Sobchak, Tikhon Shevkunov and the Kremlin’s “spiritual fathers”: a conversation on I Gryanul Grem
In May 2023, Archbishop Grigory Mikhnov-Vaitenko joins the I Gryanul Grem channel. Vladyka Grigory talks about Ksenia Sobchak’s interview with Tikhon Shevkunov, whether such interviews are worth watching, and whether Shevkunov is a state official. The discussion covers statements about the war in Ukraine, the imperial mindset of Russians, whether rulers like Putin need “spiritual fathers”, and the transfer of Rublev’s icon from the Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church.