March 29, 2007
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~Interesting~
Moscow Patriarchate: Russia may some day become Orthodox monarchy
Moscow, March 28, Interfax – The Russian Orthodox Church believes contemporary Russian society does not feel any special piety toward the government, but cannot rule out the future emergence of an Orthodox monarchy in Russia.
“I would really like the moral condition of our society to be restored so that one day we could perhaps have an Orthodox monarchy,” said Metropolitan Kirill of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, the head of the Moscow Patriarchate department for external church relations.
A monarchy has always prompted a ruler to be “tremendously ascetic,” Metropolitan Kirill said. “What does it really mean not to be able to marry someone you want to and be obliged to follow state interests in making a private choice? This means to suppress your will,” he said.
“When princes from modern Western royal families marry secretaries, this means the absolute degradation of the monarchy principle. It seems like it would be better if such monarchies did not exist at all,” he said.
“Why did the monarchy collapsed in Russia in 1917? Precisely because the people’s moral condition did not meet the monarchic government principle,” Metropolitan Kirill said on Mayak radio.
Comments (4)
I am sure I’m the only American who agrees with the Metropolitan, but I do think the restoration of the monarchy would be the best possible form of government for Russia. May it be blessed!
No, you aren’t the only one, Mrs. Mutton, because I also agree.
Could Russia be the country that brings back moral authority in this world? May it be blessed! I know many people in Russia are hoping and praying! That makes three Americans now!:wink:
Hmm, well if it really made the ruler “tremendously ascetic,” it might be a good idea. But did many of the tsars do anything other than exactly what they wanted? I guess idealistically, it would be a good idea. . . if the monarch was an ideal man.