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Archbishop VICTOR (PIVOVAROV), Orthodox Church of Russia (Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Russia)
Victor (Pivovarov), Archbishop of Slavyansk and South Russia, previously belonged to the Orthodox Church of Russia in this capacity, since 2009 outside any jurisdictions; born in 1937. On 1 March 2023, he delivered a sermon that the authorities considered discrediting the army; a protocol was drawn up against him. According to the Kommersant publishing house, […]
MIKHAIL SIMONOV, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow, Russia)
Mikhail Yurievich Simonov, a pensioner from Moscow, born in 1960. Until recently he lived in Belarus and managed a restaurant car on long-distance trains. On 19 and 20 March 2022, he made the following comments on the VK social network: “While killing children and women, we are singing songs on Channel One. We, Russia, have […]
Rev. NIKOLAI PLATONOV, Russian Orthodox Church (Chelyabinsk, Russia)
The former rector of two churches in the Sosnovsky district of the Chelyabinsk oblast: St Nicholas the Wonderworker in the village of Tominsky (prayer room) and the Blessed Matrona of Moscow in the village Voznesenka (prayer room), — is not in active ministry. Rev. Platonov signed the appeal of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox […]
Deacon ARKADIY FOMIN, Russian Orthodox Church (Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia)
Former deacon of St Stephen’s Cathedral in Syktyvkar, Syktyvkar diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. In early March 2022, he signed the appeal of the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church for reconciliation and ending the war (his signature is number 235). He spoke out against the war in his social media and at public […]
PETR OSHCHEPKOV, Evangelical Christian Baptist (Barabinsk, Novosibirsk oblast, Russia)
A Baptist believer from Barabinsk, Novosibirsk oblast, Russia, father of five children, railway depot driver. In 2022, he went out on solo pickets against the Russian invasion of Ukraine and made anti-war social media posts. On 24 February 2022, he went to the first anti-war picket with a home-made poster “Putin is crazy, alas. And […]
How do Orthodox Christians pray in the year 2022? The official prayers of the Russian Orthodox Church during Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Originally, this paper has been presented to IOTA Mega-Conference in Volos in January 2023. In February 2023 priest Ioann Koval’, a clergyman of the Moscow diocese, was suspended from his parish priest’s duties by order of the Moscow Patriarchate. He had to read during the liturgy a prayer circulated by the church authorities. But in […]
Rev. IOANN KOVAL, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow)
Cleric of the Andrew the First-Called church in Lyublino, Moscow. He prayed for peace replacing the word ‘victory’ with the word ‘peace’ in the For Holy Rus prayer: Instead of «Arise, O God, to help Thy people, and give us victory by Thy power» he was saying: «Arise, O God, to help Thy people, and give us […]
Rev. ALEKSANDER DĄBROWSKI, Russian Orthodox Church (Bryansk oblast, Russia)
Earlier: rector of St Nicholas Church in the village of Muzhinovo (Kletnyansky district, Bryansk oblast), cleric of the diocese of Klintsy and Trubchevsk of the Bryansk Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate); at the moment: belongs to clergy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The priest comes from Odessa, and his whole family […]
Pastor ALEKSANDR LEGOSTAEV, Evangelical Christian-Baptist (Orel, Russia)
Pastor at the Evangelical Christians-Baptists Church in the city of Orel, father of many children. After the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he posted an anti-war video message My Opinion !!! (not available at the moment) on the VK social network. An administrative prosecution was initiated against him under part 1 of […]
Rev. DZIYANISI KARASTSIALOU, Orthodox Church (Minsk)
A priest of the Ikon of the Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow parish of the Minsk Eparchy of the Belarusian Orthodox Church in Minsk. On 1 January 2023, after the liturgy, Rev. Dziyanisi Karastsialou was offering a prayer; one of the requests submitted for prayer was «for the soldiers and defenders of Ukraine» which […]