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

https://mins.news/en/item/21265

- Meduza, 2026-08-13 13:11 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/08/13/patriarch-kirill-s-new-book-turns-russia-s-war-into-a-sacred-battle-against-evil-we-read-it-so-you-don-t-have-to

> 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.