Communion of alcove secrets

The parishioners who watched the film by Alexei Matilda’s film at the closed shows organized by the creators of the film for six months from the Holy Communion in churches and monasteries. This was stated by State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya, reports RBC.

“This film is recognized by the Church of the Holy Holy Spirit,” the deputy explained.

The teacher himself called the information about the organization of closed shows of his picture "full lies". “Nobody except representatives of the authorities watched the working version of the film. The film itself is not ready yet. We also, of course, showed Metropolitan Hilarion, since he is one of the major leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church,” the director said.

The chairman of the external relations department, Metropolitan Hilarion, in early May after watching Matilda, called the film "Apotheosis of the vulgarity". "I saw him, and I told Alexei Efimovich after watching:" I can’t say anything good about your film. "He was upset, maybe even offended, but, unfortunately, this is a film in which, firstly, historical facts, as I said, are twitched." - noted the metropolitan.

Nevertheless, the Russian Orthodox Church in February stated that it would not require censorship of the film. The deputy chairman of the Synodal Department for the relationship between the Church with society and the media, Vakhtang Kipshidze, noted that "no one has canceled the director." “The church has already declared its position, indicating that during the artistic examination of the events that became the subject of the film, delicacy should be shown and tact,” Kipshidze emphasized.

On May 18, Chairman Vladimir Legoyda said that he was not bad for the “desire to ban something in art”. “The reaction to Poklonskaya’s statements is ambiguous. I don’t know her personally. Apparently, she is a very sincere person, with her ideas about how a believer should behave in a particular situation. It is important that people do not perceive the words of Natalia Poklonskaya or someone else as the position of the whole church,” he emphasized.

On May 26, the director urged the State Duma to intervene in the situation . “Why does the State Duma deputy sends off the requests to the state institutions on the same topic. It’s outrageous! The State Duma should do something with this and intervene in the situation,” the teacher said. “Only a few days ago, the state treasury has ended, which took place at the request of the same Natalia Poklonskaya.”

Poklonskaya herself confirmed that she sent a large number of requests to the competent authorities in connection with citizens' appeals regarding the film "Matilda", including about the budget funds allocated for its production. "I am considering citizens' appeals, in connection with which I have prepared deputy requests to all competent authorities. A verification is being verified on the fact of violation of the rights, religious feelings of believers and, in particular, on budget money, which were allocated to finance this film," Poklonskaya said.

Meanwhile, the State Duma speaker Vladimir Volodin called requests for checking the film company by the teacher Poklonskaya’s personal initiative. "As for the State Duma and the relevant committees, Natalya Vladimirovna Poklonskaya did not contact either the State Duma Committee or the State Duma with a request to support her in this matter. Therefore, this is her initiative as a deputy," said Volodin. "As for the auditing departments, they can appoint an audit, and can refuse to verify their position. In this regard, it would be properly based on the position that there is a position that there is a position that there is a position that there is a position that there is a position the deputy, but there may be the position of the department, which does not always coincide with the position of the deputy. "