An Orthodox church-monument was desecrated in Kazan

In Tatarstan, unknown scribbled on the walls of the Church of the Savior Not made by hands, built in memory of the fallen during the capture of Kazan.

December 16, 2014 Society of Russian Culture of Tatarstan reported about the desecration of the temple-monument of the Savior Not Made by Hands in Kazan. Unknown left inscriptions made in red paint: “1552, “1552. Nobody is forgotten, nothing not forgotten”, “Lena, why did you baptize our children. Your Ilfatik.

The temple is dedicated to the fallen during the capture of Kazan in 1552.

Chairman of the Society of Russian Culture of Tatarstan Mikhail Shcheglov claims that this is far from the first act of vandalism against Orthodox churches in Tatarstan, and as vandalism he considers and the situation when restoration work was “carried out by non-Christians - guest workers who covered up church symbols and carried out construction with technology violations .

M. Shcheglov accused the regional authorities of connivance vandalism in relation to Orthodox shrines and removal from protection religious objects. “Maybe the Russian people and all the Orthodox should start convene the people's militia and the Cossacks to protect our shrines, and brothers Muslim Tatars to call for help? - M. Shcheglov's statement says.

Sources

• Desecration of Orthodox shrines has become the norm for the Republic of Tatarstan // Kazan Week. 2014. December 6th.
• In Kazan, a temple-monument to the soldiers who fell during the capture of this city was desecrated // Interfax-religion. 2014. December 16.