The Estonian and Latvian Orthodox Churches of the Moscow Patriarchate before and after the Russian war in Ukraine
Journal: Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe
Year: 2024

From the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine the Baltic Orthodox churches subordinated to the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) have gone through considerable changes in their canonical status, but have also stood out with controversial public statements about the war. In this article we analyse how the Orthodox churches of the Moscow Patriarchate have reacted to the Russian war in Ukraine and what have been the major canonical changes in Latvia and Lithuania. Additionally, we describe the most