Power and The Russian Orthodox Church with Lucy Ash
Power and The Russian Orthodox Church with Lucy Ash
7:00pm, Tuesday 3rd of December, The Hearth
Networking Drinks from 6.30pm. Complimentary drinks for the first 20 arrivals.
In the revered Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, urged his congregation to make 2022 a year of peace, stating that "any disruption of peace, caused by human cruelty, brings immense harm to human life." A mere 55 days later, Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Join us for a captivating interview with award-winning journliast, Lucy Ash, as she delves into the powerful role of the Russian Orthodox Church in modern-day politics and its influence under Vladimir Putin. For over a thousand years, the Russian Orthodox Church has demonstrated remarkable resilience—enduring everything from Mongol rule and tsarist autocracy to Soviet atheism and the upheavals of the 1990s. Today, it once again aligns itself with power, endorsing Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Lucy is taking to the Trouble stage to discuss her provocative new book, revealing how, under Putin, religion is being stripped of its spiritual content and being used as a weapon to control the population, dragging Russia backwards into a new Middle Ages. You won't want to miss this one, folks!
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