Vladimir puton: The reputation of the orthodox church is in danger. He believes that to a great extent, what is being preached by the patrick and his confederates is a sort of heresy and we need to correct this. But i think we will manage eventually to kind of find a new equilibrium between different jurisdictions within the phodoxy.
Patriarch Kirill is the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church. A former colleague describes him as a one-time anti-Kremlin nonconformist. Now, he’s blessing Russia’s war in Ukraine.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained
Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices