Among the Cossacks there is a crisis of the Orthodox faith, according to the Russian Orthodox Church

The Chairman of the Synodal Committee of the Moscow Patriarchate for Interaction with the Cossacks, Metropolitan of Stavropol and Nevinnomyssk, who performed at the First Great Congress of Cossack confessors, which was held in the Moscow Cathedral of Christ the Savior, said that the modern Cossacks were in touch with the Orthodox Church. They practically do not participate in worship, live in a civil marriage, easily divorced and do not baptize children, while for a Cossack such a lifestyle is historically unacceptable.

"The Cossacks have always been exemplary carriers of traditional family values ​​built on the Orthodox perception of such concepts as family, education, honor and respect for the elders. <...> But now we see a far from a joyful picture. Cossack families are destroyed. Marriages are recorded in the registry office, and even there is no cohabitation in a civil marriage. There is no need to talk about crowning, since, according to the given, according to the given. We conduct monitoring, only every third Cossack marriage is crowned, ”Metropolitan RIA Novosti quotes.

- in ten regions of Russia there will appear "ordinary" Cossack temples

“Ignorance, ignorance in matters of faith, not only deprive the Cossacks of its foundations, but often lead to very serious consequences. When the chieftain, followed by tens of thousands of Cossacks, is already a disaster in spiritual life,” the representative of the Moscow Patriarchate emphasized.

The Metropolitan added that the Cossacks "often understand their entry into the bosom of the Church of one -sided", reducing it only to the protection of church objects, and participation in church sacraments "takes into the background or is generally excluded."

He believes that every Orthodox Cossack is called upon to go to the temple at least on Sundays and holidays, live in a wedding marriage, baptize all his children, regularly confess and get involved, and in each educational institution of the Cossack settlement it is necessary to organize a study on the history of the Cossacks and the basics of the Orthodox faith.

Recall that Patriarch Kirill, who performed the day before at the congress of Cossack confessors, thanked the Cossacks for their readiness to protect the shrines of the Fatherland, but emphasized that "to be Orthodox is not only to stand outside the temple and protect it." "To be a Cossack, - according to him, - this means to be in the temple with the heart." “You can’t be a Cossack - and not confess, you can’t be a Cossack - and live in an unmarked marriage. Such Cossacks would be carved in an old one in the old days,” the patriarch said.

In ten regions of Russia there will appear "ordinary" Cossack temples

In the spring of 2014, the All-Russian project “Cossack borders of Russia” starts in the country, within the framework of which in ten regions of Russia it is planned to build wooden churches-churches per day, said Yuri Artyukh, head of the Department of Interregional Cooperations, the head of the Department of Interregional Cooperation, National Policy and Relations with Religious Organizations of Moscow.

"In the spring of 2014, in the framework of this project, in ten constituent entities of the Federation, ordinary churches-churches traditional for the history of the Orthodox Cossacks will be built and consecrated. They will be erected in the Altai, Krasnodar, Stavropol Territories, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Kurgan, Orenburg, Omsk, Rostov and Saratov regions, on lands, where we historically claimed The Orthodox faith, defended their people and their country, ”RIA Novosti quoted the words.

He explained that the Cossacks built temples "On the One Day", hence their name - "Ordinary". "We will return this tradition, which will require the joint work of the administration of the region, the Cossack chieftain and the diocese," the head of the department said.

According to the official, the Interregional project "Cossack borders of Russia" is dedicated to the 700th anniversary of the birth of Sergius of Radonezh and is accepted for the implementation by the Council of the President of the Cossacks, the Synodal Committee for Cossacks with the Cossacks with the participation of the Government of Moscow and the administrations of a number of Russian regions. The project will be carried out at the expense of voluntary donations.