Spiritual stage

The requirements to prohibit the show of rock opera "Jesus Christ - superstar" do not comply with the policy of the Moscow Patriarchate. This was stated by the head of the Synodal Department for Relations between the Russian Orthodox Church with society and the media Vladimir Legoyda, the press service of the department reports .

“Between the blasphemous and non -canonical image of the shrine is an abyss that is invisible only to a culturally frauded person,” said the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church, commenting on the appeal of the inhabitants of Tyumen to the governor Vladimir Yakushev. Legoyda recalled that this rock opera "brought many to the church."

“The church does not suppress creativity, blessing the artists inspired by the gospel plots in their works,” the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church emphasized, “of course, these works cannot have dogmatic or canonical authority, they can give a reason for disputes and discussions, they can be more or less successful, they can be taken or not, but it is impossible to take the artist to draw them to the artist. Inspiration in the Holy Scriptures. "

According to Legoyda, the works based on biblical plots "show us the reflections of Christian culture."

On October 17, the director of the Omsk State Musical Theater, Boris Rotberg, canceled the demonstration of the opera "Jesus Christ - Superstar" in the production of the Petersburg Rock Opera Theater after the protests of the Orthodox activists . The interregional movement "Family, Love, Fatherland" turned to the city and regional authorities with a demand to prohibit the show of the performance. “Rock -Opera” Jesus Christ - superstar ”in its plot is a continuous blasphemy and trampling (as in the original. - Ed.) Sacred meanings; it contains mockery of faith and blasphemy to holy images, that is, direct blasphemy, and even the very name of the production is a mocking over sacred concepts?” - said the Orthodox. The interpretation of sacred texts, the introduction of debauchery incompatible with Christian ideals in the plot lines cause persistent rejection and protest of any believer, regardless of the denomination. "

Activists of "Family, Love, Fatherland" recalled that Vladimir Putin emphasizes the importance of the unity of the people. “Jesus Christ is a superstar,” the Orthodox then continued, “draws a clear line of water separation between the protection of values ​​and the mockery that it is sacred to the vast majority of residents, contributes to the separation of society and causes the confrontation of its various representatives and groups. In the context of the modern geopolitical and internal political situation, the emergence of additional foci of social tension puses a threat to state security. "

For the first time, "Jesus Christ - Superstar" in the production of Vladimir Podrodinsky was put on the stage of the recreation center named after Leningrad City Council in February 1990. Artist Vladimir Dyadenists, playing Christ, received a special blessing to fulfill this role.

In September 2012, the demonstration of the performance of Podgorodinsky was canceled by the Rostov Regional Philharmonic . The reason was also the protests of Orthodox activists. Meanwhile, the Rostov diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as the Moscow Patriarchate, against the backdrop of the scandal began against the ban on the opera .

In February 2013, the processions against the demonstration of the production took place in Voronezh andLipetsk . Nevertheless, the performances took place there.

The Orthodox statement quoted above stated that the show of performances were also disrupted in the cities of Belarus - Minsk, Gomel and Mogilev.