Believers attend an Orthodox service at St. Nicholas Cathedral, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, September 1, 2024. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Speaking behind the thick white walls of Moscow's ancient Danilov Monastery, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk is adamant: people must not be forbidden to pray in their chosen branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
He speaks calmly but Yakimchuk is one of many Orthodox Christians in Russia who are angry about a law passed by Kyiv in August that targets a Russia-linked Orthodox church that long dominated religious life in Ukraine.
