Overview
- In a Russia‑1 interview with TASS director Andrey Kondrashov, Kirill said Western civilization “justifies sin” and described Russia as its spiritual adversary.
- He called for a nationwide consensus on core values tied to spiritual‑moral security and warned that those who fall outside it could be deemed “traitors to the Motherland” with legal consequences.
- Kirill argued that Russia defends traditional Christian norms and rejected the Western framing of human rights that he said erodes morality.
- He criticized Western media and culture for erasing the concept of sacrifice in favor of comfort and egoism, asserting that genuine progress requires “podvig” (moral effort).
- The church leader issued Christmas greetings to Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko praising church–state cooperation, and he urged lapsed believers to reassess their life path and return to faith.