Russian Orthodox Church and Christianity

Russia Built 3 Churches Per Day, 1000 Per Year For 28 Years - A World Record


“More than that, I know no other precedent of this kind anywhere throughout the history of mankind...."

Noting that today many say that modern society lives in the post-Christian era, (Metropolitan Hillarion) said that it is not felt in Russia.

eligious faith in Russia never grew more intensively than in the past three decades, believes Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk.

The head of the Department of External Church Relations (DECR) spoke about religious faith in Russia, and its history and revival in recent decades at a meeting with a group of professors and 250 students from Italy on October 11, 2016, reports the DECR’s website.

“The epoch which we call ‘the second Baptism of Russia’ begun in our Church in 1988. The mass baptism of our population started in Russia in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s,” Metropolitan Hilarion said while relating the history of Orthodoxy in Russia to the Italian guests.

“Today we have 35,000 churches. That means that we have opened 29,000 churches over twenty-eight years, opening more than 1,000 churches per year or three per day… Earlier we had three theological seminaries or academies, and today there are over fifty,” the metropolitan stressed.

In Metropolitan Hilarion’s view, Russian history has “never witnessed such growth in religious faith as we have seen in the past twenty-eight years.”

“More than that, I know no other precedent of this kind anywhere throughout the history of mankind. We are aware that the epoch of St. Constantine the Great in the fourth century was a time when churches were built everywhere and mass baptisms took place. But there is no statistics for that period, while we do have statistics for the epoch we live in,” he added.

Noting that today many say that modern society lives in the post-Christian era, the representative of the Russian Orthodox Church said that it is not felt in Russia.

“With our own eyes we have seen the power of Christianity which enables us to open three churches per day today. We have witnessed how Christianity transforms human lives, to what extent Christ and His teaching are still important nowadays,” Metropolitan Hilarion said in conclusion.

Professors and students of schools under the Jesuit Order in Rome, Milan, Naples, Turin and Palermo took part in the meeting with the Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations.

http://russia-insider.com/en/past-twenty-eight-years-show-greatest-growth-faith-russia-metropolitan-hilarion/ri17339

Russia Built 3 Churches Per Day, 1000 Per Year For 28 Years - A World Record

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http://russia-insider.com/en/past-twenty-eight-years-show-greatest-growth-faith-russia-metropolitan-hilarion/ri17339

I think this is a positive development, despite what the haters say, promoting Russian Orthodox church beliefs among Russians will have a great contribution to nation building and spiritual  unity of the country, also they need to aggressively  promote this brand of Christianity among its muslim population and convert them as well as abroad in Europe, Central Asia, East Asia and elsewhere in the globe.

PapaDragon wrote:

Project Canada wrote:

Russia Built 3 Churches Per Day, 1000 Per Year For 28 Years - A World Record

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http://russia-insider.com/en/past-twenty-eight-years-show-greatest-growth-faith-russia-metropolitan-hilarion/ri17339

I think this is a positive development, despite what the haters say, promoting Russian Orthodox church beliefs among Russians will have a great contribution to nation building and spiritual  unity of the country, also they need to aggressively  promote this brand of Christianity among its muslim population and convert them as well as abroad in Europe, Central Asia, East Asia and elsewhere in the globe.

It is very positive development and not just from religious standpoint.

A lot of people outside don't know this but in Orthodox Christianity churches are not just buildings where you pray. They are repositories of art.
You can build a church structure in less than a year but it will not be considered finished until artwork is complete and sometimes it can take a decades especially if you want it done right. Only once all icons are installed and frescoes are paintaed can it truly be consoider finished.

Take Temple of St. Sava in Belgrade for example. Structure itself is complete. But it will be decades (some say maybe a whole century) until all artwork is done. That is why this news is important . It's not just religion, it is about art, culture and whole civilization.

And in Russia it is not limited to just Christianity. Look at mosques in Kazan or big one in Moscow and compare them to ones in Middle East, Saudi Arabia especially.
Like comparing Louvre Museum with cement warehouse.    

PapaDragon wrote:
Russian Orthodox Church celebrates St. Patrick's Day.

https://www.gazeta.ru/social/news/2017/03/09/n_9776249.shtml

...which is not really news at all since he is Orthodox saint just like all saints prior to schism. This goes for all Orthodox churches.

But still interesting data for those not familiar with the topic.


It also means that when we get crazy drunk on Saint Paddy's Day we are doing it for spiritual reasons and not because we like to get wasted every chance we get....

GarryB wrote:It is old school sales and marketing...

The problem is that the world is ending and everything is falling apart... and their solution is of course religion x which saw it coming years ago.... pray to this god and follow these rules and go to heaven...

Metropolitan Hilarion spoke about the plans of the Russian Orthodox Church to make Sergiev Posad the spiritual center of the country


Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk declared on the TV channel Russia 24 that the Russian Orthodox Church plans to make Sergiev Posad the capital of Russian Orthodoxy.The idea to create such a spiritual, cultural, spiritual and educational center in Sergiyev Posad is an idea, on the one hand, a bold, but, on the other hand, an idea very important and timely,” said Metropolitan Hilarion.

He notes that the Trinity-Sergius Lavra is already a similar center, but in the city in which it is located, infrastructure is poorly developed, and this issue needs to be resolved at the state level.

The Metropolitan emphasizes that both the state and the church will take part in the implementation of this project, and adds that the interests of local residents will also be taken into account.

Earlier, the TV channel "360" reported that Sergiev Posad hit the top ten most popular tourist cities in Russia in 2017

https://russian.rt.com/russia/news/552516-mitropolit-ilarion-rpc-sergiev-posad

Odin of Ossetia wrote:


Purely symbolic bull-shit which has no impact on the real world.

Another publicity stunt by Putin.

kvs wrote:I just love all the construction and revival of the baroque Orthodox cathedrals.    They are a symbol of the Russian spirit that
cannot be crushed.   Something that makes the globalist parasites fuming mad.