Tag: Russian Orthodox Church of the Kievan Patriarchate

Moscow Patriarch Has No Influence On Kremlin Policy, Filaret Says

September 15, 2014

Staunton, September 14 – Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate has “no influence on Russian President Vladimir Putin or on Kremlin policy,” according to Patriarch Filaret, head of the Russian Orthodox Church of the Kiev Patriarchate. Instead, Filaret said in Lviv on September 13, influence runs in the other direction […]