Young bishop of Russian Orthodox Church: Ukraine war is ‘scandalous’
Despite being consecrated by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, Bishop Petru Pruteanu takes a strikingly different line on the conflict.
Bishop Petru Pruteanu was ordained as a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow last November. But despite being consecrated by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, the 43-year-old from Moldova takes a strikingly different line on the conflict in Ukraine than the Russian Orthodox leader.
Bishop Pruteanu, who is responsible for the Russian Orthodox commu…