Russian Church shares blame for crimes in Ukraine, says Ecumenical Patriarch.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of the world's Orthodox Christians, has said that the Russian Orthodox Church shares responsibility for the conflict in Ukraine. He also said that he is ready to help in Russia's postwar "spiritual regeneration". Bartholomew's comments are a rebuke for Russian Patriarch Kirill, whose full-throated blessing for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has splintered the worldwide Orthodox Church.