A temple was desecrated in Voronezh

On the night of October 9-10, on the walls of the oldest church in Voronezh (Assumption Admiralteyskaya, erected at the beginning of the 18th century), "inscriptions of satanic content and the symbols corresponding to them" were spray-painted from the altar and from the entrance, Patriarchia.ru reports . " .

The temple will be re-consecrated.

According to one version, what happened was revenge on the part of teenagers engaged in extreme leisure activities near the church (skating on boards), as a result of which the paving slabs near the walls of the temple were damaged. The believers constantly reprimanded the young people.

The head of the city police department, Gennady Filonov, said that the police would make every effort to find the perpetrators and bring the case of vandalism to court.

Sources

• Voronezh's oldest temple desecrated // Patriarchy.ru. 2008. October 13.