Russian forces cross Ukrainian border 22.02.2022 morning

[Loki]

The link between russian government and orthodox church are proven.

The fact that someone is pro-Russian doesn't automatically mean they're linked to the Russian government. And I know that most American churches are unashamed pro-American. It is to be expected that Russian churches would be pro-Russian.

[Loki]

Sure but they were usual things, just for people. with this church i had an impression that Russian army formally became an "orthodox army" instead of being "army of motherland".

How is that surprising? Orthodox Christianity is part of Russian identity. Only for an atheist as yourself is this surprising.

[Ugo]

I don't give a shit about arrogance towards Greeks my man. My own people (Greeks) faced me like this, with arrogance. In the army service people said I was weird and a retard when at some point I refused to sing slogans something about Greeks doing bad stuff to Turks. They said the same when I refused to salute my superiors. Cretans don't salute anyone apart from the flag.

You're a rebel!

[Hektor12]

How is that surprising? Orthodox Christianity is part of Russian identity. Only for an atheist as yourself is this surprising.

Not an atheist though but i see that as a "radical movement" because Russia consists of a lot different religions, muslims, shamanistic religions, buddhists etc. so its very normal that Russia hesitated to embrace a religion for long time until post-2014, leaving others outside. But its understandable after Maidan because Orthodoxy is the strongest connection between Russia and eastern europe, something that would be useful in battling non-Orthodox "the west".

[Victor]

Not an atheist though but i see that as a "radical movement" because Russia consists of a lot different religions, muslims, shamanistic religions, buddhists etc. so its very normal that Russia hesitated to embrace a religion for long time until post-2014, leaving others outside. But its understandable after Maidan because Orthodoxy is the strongest connection between Russia and eastern europe, something that would be useful in battling non-Orthodox "the west".

Depending on the location of the military unit, and the national/religious composition of the soldiers, not only priests, but also mullahs are available to them.

[Hektor12]

not only priests, but also mullahs are available to them.

I know, as i said these are things for people, not for state/command. So formal christianization of army has shown that a threshold has been passed.

[Loki]

Not an atheist though but i see that as a "radical movement" because Russia consists of a lot different religions, muslims, shamanistic religions, buddhists etc. so its very normal that Russia hesitated to embrace a religion for long time until post-2014, leaving others outside. But its understandable after Maidan because Orthodoxy is the strongest connection between Russia and eastern europe, something that would be useful in battling non-Orthodox "the west".

Russia didn't hesitate to embrace religion, it was Christian for most of its history, except for the Soviet period, when religion was persecuted. After the fall of the SU, there was a massive Christian revival and millions of Russians got baptised. It's just a return to their centuries-old culture.

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

Orban is a great leader:

https://twitter.com/PM_ViktorOrban/s...00477045051415

[Your Old Comrade]

Neonazi ideology is ironically more common in former GDR than in Western Germany. Many of them are supporting Russia, I hope we also can be denazified one day.

Just kidding, but we really have a Neonazi problem there.

Fully aware of it. The Americans did a far better job denazifying the West, but only up to a degree. Let's just call the "Schandmauer" for what it ironically actually was: an "Antifascistischer Schutzwall" to keep Russian and East German fascism in the East. In that respect, the GDR term was correct, just not in the way they meant it.

[luc2112]

Not an atheist though but i see that as a "radical movement" because Russia consists of a lot different religions, muslims, shamanistic religions, buddhists etc. so its very normal that Russia hesitated to embrace a religion for long time until post-2014, leaving others outside. But its understandable after Maidan because Orthodoxy is the strongest connection between Russia and eastern europe, something that would be useful in battling non-Orthodox "the west".

Putin tries a military government or with an emphasis on the army. About religion. An Orthodox church was built for the army in Russia



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_C...n_Armed_Forces