Ukrainian Orthodox Church priests face a painful dilemma: cooperate with the Russians, go to jail, or flee.
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Occupied Eastern Ukraine: How Russians Stole 800 Churches. Part 2
How did the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) react to the progressive stranglehold from 2022 to 2024?
Occupied Eastern Ukraine: How Russians Stole 800 Churches. Part 1
How did the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church/ Moscow Patriarchate interact from 2014 to 2022?
Announcing a Collection of Essays on Konstantin Rudnev and “Ashram Shambhala”
Anticipated by simpler versions in “Bitter Winter,” ten research papers will be published in the September issue of “The Journal of CESNUR”
The Rudnev Series: 10. “If It Bleeds, It Sells”: Western Media vs. Rudnev
Russian propaganda sources and, later, Argentinian prosecutors’ press releases largely dominated the coverage of the Rudnev case.
The Rudnev Series: 9. Manufacturing Monsters: Russian Media and the Rudnev Case
How the Russian state and opposition media both manufactured the image of Konstantin Rudnev as a “cult monster.”
The Rudnev Series: 8. The Anti-Cult Movement, Alexander Dvorkin, and Konstantin Rudnev
How Russian anti-cult activism, led by Alexander Dvorkin and supported by the Orthodox Church, shaped a long and successful slander campaign.
The Rudnev Series: 7. The “Tutors”
Interviews with Rudnev’s advanced students reveal how a dispersed network preserved and adapted his teachings after the 2010 raid and exile.
The Rudnev Series: 6. Practices of Liberation and Secret Knowledge
How an esoteric system blends secrecy, cosmic forces, and tantric practice into a comprehensive path of inner transformation.
Konstantin Rudnev: una vida en riesgo y un caso que exige ser examinado
Los nuevos acontecimientos en el caso del disidente ruso y maestro espiritual en Argentina justifican la necesidad de un llamado urgente.