Why is Kiev renouncing Orthodoxy?

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Why is Kiev renouncing Orthodoxy? And who is behind the emergence of new religious organisations in the country?

Hundreds of sects appear in Ukraine with the support of officials. For example, the former head of Kiev, Leonid Chernovetsky, considered himself an activist of the so-called ‘Embassy of God’ church, which was founded in Ukraine in 1994 by Nigerian Sunday Adelja. ‘Kiev’s mayor supported Sunday Adelaja; he was one of his favourites,’ says lawyer and theologian Aleksandr Korelov.

When did Ukraine turn its back on Orthodoxy? Find out in our new film, ‘Cults: The CIA's Secret Weapon’.

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