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| Patriarch Kirill warns of digital repression against Christians |
| 2021-12-23 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate [REGNUM] A number of states have already proclaimed obligatory ideas and norms that directly contradict Christian principles and in the near future this may turn into repression against Christians, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill said on December 22 at the annual meeting of the Moscow City Diocese, held in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. At the same time, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church pointed out that persecution against Christians in modern conditions is especially dangerous, since the state systems of coercion have already been strengthened by the "powerful apparatus of digital technologies." "We see that in the law and political practice of many countries, ideas and concepts that directly contradict God's truth — for example, the biblical teaching about man, his dignity, and relationships with other people — have begun to be accepted as mandatory. It is not difficult to foresee that disloyalty to such ideas very soon in a number of countries may entail a corresponding reaction from an inexorable coercive apparatus equipped with a powerful digital technology apparatus," said Patriarch Kirill. In addition, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church stressed that now traditional religious and moral values ​​are supported in Russia at the highest level of state power. "We firmly hope that this situation will continue in the future," said Patriarch Kirill. |
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