I seem to remember reading that Jesus warned us "Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing."

Hitler also laid claims to lands where there were people who spoke his country’s language

Very well done. Most of the leaders and priests of the other Eastern orthodox churches disapprove of this man. If he is not careful, he could easily find himself out and the Russian Orthodox Church in trouble. Many of the ROC in Ukraine are thinking of leaving now. Many priests inside Russia are beginning to oppose him openly. Russia could find itself ripping apart religiously which would have dire consequences for Russia. As for Rasputin, well, being a historian and former history teacher/professor, he was always a favorite figure for me lol. he nearly started a revolution even earlier. The nobles wanted him gone and he, in part, contributed to the collapse of the Russian army during WW1. When he was murdered it was a legend in itself. Rasputin was invited to a private dinner party where he was poisoned. The other men left the room after he collapsed but when they returned, he was awake and eating and drinking more- all poisoned. He was somewhat groggy so they strangled and beat him. But when they again returned to the room he was awake and still alive. They then shot him, tied him up and carried him out to the river where they chopped a hole in the ice, threw him in and left. Later when his body was recovered. He had broken free, his nails were supposedly broken where he had been trying to break through the ice and he had water in his lungs. He had drowned. None of this is 100% accurate but it is one of the more popular accounts of his death. Rasputin's daughter who escaped Russia, and worked as a lion tamer (yes this is true lol), said he died of a bullet to the brain. However he died, it took a lot to bring him down and it is going to take a lot to bring down Kirill and Putin and their murderous supporters. Just pray it can be done without Putin and Kirill trying to burn the world in a nuclear holocaust.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, an ex KGB officer, is the reincarnation of Rasputin and the best argument in support of the necessity of "Separation of Church and State". His role in Putin's Russian Regime will feature prominently in Russia's future history books.

If a leader do not care the life of innocent people then he is an 'EVIL"

Krill advising Putin sounds like the blind leading the insane.

Kirill loves his rolex watches...such a humble "christian" man

That Patriarch Kirill was a former member of the KGB explains his current stance in supporting Putin in the Invasion of Ukraine. 🇺🇦 This commentary was very interesting and useful to understanding Russia's view towards Ukraine.

The teaching of Lord Jesus is out of the question...Love Thy Neighbor.

There are several speculations about what Patriarch Kirill’s net worth is. Numbers range between $100,000 and $4 billion. According to Forbes Patriarch Kirill’s net worth in 2006 was $4 billion. It was also revealed in 2020 that an investigation unearthed several millions of dollars in real estate belonging to Patriarch Kirill. He was also a KGB agent in the USSR.

Finally got an answer to my question: What does the Russian Orthodox church think/do about this situation? I got much more than any answer I could possibly anticipate. It puts my stomach in a knot.

I wonder if Patriarch Kirill has ever read a biography of "Le Cardinal Richelieu," who served the French King, Louis XIII, with such cunning, guileful & scheming duplicitousness.

Now here is someone getting to the real meaning behind the horror.

Living proof Satan comes in many clothings.

Great work again, Crux, thanks.

A very clear information on who is actually behind all this cruelty unleashed on Ukraine. Before God nothing is and can be hidden . May the Lord have mercy on the warring factions and save us all from the disastrous consequences of this war.

Good One with depth. Make one on Chinese Leadership as well in-depth.

You don't have to be a Mormon or a Seventh Day Adventist to think there's something unholy about a holy man getting rich off cigarettes.

Just imagine how the devil can make use of his various deceptions

The West needs religious leaders like Kirill and political leaders like Putin 👍 Slava Rossija!

Russian Orthodox Church is Church of KGB officers

Thank you Crux for giving us a clear concise well spoken presenter....well done !

Thank You✨Pray for Peace✨🕊️✨

I think this GuRU is also insane. He was not able to think the chaos, pulvrrized cities that could destroy humanity. Is he good adviser? or just thesame level of mentality...No God in their hearts.

Dehumanization is the denial of full humanness in others and the cruelty and suffering that accompanies it. A practical definition refers to it as the viewing and treatment of other persons as though they lack the mental capacities that are commonly attributed to human beings. In this definition, every act or thought that regards a person as "less than" human is dehumanization. Dehumanization is one technique in incitement to genocide.[6] It has also been used to justify war, judicial and extrajudicial killing, slavery, the confiscation of property, denial of suffrage and other rights, and to attack enemies or political opponents.

A true spiritual guru does *NOT engage in these types of activities. A true spiritual guru focuses his or her self on their own ascension while attempting to encourage others in striving for their ascension. A true guru also understands and respects the free will of all others. Any other type of behavior is *FAKE*

Thank you for the background details

Will a group of oligarchs put an end to the reign of Putin or Kirill or both?

These Madman Will be In the Same Pit 🔥 👹

In 60 AD Apostle Saint Andrew traveled to the area of Kiev, preached, and said, one day a great city would be built here with many churches to the glory of God. Today there is a church to Saint Andrew in Kiev. The peoples in the area were Slavic. Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv, three brothers and the sister Lybid founded Kiev in 482 AD, Kiev was named after the older brother Kyi. Kiev the older brother was King. Herodotus wrote that Hercules had founded this land. The Rus were Viking tribes that settled peacefully in Kiev as far back as 750 AD with the Slavs there, 400 years before Moskva existed. The name Russia, coming from the city Moskva, has no connection to the RUS. Russia coming from Moskva started with Batu Kahn much later as a vasal under Mongolian rule. All the early Czars were Mongolian and of no connection to the RUS. The Rus were with the Slavs to the south in Kiev. Moskva were Finnish Urgic Tribes; Mosk means cow and Va water, which are Finnish names. There was no RUS there. The ethnic background of Moskva is Finnish-Urgic and Mongolian. The Rus developed the religion, city Kiev, alphabet, churches, and had its saints. The founder of Kievian Rus (800) or the Rus was a Viking named Askold or Oskold (Norse) from Sweden; not Oleg as in the Russian story. Kievian Rus exists long Before Novgorod and Oleg’s arrival there. Askold is the Slavic name. Oskold, the first King of Kievian Rus was in Kiev before Oleg in Novgorod. Oskold had 200 ships and 20,000 warriors. Oskold was baptized in Constantinople (128 years before Volodymyr) and sent the first bishop back to Kiev. Oskold and Dir were the first Dynasty of Kievian Rus. Askold rules from the 40-60s and Dir to the 80s. Askold is buried in Kiev and the first Kievian Christian King & Dynasty. Oleg followed coming from Sweden through Novgorod and was a pagan. Russia as named today started in the city of Moskva over 400 years later after Kievian Rus or Rus. From Kiev, the capitol of Rus, Kievian culture was spread, much like the Greeks Hellenized the known world, or like the British anglicized the world by the English language. This process does not make Moskva to become RUS in as much as Persian are not Greek. How we are misled by a name; Russia. The capitol of the RUS has always been Kiev. There is no other RUS and no RUS in Moskva. Many say Ukraine began recently; but the culture of the RUS is Kievian RUS, both culture and ethnic background. Ukraine is a name given by Poland meaning outer lands. The land of the RUS before the Mongolian invasion was very large. The name RUS is a Norse name which means men that row; there are no men that row in Moskva. So Moskva adopted the name Russia while being a Mongolian vassal, essentially traitor to the RUS; and all the Czars were Mongolian-Finnish. The Culture of the Mongolian was centralized power, and that cultural imprint was passed on to present day Russia. Ukraine’s real name should be Kievian RUS, or Kievskarus! Russia began in Moskva by Batu Kahn and Novgorod conquered much later, still no connection to the Rus. Putin & Lavrov should be ashamed of themselves, the USSR was an occupation; it never had the status of a sovereign state and due process of law that would be associated with a free society. Even today the mentality of the gulag exists. There is no freedom of press and speech, people are arrested for speech, there is no due process of law, and the religion is state run making it a totalitarian theocracy. As such, it did not deserve to exist in a free world; and history has shown such totalitarian organizations fail over time and author in many gulags. The true culture of Russia is Finno-Ugric and Mongolian, having nothing to do with the RUS (Kievian), expect borrowed as in the sense of Hellenized or Anglicized "forms" as a comparative reference. The centralized form of Russian politics is a very Mongolian imprint on culture. The actions of Putin seem to be another Mongolian invasion of Kiev; here I suggest as to the correct metaphor. I believe so. Putin & Lavrov insistence to have purview over eastern Europe also seems like paying tribute to the Mongolian Horde. Moskva started as an agglomeration of Finnish tribes, combining a Finnish name meaning cows water and developed by Mongolian culture. Mosk means cow and Va means water. The RUS are men that row, Vikings, Norse, established Kiev 400 years before (750 AD) Moskva even thought to exist. The name Russia for current nation is totally inappropriate. The current Russia started in Moskva; how misleading is the name Russia coming from Moskva that has no connection to the RUS. All the lands should be returned to Kiev; the West of Russia to Finland, and the East to Mongolia. Russia’s place on the globe appears as a temporary aberration in my view. To use threats of Nukes publicly strikes at the heart as adolescent behaviour; surely any nation or person that issues such threats and being an ally to such while not even having war imposed on them is not fit to rule. This would include allies of Russia. Oh yes, I remember, Russia didn't invent the bomb, they stole it in the 1940's and gave it to Kurchatov. Russia struggles with an identity crisis since its beginnings unoriginal to the ethnic groups. Its errors are numerous, 50 million killed by Stalin in WW2, allied to the Nazis to kill the Poles for their defeat in WW2, Holodomor where millions of Ukrainians were killed and grain stolen, and constant antagonist with Europe. We even have the Holy Mother announcing Russia’s errors at Fatima. Russia is a Mongolian culture and all the first Czars were Mongolian and Batu Kahn is the author. Oskold was the grandson of Ragnar the king of Sweden, his name is old Norse and spoke old Norse, the name Rus is old Norse, he settled peacefully in Kiev and the Slavs made him king, he brought Christianity to Kiev with his son dir...his burial mound is where St Nicholas church is built, Oleg wasn’t even in Novgorod when this happened, and Oleg is not a Rus nor old Norse name. The Slavs called Oskold the name Askold. After came Dir, Oleg was a pagan who assassinated Dir, Oskold becomes the first dynasty...later when the line of kings get to Vladimir, he is captured at a trading post by the Mongols, the post is called Moskva, and the king killed. Moskva as a city was a Mongolian invention, and Novgorod becomes a part of that Russia by conquest, although having nothing to do with the Rus. Oskold line is Ragnar, ironside, Oskold from the King of Sweden Ragnar. Oleg is via Rurik coming much later. The accounts of Oskold are within the time, Al Mamun an Arab writer of the time wrote of Oskold, the Russian chronicles come hundreds of years later. In much the same way accounts of relevant history are better understood by those of the times, much like the Bible, dating to the original times makes the account authentic. The Russian chronicles are merely a tale and inaccurate. Kiev was a city over 1000 years before Russia even existed. Kiev was Kievian Rus before Novgorod and when Oleg arrived. Putin is kidding himself if he thinks any part of Ukraine belongs to Russia. We can see that Israel belongs to the Jews, similarly all the lands around Kiev of Kievian Rus belong to Kiev as a single nation and city state. Russia's beginnings are a wanting child begun as a captive insurgency having nothing of its own; a captive state that was reeking in servitude to Mongolia and invented by Mongolia. The entire culture of Russia from Moscow is Mongolian centralized power, a pagan culture of no empathy and Christianity. The Christianity is tainted as a state religion or theocracy and politicized. History is often obscured by being written by the ones in charge. The history of Ukraine has been obscured by the Soviet Occupation and cultural appropriations. Moscow in an attempt to appropriate a history not its own, rewrote the narrative of history to cover up its compromised origins; Kiev and Ukraine is a history much older and more civilized; making contributions to civilization. Russian despotism becomes the blueprint, foundation & model for every despot nation, look at its allies; the error of its ways has spread throughout the globe; much like the message from the Holy Mother at Fatima. Those that are sympathetic to Russian atrocities can find similarities in their own histories. Ukraine has a democracy at a local level Moscow never had and fears. Russian boundless ignorance is a type often found in the poorest of nations, and usually the poorest have a history of the hardest tyrants over them that also inflict poverty, physical and spiritual, on others they attempt to subjugate, a reflection of their own lives, an abomination of desolation.

That was a great video. Thanks

Good journalism, insightful and fact based.

Does it mean to say “What Happened to RASPUTIN can happen to ras-PUTIN?”

This was a very insightful video. Jesus had similar problems with the religious leaders of his day. From the Bible and history, it appears that religious leaders are more likely to go to Hell than the general population of believers. The reason is the same for all power structures. Power corrupts and attracts the worst & potential worst in humanity.

Great explaination, thanks much.

Thanks for a great feature. For your editor plz use a cut instead of a swuss between clips and plz no sound effect - there is no need for it. 😊👍🏽

Even non believers know more about God than these people .

Brilliant and concise

Kirill cannot call himself ‘man of God’. He is most certainly not holy because if he were he would be calling for peace, not war, that along with his acceptance of all things corrupt in Russia. I hope God delivers the Karma they, and others complicit in this war, unreservedly deserve. God bless Ukraine.

Quite a few decades ago, “The Reader’s Digest” had published an article on Rasputin, which included the description of the assassination attempt by a group of nobles. They had invited Rasputin to a party where he was served cakes dosed with Strychnine. When six cakes had no effect on him (even one had had enough poison to kill a man), they decided to shoot him to death with their pistols. Rasputin fell, but apparently did not die by the bullets. He had strength enough to crawl away. When his body was found, an autopsy revealed that he had died of drowning (while attempting to cross a stream when escaping). If a parallel dialectic does exist between President Putin and Patriarch Kirill, it may be best to leave the archbishop well alone😆

He looks like a start of a Criminal Minds episode.

Kyril has a particular beef with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which was recognized by the Patriarch in Constantinople (as near to a Pope as exists in Orthodoxy) as independent of the Moscow patriarchate in 2018. This dovetails nicely with Putin's view that Ukraine doesn't and shouldn't really exist.

Some of those church fathers really are more serving the devil than God.

Kirill is also shown on his office desk with a 400 000 $ watch. As this was discovered. the same picture was a 2nd time portrait without his watch. When they removed the watch on the picture, they forgot to remove it from the shining table where it was reflected like in a mirror. There are justifiable doubts if he had ever anything done what could be expected from a Christian church leader?

Easier to follow the news when it is spoken! Thanks.

My heart beats when I see the sufferings of these Ukrainian people, who have to fight every day for their lives and freedom. God protect them and give them strength and courage to defend themselves against the Russian invaders. God is with you! The conquest and Victoria is for you Ukrainians.

If he raise his arm, the 90 millions believers will follow him and the war is over. He have the power to stop this insane war.

The devil has many faces - in this case the Russian patriarch.

This bloody spiritual guru will have same fate like Rusputin !

Great information. However the sound effects (swooshing between photos) was very annoying.

I would like to ask a question. Where did you get this information.

Nice Work!

"Holy" "war" = oxymoron. A-typical, when it comes to man made religious doctrine. Death, destruction, and misery, apparently all in God's name.

Wonderful exposé on Archbishop Kirill a non-Christian ruler. Jesus Christ and His Words Are Christianity not the thoughts of a han being!

Tremendous reporting

wow, a great history lesson, thanks

Are these people never ashamed of themselves ?

You may have called both men "Gurus", but there is a big difference between Rasputin and Patriarch Kirill. Rasputin had genuine psychic and spiritual powers, whereas Kirill is just a corrupt clergyman who has ridden on Putin's coat tails to a position of political power and influence. The Russians tried to outlaw and ban religion during the Soviet era, and when that didn't work, they took the position of "if you can't beat them, join them" during the Putin era, with religion being used as a great propaganda tool of the state.

Very interesting video.

Is that an antenna on top of that helmet ? AM/FM or direct line to some magical sky pixie ?

Soon on the red square Moscow statue of Volodymyr Zelensky for liberated Russia from Putin 🗽 🇺🇦

Well, if there is a hell we know where they're both going. Slava Ukraine

nice info👍

This is exactly why we must maintain church /state separation. We are in the balances here and if we really realize this in America we better be writing our law makers to let them know we aren't having anything BUT church and state seperation.

Assumptions are not truth...

The Russian Orthodox church greatly distresses me

Another Cluster F#k, when Church and State Collude. Cheers from Michael. Australia.

May Divine Truth penetrate, permeate, expose for all to see, and render impotent & powerless all corrupt politicians, religious leaders, and business leaders in the world.

the father is an agent he is just hiding in a priest cloth

The World’s Moral And Practical Obligation To Ukraine In Ukraine, there is both a moral and practical obligation, which transcends the fact of there being no formal obligation from NATO or the EU. As we know from history, formal obligations crumble in the face of reality when dealing with someone like Putin. I am not complaining so much as I am cautioning the entire world that if it is not willing to nip in the bud the actions of Putin now, we will most certainly be compelled to confront him later. And the effects of that will probably be much worse than the risk of starting a third world war now. A world that bows to the will of a bully and dictator today, will either become a virtual pawn of that bully and dictator or be forced to fight him later. As we saw with Hitler, because the world was not willing to confront him early on, the ultimate conflagration that resulted was much worse than it might otherwise have been. Just as a free individual cannot long endure the abuse and domination of a bullying neighbor, so too, the free nations of the world cannot long endure the abuse and dominance of a bully and dictator among them. Of course, the possibility of nuclear war is paralyzing, and the present fear of that happening is what gives Putin his ultimate edge. He knows this and wants the world to think he might be crazy enough to use nuclear weapons. We need to call his bluff by letting him know that we will even risk nuclear war to save freedom and democracy in the world. The world not only allowed Putin to exist but did business with him. Now humanity must pay the karmic price for its complicity. And that price may be a third world war, which might even mean nuclear war. This is a horrifying thought, but reality does not care what is horrifying to humanity. The world we create and the results of that creation are as they are. If we cater to autocrats, we will have to live with autocracy as the way of the world - or we can stop allowing autocrats to evolve and exist in the world. At the moment, Ukraine is the center of our universe. It is the focal point and pivot point for our future. What we decide to do there will determine the direction we will take to that future and what that future will be. Will it be a world where freedom and democracy become the way of the world for all humankind, or will it be a world where the dream of freedom and democracy is dead, and slavery and autocracy rule? JRB

United Nations should remove, expel, or suspend Russia from the UN Security Council seat or remove their veto power! If not the United Nations must dissolve or disband themselves in order to create NUN, the New United Nations for better one without permanent seats or just with no veto power in the NUN Security Council!

Who does your research? Wikipedia?

Kirill promotes the world and his own self interest not the god he claims he believes in. He is very much like the so called “evangelicals” in the US like Robertson, Franklin, Graham, Warren, etc.; all of them are wolves in sheep’s clothing. They wouldn’t know Christ if He came down and died on a cross. The good thing is at least we won’t need to look at any of them in Heaven. So, there’s that…..

Back in the old old days every warlord had a warlock.

brilliant many thanks

Very informative

"The Byzantine Empire in Turkey". There was no Turkey. Don't confuse people.

God Bless Ukraine & Russian people for your innocent's

The Russian church is the Church of KGB officers

Thank you...😀😀

So it's RASKIRILL!!!

Target number 1 for the People of Russia.

Is the Hun battle helmet the fashion template for his silly playing-god hat?

Wasnt this guy hanging out with Putnin King Tut from the batman series?

Guru or not gurù they cannot be above God's authority!!evil and wickedly man will persih!! God reigns!! He is the King and savior!! Reigns with authority and justice!! God bless ukraine!!!!🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

this definitely appears to be an improvment over their Finnish Nato coverage where they simply get the history of Soviet Finnish power structure wrong and they should edit and fix that and tell their audience that they got it wrong, that the Soviets did not control/rule Finland for most of WWII.

Excelente vídeo. es una caja de pandora. por adquirir conocimiento éso explica algo del porque de ciertas cosas. Exito.muy ilustrativo es como armar un rompecabezas zobre todo la parte de rasputin y su abolengo.bendiciones.🎊

That must be the best for today the looks and nice new's reporter she is the best i ever have seen!!!

Then God is with Putin?

THATS WRONG. It was not PRINCE VLADIMIR, it was PRINCE VOLODYMYR!!!!!!

From the historical accounts that I have read regarding the Christianization of Kievan Rus’, there has been no mention made of Vladimir the Great visiting the Church of Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sofia). However, envoys dispatched by Vladimir to Hagia Sofia did report favourably of the beauty and grandeur of the Byzantine liturgy: “We no longer knew whether we were in heaven or on earth, nor such beauty, and we know not how to tell of it.”

To have power implied enormous responsibility, the authentic ones are respect from others , they used it for good .

less distracting music please; otherwise good info!

So basically he's not a pious man but a crook, who would have thought it.!

Do you need interpreter to Arabic language, For the channel?

spirtutal heart could not be ruled out by war

Puttin did not count on bad weather destroying his weapons

I'm in Us, Minnesota, we just obtained a tremendous hockey player from Russia named Kirill. us hockey fans worship him, wondering if we are being set up. soon we will be supporting Putin in Ukraine.

St. Olga of Kiev, pray for us!

Stop the war... Peace Love and Compassion ☮️