And by nationality, it meant Russian <\/em>nationality, a key concern for a czar presiding over a multinational empire.<\/p>\n

Some traditions die hard. Here\u2019s<\/a> the Kyiv Post<\/em> reporting on the disagreement between Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, and a firm supporter of the Putin regime, and the Ukrainian patriarch, Filaret:<\/p>\n

Commenting on the statement of Russian Christian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill that the EuroMaidan demonstrations are a threat to the spiritual unity of Ukrainians and Russians, the Patriarch of Kyiv and all Rus-Ukraine Filaret stated: \u201cThis is not true.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we take the idea that Kirill defends \u2013 Rusky Mir (Russian World) \u2013 it is not unity, it is empire, wrapped in a nice package. In fact, it is about creating a new empire. The Customs Union is the beginning,\u201d said Filaret, referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s revival of an economic and political union of former Soviet republics including Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia. Putin also hopes to include Ukraine, the second largest former Soviet republic, in the grouping.<\/p>\n

According to Filaret, \u201cthe truth is to practice the Orthodox faith, and each nation will have its own independent church, as required by the canons of the church.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019ve no idea about the canon law, but Filaret is clearly onto something about the politics of all this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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