Cyril of Moscow: The Orthodox faith in Russia is not based on the power of state powertranslated

"The Orthodox faith in our country is not based on the power of the state power. It is only supported by the faith of our people", emphasized, among others, the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, etc. Cyril during his speech to the faithful from the Holy Church of Archangel Michael in the village of Akulinino, which is Patriarchal Metochi.  "We are living in a special time, in which much is being revealed. In the Soviet era, under the dominant atheistic ideology, the rulers set an exact date when, in their opinion, religion would end and a new era would begin. They believed this and did everything they could to ensure that it would happen," Patriarch Kirill said initially, stressing that the leaders of that era they did not understand that anything that weakened the unity of the nation was dangerous for the survival of the country.

"The obsession with a godless ideology and the desire to build a godless society based on supposedly just principles was very strong. However, experience has shown that justice was not really the issue. But all that is now a thing of the past," he added.

The Russian Primate stated that the Orthodox faith...