The Russian Orthodox Church MP intends to create its own human rights center

On March 30, speaking at a press conference in Interfax , the head of the DECR MP, Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, said that the Russian Orthodox Church plans to create its own human rights center, which will be engaged in formulating the ideas of human rights "in accordance with our own national, cultural and spiritual tradition ".

According to Metropolitan Kirill, this problem "should be the object of attention not only of civil society, but also of the Russian Orthodox Church." "The mistake of many human rights activists," he said, "today is that their activities do not correspond to the opinion and values ​​of the majority of our people. The distortions of modern human rights activities must be corrected." This topic should become one of the central ones at the upcoming X World Russian People's Council.

Sources

• The Russian Church is going to create its own human rights center // Interfax-religion. 2006. March 30.