Russia vs Ukraine, Is the religion too a reason behind the war?

The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for 3 months. Russia invaded Ukraine for a number of reasons it considered a threat to its national security and declared war.

Russia says:

- Ukraine is becoming a part of NATO.

- Ukraine is working with the United States on a number of military programs, including nuclear.

- Ukraine is a threat to our integrity.

- Ukraine is a part of our territory.

If we look at this issue from a religious point of view, we will have to go far back

On July 16, 1054, when Michael Cerulerius, the patron saint of Constantinople, was deported, he started the "Great Sectarianism". which gave birth to two major sects of Christianity - Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faiths, such as There are two major sects in Islam Shia and Sunni. However, Islam does not allow sectarianism at all. But people fall into sects because of their personal preferences. Well, we were talking about how Christianity was divided into two major sects and whether this sectarianism could be the reason for this war.

There was a king Constantine XI Palaeologus in Roman Empire and Constantinople was the capital of the empire. Which is called Istambol now but in Christianity, it is called Constantinople still.

In fact, fed up with successive invasions from the German Empire, the king built a new city, called Constantinople, which became the capital of the Roman Empire. 

After a while, the king died. The empire that was there had spread a lot and a great empire had come into existence which was called the second-largest empire in the world and consisted of two major parts, the western part, and the eastern part. Later, The western part, known as the fall of the Roman Empire, could not be maintained, where the Roman Empire was originally established. The eastern part, which lasted for the next several hundred years, was the Roman Empire, but the western part, due to its disintegration,  The eastern part became known as the Byzantine Empire. It was around 1054 that the Western (Roman) and Eastern (Byzantine) churches began to clash and a new religious crisis arose between Pope and Patriarch, Popes expelled Patriarchs and Patriarchs expelled the popes from religion, thus two major sects were born in Christianity, Orthodox churches and Catholic churches. Orthodox Christians mostly used Greek and Catholics used Latin, both are very religious but there is a big difference between the two. Hence the Orthodox  Church was established in Constantinople (East) and the Catholic Church was established in Rome (West). Pops led Catholic Christians and Patriarchies led Orthodox Christian. Significantly, in Catholic Christianity, the pope had more authority than the democratic, political leader, which was later withdrawn after protests and movements. In Orthodox Christianity, however, the democratic, political leader has always had more authority than the pope or patriarch.

It is important to note here that the Orthodox Christian Church was first recognized by the Ukrainian state. During this period, Mongol and Muslim attacks began to increase, and after the conquest of Constantinople, the first Orthodox Christian church was built in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. 

In fact, the Byzantine Empire became increasingly invaded by the Mongols and Muslims, the church was moved to Moscow because of these attacks, Constantinople could no longer maintain its status, and Moscow became the center of Orthodox Christianity after the arrival of the Ottoman Empire. Now, in Moscow, the church began to gain prominence, its importance grew exponentially, and other churches came under its influence. That is why Orthodox Christians are mostly in Russia, but also in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Romania, Eastern Europe, etc. Most Orthodox Christians are found in these countries.

The severity of This sectarianism can be gauged from the fact that this separation lasted from 1054 to 1965 and the first meeting between Catholic and Orthodox Christian delegations took place in 1965. 

A major move in 2018-2019 After a major confrontation between Russia and Ukraine in 2014, Bartholomew orthodox Patriarch who lived in Istanbul (Constantinople) was approached by the Church of Ukraine and said that during the attacks centuries ago when you guided us. "Move away from Istanbul (Constantinople) and come under the patronage of Moscow." So we can no longer stick to this agreement and be allowed to return to Istanbul (Constantinople). Interestingly, Christians still call Istanbul Constantinople.

In 2021, Bartholomew, the Orthodox patriarch who is one of the greatest patriarchs of Orthodox Christianity, and who has given them permission to join back Constantinople church by leaving Moscow, was called by Atlantic Council, "It's earth quack for Putin", and visited the White House to meet Jobeiden for 7-day tour. The White House releases its, "Redout of President Biden's Meeting with His All-Holiness Ecumenical".

If we make the depth of this issue clear from the newspaper headlines. 

BBC writes: "Ukraine Orthodox church granted independence from Russian Church".

The Guardian: "Russian Orthodox Church cuts ties with Constantinople".

Atlantic Council: "Why Independence for Ukraine's Orthodox Church Is an Earthquake for Putin".

The Wall Street Journal: "New Ukrainian Church Officially Recognized, Gains Independence From Russia".

The Economist: "Ukraine's Orthodox Church may change the date of its Christmas. Switching to the western date is a snub to Russia".

Kyiv Post from Ukraine: "Constantinople revokes effect of 1686 Tomos entitling Moscow patriarch to ordain Metropolitan of Kyiv".

The New York Times: "Ukrainian Orthodox Christians Formally Break from Russia".

In this context, one more thing is emerging besides religion, an element of nationalism is also emerging in Ukraine. The West is calling it "Ukrainian nationalism", "anyone who fights Russia will be called a nationalist".

Interestingly, shortly before the war, Zelensky angrily tells the United States that the conditions of the war are not as great as you are pushing us to war.

The Russian Orthodox Church from Moscow gives the statement, "the Russian Orthodox Church considers it an intervention and refuses to accept it". Moreover, the European media called it "the liberation of Ukrainian Christians from Russia". In other words, the European media presented a religious issue as an independence movement or war by targeting Russia and Putin. 

It seems that an attempt has been made to fan the flames of war and the war has taken place and why it took place, everyone knows. We are just looking at this issue from a religious angle.

Now, to clear up this scenario, let's talk a little bit about Putin and how he could play a key role in this religious issue and in the war between Russia and Ukraine. 

Putin got his law education from Leningrad State College, where his professor was Anatoly Sobchak, afterward one of the driving change lawmakers of the perestroika period. Putin served as a remote insights officer for the KGB, Russian: Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti, English: (Committee for State Security), remote insights and household security office of the Soviet Union for 15 a long time, counting six a long time in Dresden, East. Putin is an extremely orthodox christian who changed over to orthodox Christianity amid his insights career. He likes to give a standard christian narrative by wholeheartedly celebrating each devout ritual and celebration of orthodox Christianity. 

In 2020, Putin visited Syria, where he met the Syrian president, as well as the Orthodox Patriarch of the Antioch Church.

The point to note here is that Putin supports mosques, churches, and other religious Orthodox Christian elements, financially and constructively in every way, and has soft corners for Muslims.

One of the beliefs of Orthodox Christianity is that Orthodox Christians and Muslims will fight together in the last wars. Similarly, some hadiths/surah in Islam shows that when Jesus returns, he will call people to God, guide them and break the cross. Its followers will be mostly Christians and Muslims who will join hands with Jesus in the final battle against the Antichrist, with whom Jews and Christians will be killed. Because some Christians will begin to accept the Antichrist as their Messiah.

So, If we look at the history of wars, the reason for most of the wars has been religion and Wars in which religion is involved, that war goes beyond the worries of profit or loss, life, and property except for religious values and that war becomes a national war. Here we cannot ignore the media because in this whole game the media has played an important role that has fanned the flames of war by using religious sectarianism as a tool.

Now, this war is going to be an international or currency war.