By Months: Juku-Kalle Raid

The speaker does not demonstrate technical or data-driven expertise, but instead uses cultural and literary references (citing Teet Kallas) to simplify the topic and establish historical context.

The speaker demonstrates profound expertise regarding the history and institutional relations of the Orthodox Church in Estonia, particularly concerning the restoration of the Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church (EAÕK) in 1996. This knowledge is substantiated by references to personal meetings (Patriarch Bartholomew, the then-Metropolitan Kirill) and historical documents (a State Archives telegram dating back to the 1940s). The speaker stresses the historical continuity of the Russian Church's entanglement with state security and political power.