Same-y. I hear some local churches\priests gets this thing right by being a community center and keeping themselves open for discussion, but many are just for business and integrated in the bigger structure that is just a shill for political power. My orthodoxal branch in Russia snatched on some priests who were against the war or pro-human rights, as it’s a long tradition of this church and others to be half-time employees in secret services. The current head of the church is said to be a legit KGB agent in the past, lmao.
When I went to church they didn’t talk about that.
Same-y. I hear some local churches\priests gets this thing right by being a community center and keeping themselves open for discussion, but many are just for business and integrated in the bigger structure that is just a shill for political power. My orthodoxal branch in Russia snatched on some priests who were against the war or pro-human rights, as it’s a long tradition of this church and others to be half-time employees in secret services. The current head of the church is said to be a legit KGB agent in the past, lmao.