Sergei Chapnin Sergei Chapnin is director of communications at the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University and author of the report “Religious Communities Under Pressure: Documenting Religious Persecution in Russia 2022-2025.” By this Author Jul 20, 2025 These Russian clergy who said 'no' to Putin's war in Ukraine are paying a priceThe persecuted church in Russia is speaking. Is the global church listening?