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Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
Tue Sep 11, 2012, 05:14 PM Sep 2012

Russian Orthodox church head silences dissenters!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/09/russian-orthodox-church-u_n_1868910.html?ref=topbar

"The head of the Russian Orthodox Church used a Sunday prayer service and a state TV interview to argue that the church he presides over is under attack from foes he said fear its post-Soviet revival and mock and destroy its places of worship.

Patriarch Kirill did not name punk music group Pussy Riot but was clearly referring to the collective, three of whose members were sentenced to jail for performing a "punk prayer" at the altar of a Moscow cathedral during which they criticised President Vladimir Putin.

Since the verdict on Aug. 17, which drew sharp Western criticism that Moscow said was politically-motivated, vandals in Russia and Ukraine have cut down a handful of wooden crosses in support of Pussy Riot, but band members have condemned the vandalism and said they had nothing to do with it."
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