May 5, 2011 rector of the Church of the Descent of the Holy Spirit on apostles at the Lazarevsky cemetery, hegumen Sergius (Rybko), commenting the possibility of holding a gay parade in Moscow, expressed dissatisfaction with the insufficient fight against homosexuality:
"Why are they fighting drug addiction, but not fighting it? People who do this become morons in ultimately! They cannot create a family, do not live a normal human life. life. How can this be allowed?! The state is obliged to fight this. What will it be tomorrow if everyone becomes like this? Civilization will perish. These things I believe must be exterminated in the bud, they must be followed by criminal punishment."
The priest urged not to allow a gay parade: "I bless everyone, who wants to go out to disperse this parade, and is ready to answer for it before the law. Sources