Wolves in Sheep's Clothing: The Russian Orthodox Church's Threat to European Security and Democracy

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing examines the Russian Orthodox Church’s historic devolution from a church to a mere peddler of political power as a state intelligence instrument. Today’s Russian Orthodox Church seeks to emerge as the most consequential syndicate of social influence across Europe in service to Vladimir Putin’s quest for empire.

The Moscow Patriarchate’s breach of Orthodox unity over the reemergence of an autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine under the jurisdiction of the Ecumeni...