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Holy wars: How a cathedral of guns and glory symbolizes Putin’s Russia

  • Written by Lena Surzhko Harned, Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
Holy wars: How a cathedral of guns and glory symbolizes Putin’s RussiaRussian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, attends a ceremony consecrating the Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces outside Moscow. Andrey Rusov, Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

A curious new church was dedicated on the outskirts of Moscow in June 2020: The Main Church of the Russian Armed Forces. The massive, khaki-colored cathedral in a...

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