Rise of the Russian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church members during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin wall, in this June 22, 2011, photo An article by Vladimir Radyuhin on the Russian Church which appeared in ‘Hindu’, one of the leading news papers in India. VLADIMIR RADYUHIN 9/7/2011 Notwithstanding the indifference of most Russians, the Orthodox Church, with active support from the state, has effectively established itself as state religion. Moscow taxi-drivers claim that only three persons in the Russian capital would take no more than 15 minutes to ride from their country residences to the city centre, despite horrendous traffic jams: President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Christian Orthodox Church
Russian Orthodox Church members during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Moscow's Kremlin wall, in this June 22, 2011, photo An article by Vladimir Radyuhin on the Russian Church which appeared in ‘Hindu’, one of the leading news papers in India. VLADIMIR RADYUHIN 9/7/2011 Notwithstanding the indifference of most Russians, the Orthodox Church, with active support from the state, has effectively established itself as state religion. Moscow taxi-drivers claim that only three persons in the Russian capital would take no more than 15 minutes to ride from their country residences to the city centre, despite horrendous traffic jams: President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Christian Orthodox Church
Read more from the original source:
Rise of the Russian Orthodox Church
