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Watch onCHISINAU - Moldova's president waded carefully on Monday into a row pitting the ex-Soviet state's two rival Orthodox churches against each other over Russian influence, saying churches should facilitate the country's main aim of European integration.
And a letter from the head of the largest Orthodox Church to its Russian parent church, made public last week, complained that the link with Moscow - and the invasion of Ukraine - was making it unpopular among parishioners. In his letter last week to the Russian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Vladimir wrote:"The Moldova Metropolis finds itself on the periphery of Moldovan society because of its links with the Russian Orthodox Church."
Moldovans are long used to coming under the cultural influence of Russia and Romania. Many use both languages interchangably - though the notion of joining Romania in a political union has been a remote prospect for many years.
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