{"id":7475,"date":"2022-12-15T10:54:50","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T08:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/?p=7475"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:34:16","slug":"russian-orthodox-church-religion-or-propaganda-of-ruscism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/fr\/2022\/12\/15\/russian-orthodox-church-religion-or-propaganda-of-ruscism\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9glise orthodoxe russe : religion ou propagande du ruscisme ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-quick-download-button-download-button aligncenter qdbn-wrapper\"><div class=\"qdbn\" data-plugin-name=\"qdbn\" data-style=\"large\" data-file=\"hide-file\" data-size=\"hide-size\"><div class=\"qdbn-download-button-inner\"><button type=\"button\" data-button-type=\"large\" class=\"g-btn f-l\" style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;border-radius:25px;border:1px solid #e2e2e2\" data-attachment-id=\"16526\" data-page-id=\"8262\" data-post-id=\"\" data-have-external=\"false\" data-external-url=\"\" data-wait-duration=\"0\" data-target-blank=\"true\" data-msg=\"Please wait...\" data-member=\"0\" data-has-icon-dark=\"true\" title=\"T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le PDF en anglais\"><span class=\"download-btn-icon\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M18 11.3l-1-1.1-4 4V3h-1.5v11.3L7 10.2l-1 1.1 6.2 5.8 5.8-5.8zm.5 3.7v3.5h-13V15H4v5h16v-5h-1.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span><span>T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le PDF en anglais<\/span><\/button><p class=\"up\" style=\"border-radius:0\"><i class=\"fi fi-pdf\"><\/i><\/p><p class=\"down\" style=\"border-radius:0\"><i class=\"fi-folder-o\"><\/i><span class=\"file-size\">378 KB<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><quick-download-button-info class=\"qdb-btn-info\"><\/quick-download-button-info><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7477\" style=\"width:251px;height:168px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-7.png 281w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-7-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption translation-block\"><em>Le Service de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 d\u2019Ukraine<\/em><br><em> a d\u00e9voil\u00e9 un grand nombre de<\/em><br><em> m\u00e9tropolites de l\u2019UOC MP<\/em><br><em> travaillant dans l\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat de <\/em><br><em>la Russie, qui justifiaient <\/em><br><em>l\u2019agression de la Russie et <\/em><br><em>incitaient \u00e0 l\u2019hostilit\u00e9 interconfessionnelle <\/em><br><em>parmi les croyants.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The events of 2004 in Ukraine known as the Orange Revolution became a consolidating factor for the state and church in Russia around the idea of \u200b\u200b&#8221;Russian civilization&#8221; and the Russian way of development. The authorities in Russia could not fail to notice that in Ukraine the church Ukrainian Orthodox Church<strong> (Patriarcat de Moscou ; UOC-MP) s\u2019\u00e9tait r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9e \u00eatre une force sociopolitique influente soutenant une position prorusse<\/strong>. This contributed to the rethinking of the role of the church in Russia, as well as the use of the structures of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) among Russians and in the post-Soviet space to spread the ideology of the &#8220;Russian world&#8221;. It not only protects the so-called canonical territories of the Russian Orthodox Church, which sprawls much further of politically established borders but also uses the Russian minority in neighboring countries as a significant factor of influence, the so-called <strong>&#8220;fifth column&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C\u2019est pourquoi le <strong>facteur religieux est l\u2019un des piliers les plus importants de la politique<\/strong>, ainsi qu\u2019un <strong>\u00e9l\u00e9ment de l\u2019id\u00e9ologie moderne du ruscisme<\/strong> et de sa propagande, notamment dans la guerre contre l\u2019Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-8.png 280w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-8-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avec l\u2019arriv\u00e9e au pouvoir de Vladimir Poutine, les <strong>facteurs religieux<\/strong> (opposition aux catholiques \u00e0 l\u2019Ouest et aux musulmans \u00e0 l\u2019Est, extension des fronti\u00e8res g\u00e9ographiques du christianisme orthodoxe) <strong>sont devenus le fondement de la pr\u00e9tendue unification des terres russes<\/strong>, de l\u2019annexion et de l\u2019occupation des territoires d\u2019autres \u00c9tats, autrefois conquis par l\u2019Empire russe et qui en faisaient partie. Parall\u00e8lement, la Russie cherche \u00e0 dominer l\u2019orthodoxie mondiale en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, dans le cadre de sa politique \u00e9trang\u00e8re.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En examinant les origines de l\u2019imp\u00e9rialisme russe, on peut retracer les <strong>liens \u00e9troits entre religion et expansionnisme russe<\/strong>. Des chercheurs ont soulign\u00e9 \u00e0 maintes reprises que, dans leur esprit, les Russes s\u2019identifient moins aux Slaves qu\u2019aux chr\u00e9tiens orthodoxes, et que la formation de l\u2019Empire russe \u00e0 partir de l\u2019\u00c9tat moscovite s\u2019est pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment faite au nom de l\u2019orthodoxie, consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme un <strong>key element of the &#8220;Russian&#8221; cultural code<\/strong>. Along with this, using the religious (Orthodoxy) and secular (language and culture) components, citizens of other states, primarily Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova, are tied to the &#8220;Russian world.&#8221; As a result, this weakens the ties of the citizens of these countries with their own states and primarily causes their loyalty to the ROC and Russia, which <strong>constitue une menace directe pour la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale de ces pays<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-9.png 369w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-9-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Cath\u00e9drale des Forces arm\u00e9es de Russie<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aujourd\u2019hui, avec l\u2019aide de l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe russe, la Russie a \u00e9labor\u00e9 et mis en \u0153uvre la pr\u00e9tendue <strong>&#8220;Putin doctrine&#8221;<\/strong>, which is based on Russia&#8217;s intervention in the internal affairs of post-Soviet countries for the &#8220;protection&#8221; of the &#8220;Russian world&#8221; (ethnic Russians, believers of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Russian-speaking population). This doctrine, the basis of which is not only the Orthodox civilization but also the imperial thinking and policy of Russia, is aimed at the <strong>&#8220;collection of Russian lands&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La politisation de l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe russe a depuis longtemps d\u00e9pass\u00e9 les limites du possible. En s\u2019immis\u00e7ant dans les affaires s\u00e9culi\u00e8res, elle ne cherche pas \u00e0 r\u00e9soudre les probl\u00e8mes sociaux, mais \u00e0 <strong>accro\u00eetre son poids politique<\/strong>, en soutenant et en l\u00e9gitimant le gouvernement par tous les moyens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patriarch Kirill calls the &#8220;Russian world&#8221; a separate civilization, which includes Russians, Belarusians and Ukrainians, as well as other non-Slavic peoples, if they acknowledge the spiritual and cultural foundations of the &#8220;Russian world&#8221;. The Russian Orthodox Church equates the &#8220;Russian world&#8221; with its so-called canonical territory, which once coincided with the borders of the Russian Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the Revolution of Dignity (Maidan Revolution) and Russia&#8217;s war against Ukraine (2014-now), the majority of denominations in Ukraine contributed to the formation of independent civil society and supported the connection with it. &nbsp;In the meanwhile, The UOC (MP) mainly supported the concept of &#8220;Russian world&#8221;, which imposes the dominance of Russian (Moscow) Orthodoxy as the only blessed, canonical Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-10.png 321w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-10-18x10.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">In 2014, with the beginning of Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine in the east of Ukraine the Security Service of Ukrainehas been exposing numerous facts that <strong>the Moscow Patriarchate:<\/strong> called to betray Ukraine and go over to Russia\u2019s side; sanctified Russian weapons aimed at Ukraine; cooperated with the Armed Forces of Russia; blessed the leaders of terrorist organizations (Luhansk and Donetsk people\u2019s Republics); engaged in espionage for the benefit of these organizations and Russia; even refused to honor the fallen heroes of Ukraine; denied the existence of the Ukrainian people; did not condemn Russian aggression against Ukraine, but presented it as a civil war in Ukraine (fratricidal) in favor of the interests of the Russian Federation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The metropolitans did not say a single word about the bloody war of one Orthodox nation (Russians) against another (Ukrainians) and did not condemn Vladimir Putin&#8217;s and Russian aggressive policy in general. The Church also ignored the numerous human victims, did not call for an end of violence. On the contrary, while Russia is officially recognized as an aggressor in Ukraine, metropolitans of the UOC(MP) received awards from the Moscow Patriarch (2014, 2019) and in 2022, they even prayed for the fallen Russian murderous soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One can cite many other examples of the disloyalty of the UOC(MP) hierarchs to Ukraine. One of these is the awarding of the Metropolitan Lazar of Simferopol and Crimea with a named watch from the President of Russia for &#8220;loyalty to the Motherland&#8221; (Russia). A significant number of UOC(MP) priests were spotted blessing Russian terrorists (such as Igor Girkin, a former Russian army veteran and the defense minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People\u2019s Republic), cooperating with the Russian occupying forces in Crimea, or hiding weapons in their cathedrals (the example of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the Sviatohorsk Lavra). The leadership of the Crimean diocese of the UOC(MP) in Sevastopol periodically sanctified the flags of Russian warships, and celebrated &#8220;reunification with Russia&#8221;. At the end of December 2017, the Crimean Metropolitan Lazar presented the order of the Russian Orthodox Church to Serhiy Aksyonov, a person who participated in the coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat in Crimea and betrayed Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pendant des ann\u00e9es, l\u2019EOR a tent\u00e9 de diviser la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ukrainienne et de diffuser des r\u00e9cits russes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019\u00e9mergence de l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe ind\u00e9pendante d\u2019Ukraine \u00e0 la fin de 2018 <strong>est apparue comme une menace g\u00e9opolitique directe pour la Russie et l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe russe<\/strong>. L\u2019\u00e9mergence d\u2019une telle \u00c9glise, comme le montre l\u2019exp\u00e9rience de plusieurs pays d\u2019Europe centrale et orientale, renforce \u00e9galement la formation d\u2019\u00c9tats-nations, ph\u00e9nom\u00e8ne ind\u00e9sirable pour la g\u00e9opolitique russe et l\u2019\u00c9glise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the ROC demonstrated even greater political commitment and subordination to the Putin regime. It also became <strong>one of the main elements of Russian propaganda, placing support for its country&#8217;s criminal actions and the genocide of the Ukrainian people above universal human values<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-11.png 180w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-11-9x12.png 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On May 3, 2022, Patriarch Kirill stated: &#8220;<em>Russia has never attacked anyone. It is strange when a large and powerful country did not attack anyone, it only protects its borders.&#8221;<\/em> Parall\u00e8lement, le patriarche Kirill a appel\u00e9 les croyants russes \u00e0 une <em>&#8220;spiritual mobilization&#8221;<\/em> pour aider la mobilisation militaire en Russie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Archpriest Vasiliev stated that the document issued by ROC &#8220;On the blessing of Orthodox Christians for the performance of military duty&#8221; (which actually provides for the execution of criminal inhuman acts on Ukrainian territory against the Ukrainian people) will not change the traditions of the Russian Orthodox Church<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7482\" style=\"width:261px;height:171px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-12.png 265w, https:\/\/tdcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-12-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ainsi, en substance, les ministres de <strong>the Russian Orthodox Church are actually soldiers of Russia&#8217;s propaganda army<\/strong>. Sur ordre du Kremlin, des propagandistes en soutane pr\u00eachent une doctrine criminelle qui ne correspond ni \u00e0 l\u2019enseignement orthodoxe ni aux valeurs humaines fondamentales en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral. Suivant la propagande officielle russe, les ministres de l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe russe justifient l\u2019agression russe, le g\u00e9nocide du peuple ukrainien et appellent leurs fid\u00e8les \u00e0 rejoindre les rangs des unit\u00e9s d\u2019occupation russes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Russian military service officers received clear instructions to agitate parents and relatives of young Russians to encourage them to enter into a military service contract. Moscow Patriarch Kirill believes that the Russian military in Ukraine is guided by an inner moral feeling based on the Orthodox faith. In his opinion, they are &#8220;now protecting Russia on the battlefield.&#8221; According to Kirill, the priests who &#8220;take care&#8221; of the Russian military tell him about numerous examples of courage and self-sacrifice among them. The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church believes that this is &#8220;not from a high salary&#8221;, but from &#8220;a moral sense&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The ideology of the &#8220;Russian world&#8221; is the same as the ideology of Nazism. It justifies violence, murder, war and genocide, and therefore must be rejected and condemned. The co-creators and leaders of this criminal ideology are the head of the Moscow Patriarchate and his accomplices. Together with his subordinates, he not only kindled this fire in every possible way, but also openly, in the name of God and the Church, blessed the executioners and murderers with their lying lips for their black work,&#8221;<\/em> a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 le chef de l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe d\u2019Ukraine, le m\u00e9tropolite \u00c9piphane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the data, the Ministry of Emergencies of Russia gives churchmen information about deported Ukrainians, and <strong>centrally resettles them in churches and monasteries of the Russian Orthodox<\/strong> <strong>Church<\/strong>. In the latest letter dated March 30, available to journalists, it is noted that <strong>almost 490,000 people, including 100,000 children, arrived in Russia during the entire period of deportation<\/strong>. The first letter from the mailbox was sent on February 21 &#8211; so, presumably, it was created specifically for the invasion of the Russian Federation. However, it is not known how people get there, since the Russian Orthodox Church does not publicly announce the possibility of accommodation in church institutions. Only reports completed settlements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parall\u00e8lement, la haute hi\u00e9rarchie de l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe russe pr\u00e9pare ses pr\u00eatres \u00e0 <strong>cr\u00e9er des paroisses dans les territoires temporairement occup\u00e9s <\/strong>d\u2019Ukraine, annex\u00e9s \u00e0 la suite de pseudo-r\u00e9f\u00e9rendums. Elle envoie \u00e9galement ses pr\u00eatres \u00e0 la guerre en Ukraine afin de relever le moral et l\u2019\u00e9tat psychologique des militaires russes. De plus, en violation des normes du droit humanitaire, les forces d\u2019occupation russes <strong>placent du personnel et du mat\u00e9riel militaires dans les \u00e9glises de l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe ukrainienne (MP),<\/strong> ainsi que <strong>d\u00e9truisent des \u00e9glises ukrainiennes<\/strong> that are a &#8220;geopolitical threat&#8221; to the Russian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Au total, selon les donn\u00e9es, <strong>la Russie a enti\u00e8rement ou partiellement d\u00e9truit plus de 205 \u00e9difices religieux en Ukraine<\/strong>, y compris des \u00e9difices musulmans et juifs. Il convient de noter que la Russie d\u00e9truit aussi d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment les \u00e9glises du Patriarcat de Moscou, en en rejetant la faute sur l\u2019Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L\u2019influence de l\u2019\u00c9glise orthodoxe russe ne se limite pas \u00e0 l\u2019Ukraine. Le dioc\u00e8se de Moscou est pr\u00e9sent dans plusieurs autres pays : Roumanie, Serbie, Gr\u00e8ce, Bulgarie, Azerba\u00efdjan, Kirghizstan et autres. En particulier, l\u2019 <strong>\u00c9glise orthodoxe russe a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 acheter des biens immobiliers en Norv\u00e8ge, pr\u00e8s de bases militaires<\/strong>. Parmi eux, une maison de pri\u00e8re surplombe la principale base de la Marine royale norv\u00e9gienne, l\u2019une des plus puissantes d\u2019Europe du Nord. Un autre bien acquis se trouve pr\u00e8s du Centre militaire conjoint de l\u2019OTAN, et les paroisses de Kirkenes se situent \u00e0 quelques kilom\u00e8tres de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de Russie et d\u2019Oslo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sur la base de tous ces \u00e9l\u00e9ments, on peut supposer que <strong>toutes ces \u00e9glises peuvent \u00eatre utilis\u00e9es \u00e0 d\u2019autres fins que religieuses<\/strong>. Toute une gamme d\u2019activit\u00e9s peut \u00eatre men\u00e9e depuis de telles bases, du brouillage des signaux et de l\u2019\u00e9coute clandestine au stockage d\u2019armes, au contr\u00f4le de drones, et plus encore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Therefore, today the Russian Orthodox Church is one of the fundamental tools for spreading the idea of the &#8220;Russian world&#8221;, which supports the criminal actions of the Russian regime, questioning its religious value. Its activities are aimed both at the propaganda of racism within the country and at countries that are of imperial interest to Russia. For Ukraine today, this is an important security issue. After all, as we can see, for years the Russian Orthodox Church tried to divide Ukrainian society and spread Russian narratives and continues to do so today. 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