LandedGentry

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28304193

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Religion continues to play a significant role in shaping societies and public opinion, even among those who don’t follow a particular faith.

I captured this photo of a religious woman in Kyiv during the declaration of independence of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

A few days later, a major Russian news outlet used the same image to claim that the Ukrainian church had ceased to exist.

https://iz.ru/910071/2019-08-14/ukrainskaia-avtokefalnaia-pravoslavnaia-tcerkov-perestala-sushchestvovat

It’s a small example of how symbols and narratives are often caught in the middle of larger political and cultural disputes.

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