Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: The Russian Orthodox Church's Threat to European Security and Democracy

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Miceál O'Hurley Oksana Shadrina

Wolves in Sheep's Clothing

The Russian Orthodox Church's Threat to European Security and Democracy

Miceál O'Hurley, Oksana Shadrina

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ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
28 July 2025

Orthodox & Oriental Churches

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing examines the Russian Orthodox Church’s historic devolution from a church to a mere peddler of political power as a state intelligence instrument. Today’s Russian Orthodox Church seeks to emerge as the most consequential syndicate of social influence across Europe in service to Vladimir Putin’s quest for empire. The Moscow Patriarchate’s breach of Orthodox unity over the reemergence of an autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarch prioritizes Russian nationalism at the expense of traditional Christian values. The reasoning is neither ecclesial nor theological but a brazen attempt to prolong Russia’s social suzerainty over its neighbors and impose a European submission to the Russkiy Mir. Patriarch Kirill’s intention is to displace Constantinople as the centre of Orthodoxy and finally establish Moscow as the ‘New Rome’. Moscow’s geopolitical proposition is pregnant with peril. Moscow has the audacity to plead religious persecution by undermining their neighbors’ right to control their Orthodox churches while simultaneously banning the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Russian occupied territories. An inescapable conclusion emerges from it all: The Russian Orthodox Church is a potent and pernicious threat to European cohesion, security, and democracy.

By: Miceál O'Hurley, Oksana Shadrina
Imprint: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Country of Publication: Germany
Edition: Paperback original
Dimensions: Height: 21mm, Width: 15mm,
ISBN: 9783838220314
ISBN 10: 3838220315
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 28 July 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Miceál O’Hurley, PhD, is an internationally acclaimed mediator working in international conflict resolution. Educated in theology, philosophy and law, O’Hurley employs his education and training in conflict resolution from personal to international conflicts. He serves as the Envoy of the Royal House of Ghassan to the United Nations. A recipient of many honours and awards for his humanitarian work throughout his career, he continues to devote his efforts to the sustainment of Christian communities in the Levant. O’Hurley is the author of several book including the best-selling The Passionate Steward: Recovering Christian Stewardship from Secular Fundraising (St. Brigid Press, 2002).