The world is small.
A friend called, who, it turns out, has long been friends with Sergei Baranov - the same priest who publicly announced his break with the Russian Orthodox Church.
So, for the third day the situation develops in a quite traditional way, namely: Sergei receives threatening phone calls. They call often, put pressure on the psyche, and not only gopniks ...
Called, in particular, an official rank from the Tambov diocese - and in a rather harsh tone ordered to appear at the diocesan court. Baranov replied that after breaking with the Russian Orthodox Church, he did not feel obliged to obey the rules and courts of this organization, to which he heard quite unequivocally: it would be better for you to come, otherwise you walk very dangerously ...
As it is customary to write in statements to the police: he took this threat as real. Sergey Baranov is not Alexander Men, but he is aware of his fate.
Contrary to the lies released about the former priest from all the crap trunks of the Russian Orthodox Church, he, according to my friend, is a quiet, sincere and vulnerable person. Unlike Gundyaev and Co., he never had anything to do with politics, and when he made the decision to leave the harsh bosom of the Russian Orthodox Church, he apparently did not fully imagine the practical and completely secular consequences of his act.
He did not expect that after that it would be dangerous for him to walk ...
Turning to the police, which has turned into Putin's secret police, is pointless - Baranov himself understands this. There is hope for God, but rather indirect. In particular, God, through a group of atheists, may try to draw public attention to this situation, which he does.
Sergey Baranov needs our protection.
To begin with, we must publicize the name and position of the caller: Baranov was threatened by the head of the information and publishing department of the Tambov diocese, Konstantin Polozov. At least that's how the man introduced himself. And the name suddenly disappeared from the website of the diocese, leaving behind, immediately after the position, a rather eloquent punctuation mark: a colon before a full stop.
A sign indicating that the name has just been, but for some reason it was decided to remove it from sight ...
Comrade Gundyaev! I am addressing you not on the church line, but as a prominent official with opportunities. Try to make sure that nothing happens to Sergei Baranov, okay?