Long torn between loyalty to the Russian or Romanian Orthodox Church, the Moldovan village of Cimișeni has made its choice, triggered by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The parish in the village near the capital Chisinau, whose 2,850 inhabitants mostly speak Romanian, is one of a growing number that have switched allegiance from Moscow to Bucharest. The idea that Russian Orthodox soldiers were fighting Orthodox Ukrainians outraged the villagers, says Ioan Solonaru, an Orthodox priest in Cimișeni. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES