PoliticsPatriarch Kirill’s new book casts Russia’s war as a sacred battle against evil

The Moscow Patriarchate’s publishing house has released Patriarch Kirill’s new book, “War: Beyond Visible Causes and Effects.” Ilya Venyavkin says the volume, mechanically assembled from Kirill’s sermons, reports, and speeches, combines Orthodoxy, Russia’s “special path,” traditional values, and a soulless West, offering a view of how Russian state ideology is produced.

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