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Patriarch Kirill said that canonization of Ivan the Terrible is impossible
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] Canonization of Tsar Ivan the Terrible is impossible, since he committed a terrible crime by ordering the murder of Metropolitan Philip, said Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill. "But he (Ivan the Terrible. - Ed.) committed a terrible crime, and therefore, when now some representatives of our patriotic forces almost demand that the patriarch canonize Ivan the Terrible, I answer everyone, taking advantage of the opportunity, from this pulpit: there can be no canonization. I ask that this topic be considered closed," the patriarch said in a sermon after the liturgy in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin. As the patriarch added, this decision does not mean that the historical merits of Ivan the Terrible are devalued. His political actions cannot be a reason for canonization, the bishop clarified. Patriarch Kirill also noted that the question of the reasons for all the Tsar's radical actions remains on the sidelines. He suggested that Ivan the Terrible could have been affected by illness or that he was "possessed by an evil force." Earlier, Regnum news agency reported that Patriarch Kirill managed to free the UOC Metropolitan Jonathan, who was sentenced to five years of imprisonment in Ukraine. The head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, revoked the citizenship of 13 priests of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called this decision, made on Orthodox Christmas, Satanism. Related: Patriarch of Moscow: 2024-05-31 Russian Orthodox Church broke communication with five hierarchs of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Patriarch of Moscow: 2023-10-20 'Satanic Statehood'. Ukraine has outlawed the Orthodox church Patriarch of Moscow: 2022-06-08 Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: June 7th, 2022 Posted by: badanov 2024-07-17 |
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