In this the third episode of Russian Ark, we explore the persecution of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Serbia, examining both historical and ongoing challenges to the faith. Special guest Father Michael, a Priest who served for many years in London, reflects on how these trials are not merely hardships but the crosses we are called to bear as Orthodox Christians. He explains how persecution has always been a mark of true Christianity, revealing the Church's unshakable foundation. Join us as we uncover the spiritual significance of these struggles and the hope that sustains Orthodox Christians in the face of adversity.
Russian Ark - English-language project of the SPAS TV channel, released online on world and Russian platforms Watch on Western platforms: Rumble | X | YouTube
In this the third episode of Russian Ark, we explore the persecution of Orthodox Christians in Ukraine, the Middle East, and Serbia, examining both historical and ongoing challenges to the faith. Special guest Father Michael, a Priest who served for many years in London, reflects on how these trials are not merely hardships but the crosses we are called to bear as Orthodox Christians. He explains how persecution has always been a mark of true Christianity, revealing the Church's unshakable foundation. Join us as we uncover the spiritual significance of these struggles and the hope that sustains Orthodox Christians in the face of adversity.
Russian Ark - English-language project of the SPAS TV channel, released online on world and Russian platforms Watch on Western platforms: Rumble | X | YouTube
Telegram boasts 500 million users, who share information individually and in groups in relative security. But Telegram's use as a one-way broadcast channel — which followers can join but not reply to — means content from inauthentic accounts can easily reach large, captive and eager audiences. On Telegram’s website, it says that Pavel Durov “supports Telegram financially and ideologically while Nikolai (Duvov)’s input is technological.” Currently, the Telegram team is based in Dubai, having moved around from Berlin, London and Singapore after departing Russia. Meanwhile, the company which owns Telegram is registered in the British Virgin Islands. To that end, when files are actively downloading, a new icon now appears in the Search bar that users can tap to view and manage downloads, pause and resume all downloads or just individual items, and select one to increase its priority or view it in a chat. For Oleksandra Tsekhanovska, head of the Hybrid Warfare Analytical Group at the Kyiv-based Ukraine Crisis Media Center, the effects are both near- and far-reaching. The company maintains that it cannot act against individual or group chats, which are “private amongst their participants,” but it will respond to requests in relation to sticker sets, channels and bots which are publicly available. During the invasion of Ukraine, Pavel Durov has wrestled with this issue a lot more prominently than he has before. Channels like Donbass Insider and Bellum Acta, as reported by Foreign Policy, started pumping out pro-Russian propaganda as the invasion began. So much so that the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council issued a statement labeling which accounts are Russian-backed. Ukrainian officials, in potential violation of the Geneva Convention, have shared imagery of dead and captured Russian soldiers on the platform.
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