Patriarch Kirill, who has become the leading promoter of the traditionalist national values in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, says on the occasion of his 70th birthday that the Moscow Patriarchate will never allow an independent Ukrainian Orthodox Church or the appearance of multiculturalism in Russia itself. Feted by Orthodox and Russian state leaders, including President Putin, … Continue reading Patriarch Kirill at 70: No autocephaly for Ukraine and no multiculturalism for Russia