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On Religion: Long history behind bitter Orthodox schism in Ukraine
After the Soviet Union’s collapse, Orthodox Christians throughout the Slavic world celebrated the slow, steady construction of churches after decades of persecution. In 2004, the poet Nina Borodai wrote a long prayer – “Song of the Most Holy Theotokos” (Greek for “God-bearer”) – seeking the prayers of St. Mary for the lands of “Holy Rus,” a term with roots dating to the 988 conversion of Prince Vladimir of Kiev. “Mother of God, Mother of God / … All Holy Rus prays to you / And valleys and mountains and forests. … / Consecrate all the churches to you,” wrote Borodai (computer translation from Russian). “Domes, domes in the sky are blue / I can’t count the bells / The ringing floats, floats ov

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