Sophia Kishkovsky
Sophia Kishkovsky is an author at Religion News Service.
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Drag queen winner of Eurovision contest condemned by Russian Orthodox Church
By Sophia Kishkovsky — May 12, 2014
MOSCOW (RNS) Both the Kremlin and the Moscow Patriarchate have been positioning Russia as a moral bastion in contrast to Europe and the United States.
Ukrainian crisis may split Russian Orthodox Church
By Sophia Kishkovsky — March 14, 2014
(RNS) The protests that toppled Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych also a galvanized a religious awakening and may lead to a seismic shift in church-state relations.
Russian punk band found guilty of ‘hooliganism’ and ‘religious hatred’
By Sophia Kishkovsky — August 17, 2012
(RNS/ENInews) A Moscow court on Friday found three members of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot guilty of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" for a guerrilla performance in Moscow's main cathedral. By Sophia Kishkovsky.
COMMENTARY: Developments Old and New Inform Orthodox `Diakonia’
By Sophia Kishkovsky — May 29, 2004
c. 2004 Religion News Service (A longtime ecumenical leader, the Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky is the Orthodox Church in America’s assistant to the chancellor for interchurch relations and ecumenical witness. He is vice chairman of the board of directors of International Orthodox Christian Charities.) (UNDATED) On May 1, when 10 new member countries joined the European […]
TOP STORY: RELIGION IN RUSSIA: Orthodox clergy rally against Communist resurgence
By Sophia Kishkovsky — June 5, 1996
c. 1996 Religion News Service MOSCOW (RNS)-Gennady Zyuganov insists the Communist Party of Russia bears no responsibility for the crimes of the Soviet era, including the mass destruction of churches and the persecution of believers.”We’re not guilty of anything,”the stocky, balding Communist leader and presidential contender grumbled recently before an audience of rapt pensioners in […]
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