Creditors of the Yekaterinburg diocese notified the patriarch that they would seek repayment of debts through the courts

August 3, 2012 creditors of the Yekaterinburg diocese, 11 man sent to the name of the patriarch Cyril a letter asking for help to return the money. With a similar letter to creditors appealed to the patriarch in 2010 , but they never received their money managed. Several companies owed by the diocese have since went bankrupt, several individual creditors died. July In 2012, the debt of the Yekaterinburg diocese amounted to 20 million rubles.

We are talking about funds provided to the diocese for various needs. A significant part of the debt is debt to jewelers. Chapter now the Ekaterinburg Metropolitanate recognized the debt, but did not begin to repay it.

Without waiting for the return of the debt, creditors made a decision go to court.

"The current the situation could cause significant damage to the authority of the hierarchy of the Moscow Patriarchy. Being confident that you, Your Holiness, have supreme power and completeness of influence on your subordinates, we ask you to restore the triumph of justice and truth ,” the letter says.

"They themselves provoke us to lawsuits. They told us that in order to start some payments we have to bring them a judgment. In my opinion, everything happening in the church should make the state think. The clergy need to prohibit, as government officials, to engage in business and commerce , ”said Alexander Alekseev, one of the creditors .