Photo: Pavel Poor people / TASS
The former head of the Synodal Department for Church and Society, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin said that the lack of ideas of freedom and a broad public debate threatens Russian disaster.
«Some believe that it is necessary to minimize the public debate, not to notice what is going on in the minds of people in the field of communication between people, and so we will live quietly until the 17th or 18th year. Lord, will not be “, – quotes Chaplin” Interfax ».
« If we try to silence any problems, we can postpone the crash for a year or two, but that we make it inevitable ” – Archpriest predicted. He also added that “conservatism, which is trying to clean up the realm of ideas, to close the key issues for the present and future of the country and the world, people who think so and act, commit political suicide.” According to Chaplin, in the future, “they will not be».
Chaplin said that the country hampered development “immoral elite” and to improve the power in the country and prevent a revolution, “we need to actively offer a model of peaceful reconstruction of the country including reconstruction of moral ».
Speaking of the current situation, Chaplin also said that today,” power has changed, power is no longer in the hands of the security forces, state or formal religious hierarchies, commercial structures. ” “The government formed today in the world of ideas. Who first formulate and express ideas that are the most adequate shape the future, we will of power “, – said the priest.
Chaplin was suspended on Thursday, December 24 led his organization was eliminated” in order to optimize operation and efficiency “, as well as exclusion of parallel processes in the work of the Synodal institutions.
After his discharge, he spoke about his differences with Patriarch Kirill. The main point of disagreement, he said, was the understanding of the role of the church in the state and society. This Chaplin said that the church should have greater independence and critically engage in dialogue with both the authorities and society. Moreover, he criticized the methods of leadership in the ROC. According to him, many of the decisions taken in the church patriarch “spontaneously, without adequate consultation” rather than “collectively».
In an interview with RBC Chaplin called one more reason – disagreement with the patriarch in the assessment of developments in the Donbass. According to Chaplin, the ROC should actively support the militias, rather than engage in peacemaking position, made an official statement about the unacceptability of strife along linguistic and ethnic lines.
On Friday, December 25, Chaplin also predicted swift resignation of Patriarch Kirill . “I think it will not last long. I think this is a contradiction between belief in personal charisma and the surrounding reality will only increase, “- he said in an interview with radio station” Moscow speaking “.
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