In the Swedish city of Vasteras, a conflict continues over an Orthodox church of the Moscow Patriarchate. City authorities regard the church as a potential... >>>
“The absence of a discussion on the instrumentalization of religion serves as an invitation for Russian intelligence services” – Dr. Pavel Vrublevskiy.
Some EU countries do not sufficiently inform their own populations about the threats associated with the instrumentalization of religion by foreign policy, and Russian intelligence... >>>
IRF Summit 2026: Religious freedoms as a barometer of social development
At the International Religious Freedom Summit in Washington, greetings from the Dalai Lama were read out, a message from George W. Bush was delivered, and... >>>
The Murder of the Polish Metropolitan. A Key Episode in the Struggle for Church Independence in Europe
On 8 February 1923, an archimandrite of the Russian Orthodox Church, Smaragd (Latyshenkov), shot Metropolitan Georgii (Yaroshevsky). The gunshot sounded not merely as a private... >>>
“Christmas Readings”: Church and staff exercises in Russia
Russian media discussed the annual 34th Christmas Readings, which took place in Moscow at the House of the Russian Army and were attended by military... >>>