A famous confessor blessed the "Russian March"

On October 19, 2012, the elder, resident of the Optina Hermitage, Schema-Archimandrite Iliy (Nozdrin), blessed the nationalists and Orthodox activists for holding the "Russian March" and the activities of the organizing committee "For the removal Lenin".

One of the leaders of the "Russians" movement, Dmitry Demushkin, announced that, together with Mikhail Nalimov (leader of the "United Orthodox youth") went to Elder Elijah and " asked for blessings on holding a Russian march with the slogan about the burial of Lenin, Nalimov asked for the organizing committee "For the removal of Lenin ." Elder " both personally blessed for this activity ." According to the leader of the "Russians", Elder Eli also took a list of all members of the organizing committee in order to pray for them.

Recall that Schema-Archimandrite Iliy became widely known when, in the height of the opposition's actions "for fair elections" gave a blessing to the pilgrims to vote for Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections.

Sources

• The Confessor of the Patriarch Blessed the Modern Union of Archangel Michael // New Newspaper. 2012. October 20.