Priests and churchgoers are standing up to the government
condemning what they called the “repressive” trials of more than two dozen protesters — the majority of them in their twenties or thirties — who have been charged for participating in the protests. To date, six of the protesters remain behind bars awaiting trial, while eight more have been handed prison terms of up to five years.
“In Orthodoxy, there has long been a tradition of remaining silent. To pray, rather than to act,” said Minyailo. “This is a harmful, distorted view of Orthodoxy.” “The church is a part of society. It cannot exist in a vacuum,” Batov, wearing a traditional black cassock and a large metal cross, said. Paraphrasing the words of St. Augustine, an early Christian theologian, he added: “A state devoid of justice is no better than a band of robbers.”
Orthodox Christians have also spoken out in support of eight people from Moscow and surrounding towns who are facing up to 10 years in prison after being accused of forming an “extremist” movement named New Greatness that allegedly plotted the violent overthrow of the government.
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