Russian Orthodox bishop says `` should not bless nuclear weapons '' against `` Atomic Orthodox '' which calls nuclear weapons a guardian angel
In Russia, where there are many Christians, priests attend military parades and other events, and bless the soldiers and weapons going to the battlefield, and even fighters and missiles by blessing them with holy water. Such Russian priests have announced that they should stop blessing weapons of mass destruction, and have created ripples.
Russian priests should stop blessing nukes: church proposal-Reuters
Russian Orthodox Church considers a ban on blessing weapons of mass destruction-Religion News Service
https://religionnews.com/2019/07/09/russian-orthodox-church-considers-a-ban-on-blessing-weapons-of-mass-destruction/
Russian priests should stop blessing nukes-church | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7966421/Russian-priests-stop-blessing-nukes-church-proposal.html
Russian priests could stop blessing nukes | The Flinders News | Port Pirie, SA
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The Russian Orthodox Church has the largest number of followers in Russia, where there are many Christians. In particular, if Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been stewarding Russia for more than 20 years, becomes closely associated with the Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox religion has spread throughout the lives of Russians. And even the army.
As the priests attend Russian military events and it becomes customary to pray for the longevity of military luck, the blessings have become very broad. For soldiers ...
Fighter
The blessing of priests has been extended to missiles and submarines that can carry nuclear weapons. Furthermore, at the ceremony on May 9, 2020, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the victory of the
The Moscow Patriarchate disagreed with this practice. The Moscow Patriarchate states on its website that `` the
Bishop Tutunov of the Patriarchate of Moscow said, 'We are celebrating the soldiers only as warriors to protect our country. Similarly, we congratulate the weapons carried by soldiers, but the weapons are connected to the soldiers. The blessing of weapons of mass destruction should not be paralleled by the blessings of soldiers. '
On the other hand, some have strongly opposed the move to stop the blessing of nuclear weapons. Former Moscow Patriarchate spokesman Vsevolod Chaplin said in favor of the blessing of nuclear weapons, stating that 'nuclear weapons are the guardian angels that protect their country from enslavement by the West.' In the Russian Orthodox Church, there is even a `` guardian saint of nuclear weapons '' called St. Seraphim of Sarov, and when Russia launches the spacecraft Soyuz MS-02 , astronauts are sacred relics of St. Seraphim as talismans. There was also one act of bringing the aircraft into the cabin.
This idea of linking nuclear weapons to religion has been named `` Atomic Orthodoxy '' by Russian writer Yegor Kholmogorov, and has gained support from people with radical ideology, which is gaining momentum in Russia in recent years. . In his book, Kholmogorov argued that 'Russia must be a strong nuclear state to remain orthodox and must be orthodox to remain a strong nuclear state.'
Meanwhile, Russian activist Dmitry Tsorionov, who once was a proponent of radical ideas like `` Atomic Orthodox Christianity, '' said, `` During the Crimean crisis , many Russian youth took weapons in the name of Christ. When I arrived in Ukraine, I realized what the blessing of military weapons would be, 'he said, opposing radical ideology.
According to the Moscow Patriarchate, a proposal to remove weapons of mass destruction from blessings will be subject to religious debate until June 1, 2020, and is open to public input. ... apparently ...
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