Sergei Shoigu, Governor of Moscow Oblast, told the President of the Russian Geographical Society (RGO) that the Moscow Oblast government would approve a plan next week to mobilise resources to address a bark beetle infestation in the area’s forests.
2 October 2012
RIA-Novosti
2000-02
The First Hierarch of the MP, Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev of Moscow and all the Russias, will serve liturgy at the Saviour Borodino Convent in Moscow Oblast to mark the 200th anniversary of Russia’s victory in the Patriotic War of 1812. After serving liturgy on the battlefield where the Russian and French armies fought two centuries ago, the patriarch will serve a molieben in front of the miracle-working icon of The Mother of God of Smolensk (Hodegetria) before which Russian military commanders and soldiers prayed on the eve of the Battle of Borodino. The Battle of Borodino occurred on 7 September 1812, during Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. Overall, more than 70,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, and captured in the battle.
8 September 2012
RIA-Novosti
According to the official website of the MP Department for Church Charity and Social Service, Archpriest Dmitri Olovyannikov, the head of the Department of Charity and Social Service in the Diocese of Moscow, reported that the Church operates 696 soup kitchens and 510 distribution points for clothing in Moscow Oblast. It also operates four orphanages and 12 homeless shelters, with up to 20 paid staff at each location, including social workers, teachers, and health workers. The Diocese employs 525 social workers, who work in 85 organisations engaged in social service and youth work.
14 June 2012
Interfax-Religion
http://www.interfax-religion.ru/?act=news&div=45937
Editor’s Note:
I heard some rumblings from one of the usual sources about “corruption in the Russian Church” and “Kirill’s fancy digs in Peredelkino”. THIS is where the Church’s money goes. Unlike the OCA, its money’s spent on proper things, such as charity and providing for the parish clergy, not on lawyer’s fees, fancy-shmancy hotels for bishops’ meetings, and airfare for gallivanting hierarchs. ‘Nuff said…
BMD
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10 September 2012. You Can’t Make Shit Like This Up… “GRU ‘First Orthodox Regiment’ with Russian Veterans of Chechen Wars Created in Russia”
Tags: Christian, Christianity, Democratic, Eastern Orthodox Church, humanitarian intervention, Kavkaz Center, KGB, Moscow, Moscow Oblast, Moscow Patriarchate, neocon, neoconservatism, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, political commentary, politics, Republican, right-wing, Russia, Russian, Russian Orthodox Church, United States, USA
The original post image in all its low-res glory… it’s a good example of Langley “black propaganda” (it’s published in the UAE, a key American ally)
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According to Russian opposition sources, which fear that the emergence of such regiments marks the creation of death squads of the KGB-controlled Russian Orthodox Church, the task of the group is terrorist attacks outside Russia and suppression of the White Revolution inside. On 18 August, the group Holy Russia announced, “Our voluntary Orthodox squads began patrolling Moscow and Moscow Oblast“. The group leader Otrakovsky, a veteran of the Chechen Wars, said in a statement, “We inform everybody… when we detect individuals who show aggression to priests (ideological aggression, there is no other in Russia: Kavkaz Center), we reserve the right to take appropriate action”. The internet website of Otrakovsky’s group appeared in December 2011 in the midst of the Russian White Revolution {I have no idea what the “White Revolution” is: editor}.
Participants of the “First Orthodox Regiment” conduct paramilitary training. the websites of “Holy Russia” said, “On 22 July, the first tactical training of the warriors of the First Orthodox Regiment named after the Commander of Heavenly Forces Archangel Michael took place in a wooded area”. Men in black or camouflage with pistols and Kalashnikovs are seen on photos published there. As stated in the report of this training, “Our task is to protect clergy from hostile attacks, defend our Fatherland in case of invasion from the outside, and protect the honour and dignity of Russian citizens”. Particularly alarming is the readiness of the group “to protect the honour and dignity of Russian citizens” because it envisages terrorist attacks outside Russia. Russia consists entirely of Russian citizens and there’s no need for such a task inside Russia.
The leader of “Holy Russia” remarked on his sharp dislike of the White Revolution in an interview to a Georgian TV channel on 26 August, saying, “So-called opposition leaders are the enemies of our Motherland. Once in power, these blasphemers will destroy our Church”.
10 September 2012
Kavkaz Center.com
http://kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2012/09/10/16643.shtml
Editor’s Note:
Incoherent shit, isn’t it? Both Republican neocons and Democratic “humanitarian interventionists” slobber over stuff like this with glee and support it with American aid. Orthodox people should reflect that most of the konvertsy support such mindless rot, NOT the Church or the Rodina. Crazy world, ain’t it?
BMD