A senior Russian Orthodox priest in Yekaterinburg has attracted attention for declaring that “the state’s task is to annex lands to Russia, increase the size of the country’s territory, incorporate peoples and attract them to itself,” while holy people must “consecrate” such seized lands and pray over them.
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Paul Goble: Russian Orthodox priest says state’s task is to seize territories
Minivan with the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill drives in central Moscow, on April 3, 2020, as the city is under lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19, the novel coronavrius.
