The Guardian view on Patriarch Kirill’s religious war in Ukraine: betraying the faith | Editorial

With talk of ‘holy’ conflict, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church is bringing the institution he heads into disreputeFollowing the Julian rather than the Gregorian calendar, the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) celebrates Easter this weekend – the most important religious festival of its liturgical year. One priest who will not be leading a service is Dmitry Safronov, a prominent Moscow cleric. In March, Mr Safronov presided over a memorial service at the grave of Alexei Nav