Patriarch Kirill: Soviet Union preserved ‘Christian morality’ and President Putin is a ‘miracle of God’

Patriarch Kirill (Kremlin.ru) COGwriter Russian Patriarch Kirill made the news: June 8, 2016 MOSCOW—The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, recently said that the Soviet Union preserved Russia’s Christian morality – a claim that raised more than a few eyebrows. Omitting any mention of the Soviet government’s mass persecution of religious institutions, Kirill’s [...]