The Russian Orthodox Church proposes amendments to legislation providing for the transfer of museum valuables to religious organizations

July 22, 2022 it became known about the upcoming amendments to Art. 26 of the law "Fundamentals Legislation on Culture" and Articles 7 and 16 of the Law "On the Museum Fund and Museums In Russian federation". Additions to them were developed by the Russian Orthodox church.

The bill, which as of the beginning of August has not yet been submitted to the State Duma, sent to consolidation of the principle of the integrity of the collection of museums in Russia.

According to the leader of the Legal Department of the Moscow Patriarchate Abbess Xenia (Chernegi), Church proposes that “museum objects and museum collections of religious appointments included in the state part of the Museum Fund Russian Federation and state-owned, could be transferred for gratuitous use to religious organizations with the permission federal executive body in the field of culture on the basis of relevant agreements in the manner prescribed by the Russian government .

The amendments were proposed shortly after the issuance of Rublev's icon "Trinity" for worship in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, contrary to the position of museum workers.

At the beginning of September 2022, the Ministry of Culture submitted the relevant draft amendments for public discussion.

Sources

• The law provides for the transfer of museum values ​​to religious organizations // Interfax-religion. 2022. July 22.
• The Ministry of Culture proposed to provide for the transfer of exhibits to religious organizations // There. 2022. September 2.
• The text of the draft normative legal act // Federal portal of projects of normative legal acts. 2022. September.