The Vesti program released an offensive story about the arrival of the IOC in the Penza region

July 1 on the TV channel "Russia" in the program "Vesti" was shows a plot dedicated to the conflict around the temple in the name of St. Demetrius Solunsky in the village of Poselki, Kuznetsovsky district, Penza region. Journalists made a number of insulting statements against the True Orthodox Church (TOC), whose congregation occupies the temple.   Rector of the Church of Metropolitan Tikhon (Kiselyov) authors of the plot accused of illegal income, and parishioners - of the lack of "Christian love" and non-compliance with the "norms of Orthodox morality." In addition, reporters called the "split priest" the head of another Orthodox Church - the Autonomous Russian Orthodox Church (ROAC).  

According to Vesti journalists, the temple, whose community with changed jurisdiction several times in the 1990s, should belong to the Russian Orthodox Church. Representatives of other officially registered Orthodox churches, from the point of view of the federal TV channel, are impostors and dissenters.

Recall Federal TV channels have previously aired offensive stories about Orthodox, not belonging to the ROC.

Sources

• The road to the temple that does not exist // Vesti.ru. 2010. July 1.