Statement from the Simbirsk diocesetranslated

As it became known, a strip club is opening in Ulyanovsk at the address: Goncharova, 30, in an annex to the historical building of the Simbirsk Theological Seminary, in close proximity to the Church of the Three Saints and the Simbirsk Spassky Monastery.

Unfortunately, the activities of such “entertainment” establishments, parasitic on carnal passion, exploiting base consumer interest in the female body, are not prohibited by law in the Russian Federation. But the organization of such a “business” has a number of conditions and restrictions, and also requires strict control from authorities and law enforcement agencies, since it is often accompanied by a number of certain violations.

The Simbirsk diocese considers the placement of a strip club in this location offensive and unacceptable.

The club is located, in fact, in a rebuilt historical church building of the Simbirsk Theological Seminary with a house church, which is a cultural heritage site of regional significance.

Placing an outdoor advertisement for a strip club in front of a temple information sign poses a challenge to public morality, traditional spiritual, moral, cultural and family values, which are…