Vakhtang Kipshidze

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Vakhtang Kipshidze is a senior official in the Moscow Patriarchate, serving as Deputy Head of the Synodal Department for Relations between the Church and Society and the Media. He has publicly endorsed sending relics of Saint Dmitry Donskoy to the conflict zone in Ukraine, describing it as a 'reasonable decision' to allow Orthodox servicemen quick access to venerate them. He has commented on church-related events, religious persecution in Ukraine, and the role of faith in public life, often framing church attacks as part of a broader campaign against the canonical church. His statements frequ…

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RPOC: Orthodox content on the internet has increased — Вести
In the Russian Orthodox Church, rumors about the loss of the relics of Dmitry Donskoy in the SVO zone were refuted — РИАМО
In the Russian Orthodox Church, rumors about the loss of the relics of Dmitry Donskoy on the front were refuted — Ведомости
In the Russian Orthodox Church, the attack on the church in Enerhodar was called a persecution of Orthodoxy — Вести
In the Russian Orthodox Church, they declared that no one in Ukraine cares about the killing of an UOC monk — Вести
Kipshidze stated that Ukrainian policy regarding the UOC has achieved its goals — Вести
Russian Orthodox Church: Murder of a monk in Ukraine is linked to campaign against the church — Ведомости
In the Russian Orthodox Church commented on the killing of a monk in the Kharkiv region — Коммерсантъ
It is impossible to win the fight against faith without destroying one's own humanity. The killing of a monk in Ukraine became the result... — ТАСС (Telegram)
Protodeacon Andrey Kordochkin «Echo»: Dmitry Donskoy became a participant in the «mobilization of the saints» — ЭХО / Новости
Putin visited the relics of Prince Dmitry Donskoy in the Arkhangelsky Cathedral of the Kremlin. TASS, citing a source in the Russian Orthodox Church, wrote that t... — Настоящее Время
In the Russian Orthodox Church, it is believed that the relics of Dmitry Donskoy should be sent to the SVO zone sooner — Ведомости
Found this summer the relics of Dmitry Donskoy are set to be sent to the SVO — Новая газета Европа
In the Russian Orthodox Church, the relics of Dmitry Donskoy were found and they want to send them to the front — Дождь
In the Russian Orthodox Church, the process of bringing the relics of Spiridon Trimifunt to Russia was called difficult — Вести
In the Russian Orthodox Church, they called for sending the relics of Dmitry Donskoy to the SVO zone sooner — Коммерсантъ
Russian Orthodox Church does not plan to hold special events with the relics of Dmitry Donskoy — Вести
In the Russian Orthodox Church, sending the relics of Dmitry Donskoy to the SVO was called a reasonable decision — Вечерняя Москва
Russian Orthodox Church: It is necessary to transport a fragment of the relics of Dmitry Donskoy to the SVO zone in the near future — Вести
In the Russian Orthodox Church, they spoke about their attitude towards the preservation of the relics of Dmitry Donskoy — Вести