Russia's war on Ukraine is an unprovoked war of conquest and approving it contradicts the teaching of the church, while perishing in combat does not somehow automatically absolve the deceased of their sins as Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church has said, writes Metropolitan Stephanos, leader of the Estonian Orthodox Church (Esti Apostlik-Õigeusu Kirik).
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