Mitzi Perdue

A war on faith: a Ukrainian widow's resilience exposes Russian Orthodoxy's tyranny

Oleksandra was severely wounded and her immediate family killed in an attack on Kyiv while they lay sleeping. Through her rehabilitation she learned that true faith is the source of courage, resilience, and purpose. Meanwhile, leaders of the Russian Orthodox church are weaponizing their faith in support of the war, restricting religious freedom, and promoting a false narrative to the rest of the world.