The Baptism of Grand Princess St Olga (Sergei Kirillov, 1992) (Painting One of the triptych Holy Rus’)
Moscow, 30 January 2008 (Interfax):
Archbishop Pavel Vyshgorodsky (of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the MP), the Deputy Superior of the Kievo-Pecherskago Lavra, protested the sale of playing cards with the image of Grand Princess St Olga. “As a Christian, as a bishop, and as a member of the clergy, I do not countenance blasphemy of sacred things, whether such mockery is open or implied. I am against the circulation of these playing cards with the image of Grand Princess St Olga categorically. These cards must be withdrawn from sale immediately”, Vladyki Pavel stated. “We shall use all means available to us; we shall go to the secular courts if necessary, because holy things were indeed profaned. First of all, please, I ask all of all of you to be sober and not be led astray by your anger, because, if you do so, you shall have to answer for it, if not now, then, on the Last Day”, he noted. Vladyki Pavel urged “everyone to vote in favour of truth”, and he emphasised the point that “this mockery should not stand in our country, with its ancient heritage of Christianity and its strong Orthodox traditions”. This was reported Wednesday on the official website of the Moscow Patriarchate.
Interfax-Religion
