The Velikoluksky diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church will check the actions of the rector of the church in honor of the icon of the Mother of God of the All-Tsaritsa in the village of Rusanovo, Priest Anthony (Tatarintsev).
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On August 15, he took part in the opening of an eight-meter monument to Joseph Stalin on the territory of the local Mikron plant.
As Sota writes, during the opening ceremony, the priest consecrated the monument, and also stated that during the years of Stalin’s rule, “the church suffered,” but “thanks to this, now there are many new martyrs and confessors.”
The words of this Russian priest were condemned by another – the deputy manager of the affairs of the Moscow Patriarchate, Bishop Savva (Tutunov), calling them “outrageous” and “blasphemous.”
Yes, the Lord turned evil into good, having shown steadfastness in the faith of many Christians during the days of persecution, who now serve as an example for us. But crimes do not become a lesser evil from this, and one should not feel gratitude towards the persecution and persecutors, – Tutunov said, adding that the situation was taken under control in the central church apparatus.
An eight-meter monument to Stalin was erected near the entrance of the Mikron plant in Velikiye Luki, Pskov Region, on August 15. Initially, the monument, created in 2019, was going to be installed in Volgograd, but the local authorities refused. After that, the initiative group considered options for installing a monument in the Moscow region or Voronezh, but did not receive the consent of the authorities.
In recent years, monuments to Joseph Stalin have been increasingly erected in Russia. The first monument to Stalin in the history of modern Russia was erected in 2015 on the territory of the Zvenigovsky meat processing plant in the Mari village of Shelanger.
Source: Racurs
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