“Easter celebrations are evidence of the increased benign influence of the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional churches in our country on society.” CountryChurchInfluenceEvidenceTraditionalOur CountryOrthodoxCelebrationEasterBenignOrthodox Church Author:Vladimir Putin
“The brother of my grandfather was the patriarch of the Orthodox Church and revered as a saint. So everything in my childhood is about total sacrifice, whether to religion or to communism. This is what is engraved on me. This is why I have this insane willpower. My body is now beginning to be falling apart, but I will do it to the end. I don't care. With me it is about whatever it takes.” EndsBodyCareFallChurchSacrificeChildhoodBrotherSaintDon't CareInsaneCommunismI Don't CareOrthodoxGrandfatherWillpowerFalling ApartMy GrandfatherWhatever It TakesEngravedPatriarchOrthodox Church Author:Marina Abramovic
“Give any orthodox church the power, and to-day they would punish heresy with whip, and chain, and fire. As long as a church deems a certain belief essential to salvation, just so long it will kill and burn if it has the power.” IfsGivingLongCertainBeliefChurchFireEssentialsSalvationChainsOrthodoxHeresyWhipsOrthodox ChurchWhips And Chains Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll
“The Reformed Church was identified with the old all-white government of South Africa and its apartheid policy. The Roman Catholic Church was closely identified with the Franco and Salazar dictatorships in Spain and Portugal. . . . More recently, . . . the Serbian Orthodox Church has come to be identified with the policies of Serbia (Yugoslavia).” StatesGovernmentChurchWhitePolicyCatholicSouthOrthodoxDictatorshipSouth AfricaSpainCatholic ChurchApartheidPortugalRoman CatholicFrancoSerbiaYugoslaviaRoman Catholic ChurchOrthodox Church Author:Edd Doerr
“Orthodox churches, autocracy and national traditions are supposed to form a new national ideology in Russia. This would mean that Russia would be overtaken by its past, and our past would be our future.” MeanWould BePastFormChurchTraditionRussiaIdeologyOrthodoxOur FutureOur PastAutocracyOrthodox Church Author:Vladimir Sorokin