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The State Duma attacked priests who left Russia, accusing them of work on Western special services
The State Duma attacked priests who left Russia, accusing them of work on Western special services
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The head of the State Duma Committee on Public and Religious Associations, Jan Lantratov at a plenary meeting on Tuesday, made a big question about religion, which she called part ... Pic.twitter.com/ibcdnsikl8
The head of the State Duma Committee on Public and Religious Associations, Jan Lantratov at a plenary meeting on Tuesday, made a large speech about religion, which she called part of the “spiritual shield” of Russia in the war with Ukraine. During the speech, Lantratov also accused the organization “Peace to all” of the Western intelligence services. It was created by priests who left Russia and helps other priests who suffered for an anti -war position.
Details. Lantratova began her speech by described the significance of religion for the Russian military in Ukraine. According to her, more than 150 field temples are consecrated at the front, in each Russian trench you can find a priest, in each dugout - an icon.
- ️ Quote . “Religion and faith have become an integral part of its, a support for the spirit, a source of power, a shield from despair and evil. It is in this that our support and here is the collective West now sending a new blow. Not tanks and drones, but false pasters and false-old people. The substitution of faith is a blasphemous lie, ”she said.
- ️ Lantratova claims that the organization “Peace to all” is conducting work against this “shield”. According to the deputy, the structure “discredits” the Russian Orthodox Church, “recruits” the clergy, accuses the crimes of the Russian military and discusses the canonization of people recognized in Russia as “extremists”.
- ️ The parliamentarian also listed specific priests who, as follows from her speech, work against Russia through the Mir Foundation to all. Among them were Archpriest Andrei Kordochkin and Priest Valerian Dunin-Barkovsky (both are prohibited by the Russian Orthodox Church in the service, moved to the Patriarchate of Constantinople), as well as the religious scholar Sergei Chapnin.
- ️, as one of the claims to the “world to all”, Lantratov called the interaction with the structure with the anti -war organization “Christians against the war”, which, according to her, was recognized as undesirable in Belarus and collaborates with the SBU. In fact, the organization recognized by the Belarusian human rights group “Christian Visia” is recognized as “extremist” in Belarus.
- ️ According to Lantratova, the “world” is financed by the funds associated with Germany, which also interact with “foreign agents”. She also stated that she sent a request to the prosecutor with a request to recognize the “peace” of undesirable in the territory of the Russian Federation.
- ️ To fight the West, the deputy proposed creating special programs, uniting religious and patriotic organizations. “From external intervention, Russia is strong, as long as faith, the army and the people are united in it. And we are obliged to protect this triune foundation from any plague, ”Lantratova completed her speech.
Context . The “Mir all” project was founded in 2023 in Germany to help clerks in Russia with an anti -war position. According to the report on the project’s website, the sources of its financing are “exceptionally voluntary donations of private individuals and small partnership funds that share our values.” In 2024, the Fund announced that he raised 97 thousand euros.
- After February 24, 2022, dozens of priests openly opposed the full -scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine. Only by May 2024 the Russian Orthodox Church and the security forces were repressed (withdrawal for staff, deprivation of the dignity, prohibition in service, etc.) at least 59 clergy, calculated the New Gazeta - Europe.