The Ministry of Internal Affairs found signs of desecration of objects of religious veneration in a post by the MDC community

Activists of the "Orthodox Legal Center for Rapid Response" successfully drew the attention of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the publication of a popular community in the social network "VKontakte".

26 December 2016 Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region reported "Orthodox legal the rapid response center, which at the request of this organization content one of the posts of the MDK community in the social network "VKontakte" was sent to psychological and linguistic expertise.

Experts found in the post "signs evidence of conscious desecration of religious objects veneration (images of the icon "Blessed Mother of God"), as well as signs propaganda of hostility to representatives the religion of Orthodoxy, which affirms permissibility of public abuse values ​​of worldview symbolism and paraphernalia of the religion of Orthodoxy (following the traditions of the church Orthodox holiday), which is capable of offend the feelings of Orthodox believers . The letter also states that the the author of the publication is identified and the materials checks sent "by territoriality of its location .

Speech is about a post in the MDK community that was published on October 14, the day Feast of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos. In the note accompanying the photo icons of the holiday, men in obscene form was suggested using the fact that on this day the girls supposedly go to church to pray for the groom, to give out himself as a "messenger of heaven" to "fill up any." Wording "public desecration of objects religious veneration" contains in Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (violation of the law freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and about religious associations) and how appears to be aimed at protecting religious objects from different forms of iconic, but yet physical impact.

At all, usage term "desecration" is possible only in the light of religious tradition, With to which it is directly connected. In this tradition, "defilement" always considered physical actions in relation to a sacred object, but not to his image, minus the cases, when the image itself is understood as sacred, for example, image of a cross or icon (consecrated icon, and not her photo). IN secular tradition of word usage term "desecration" is used in the same meaning. Accordingly, used in the post photography icons Not may be the object of "defilement".

Recall formerly Smolninsky the district court of St. Petersburg recognized row publications depicting Christ, placed in the IBC community, information, forbidden for distribution in the area Russian Federation, and restricted access to them.

Sources

• The Ministry of Internal Affairs found in the post of the MDK "propaganda of hostility towards the Orthodox" // Mediazone. 2017. January 13.