Vladimir Rozanskij

The vast majority of priests in Europe have asked to be welcomed by Kirill. Fears of "normalization". The Russian Church of England, shaped by the famous Metropolitan Antony of Surozh (Antony Bloom), was annihilated by Metropolitan Ilarion (Alfeev), who was also Bloom’s disciple.

Vsevolod Chaplin was president of the social sector in the Department for External Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate. He was dismissed in 2015 for overly extremist positions. His revelation is an attempt to stop the meeting between the Pope and Kirill. For him, "the current pope has consciously decided to be the fifth column of the globalist project, which wants to destroy Christianity". In June 2018, Nazerbaev, then president, invited Pope Francis to the Inter-religious World Congress.

He had traveled over 3,000 km to expel Putin, considered a demon, through exorcisms. On his journey he met with people listening to their fears and dissatisfaction. He is a "self-proclaimed" (samozvanets), "shaman by nature", who reconciles his vocation with Christianity, also reciting the Orthodox litanies in the street.

The priest, one of the closest followers of the martyr Fr. Alexandr Men, is among the signatories of the open letter in defense of those arrested for the demonstrations in Moscow. "Every priest is also a good citizen, who cares about the life of his country". "We have to work with young people, it's a fundamental issue."

More than 80 clergymen from the Moscow Patriarchate have criticised the police for its violent methods and for the unfair imprisonment of protesters. Oleg Batov, who set up a theology professorship at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, is one of them. Priests inspired by the testimony of the late Fr Alexander Men, the "spiritual father" of dissent in the old atheist regime, did the same. Teachers and lawyers have also issued open letters. The Moscow Patriarchate has reacted with irony, calling for caution.

Protests against the election winner, Igor Shutenkov, accused of fraud. Arrests and clashes with the police. A shaman wants to go to Moscow to "drive" Putin out with special exorcisms.

In Paris, out of 186 delegates from 10 nations, 104 voted in favor and 75 against. But two thirds of the voters were needed. A victory for the "ecumenical" role of Constantinople. The Russian archdiocese of Europe is composed of 65 parishes, with 11 large open churches, two monasteries and seven hermitages, a clergy of over 100 priests and 30 deacons.

The meeting was held from September 4 to 6. Leaders of China, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Malaysia, India, and delegations from Western countries gather around Putin. The Russian development plans for the decade 2025-2035. Putin and Modi: multiply the volume of trade by 300%. Russian-Chinese investments of over 3.5 billion euros. Moscow and Beijing feel "discriminated" on world markets and promise mutual support in trade wars.

Dating back to 1704, the Saint Cosmas hermitage in Kostyleva provides social services in a place where poverty reigns. It also operates a shop that makes pine cone jam. For a local atheist, Sergey, at the beginning "they seemed like fanatics, then I realised that they are more normal than others."

Constantinople has sacked Archbishop John, head of Russians Churches in Western Europe, but the latter has refused to go. Instead, he has placed himself under Moscow's protection. On Saturday, an assembly of Russian Orthodox churches in Western Europe will make a final decision. Or maybe not.

Francis has included the archbishop emeritus of Kaunas Sigitas Tamkevicius among the new cardinals. Champion of religious freedom, he held out despite arrests and persecution. The group he led denounced the truth to the world from behind the iron curtain.

The Metropolitan of Singapore Sergij (Chashin), of Russian obedience, writes an open letter to the metropolitan of Seoul Amvrosios (Zografos), linked to Constantinople. There are not two "parallel churches", but the traditional Russian mission in Asia. The patriarchate of Moscow increasingly proposes itself as the true orthodox church of "universal" jurisdiction.