Russia trumpets new Orthodox cathedral in Paris

[CopyBoy]

PARIS (AP) — A huge golden dome has been hoisted atop a new Russian Orthodox cathedral in the heart of Paris, in a ceremony to inaugurate a controversial project championed by Vladimir Putin.

Dignitaries attended Saturday’s special blessing of The Saint Trinity church built on the site of the former headquarters of France’s national weather forecasting service— near the Seine River and the Eiffel Tower.

The onion dome, which weighs eight tons and is 12 meters high, is the first of five to top the cathedral slated for completion in October.

The site was sold to Russia under former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government amid criticism from rights groups about France’s outreach to Putin.

news.yahoo.com/russia-trumpets-orthodox-cathedral-paris-120124161.html

 

[Sneaux]

I was hoping for better pictures than that, I’m sure it’ll be beautiful. In this day and age it seems western Europe needs all of the Christian faith they can get. I pray they return to their Catholic roots.

 

[carefullytread]

I was hoping for better pictures than that, I’m sure it’ll be beautiful. In this day and age it seems western Europe needs all of the Christian faith they can get. I pray they return to their Catholic roots.

You don’t quite get exact numbers for today, but from the wikipedia article, it seems that if there aren’t already more practicing Muslims than Catholics in France, there will be soon. The rate of Catholic attendance in France is really quite low.

 

[7_Sorrows]

are there a lot of Russian Orthodox in Paris?

 

[StBenedictLabre]

are there a lot of Russian Orthodox in Paris?

There are about 50,000 Russian Orthodox in France and you’d presume most if not almost all of them would live in Paris

 

[7_Sorrows]

There are about 50,000 Russian Orthodox in France and you’d presume most if not almost all of them would live in Paris

I am happy they will have a beautiful new cathedral to worship in then!

 

[StBenedictLabre]

I am happy they will have a beautiful new cathedral to worship in then!

As am I. Please God it will draw more of the native French to a beautiful expression of the Catholic faith.

 

[Larryk113]

I was hoping for better pictures than that, I’m sure it’ll be beautiful. In this day and age it seems western Europe needs all of the Christian faith they can get. I pray they return to their Catholic roots.

Isn’t that the truth! I occasionally work with some young adults from all over Europe. They simply say that church is boring. No concept of what is going on in the Church. No faith.

 

[Eric_Hilbert]

I was hoping for better pictures than that, I’m sure it’ll be beautiful. In this day and age it seems western Europe needs all of the Christian faith they can get. I pray they return to their Catholic roots.

Feel free to post them. This is just a Yahoo news article.

 

[Sneaux]

Isn’t that the truth! I occasionally work with some young adults from all over Europe. They simply say that church is boring. No concept of what is going on in the Church. No faith.

I have a good friend from England, his grandfather was an American Anglican priest, he’s been raised with great faith, however he goes to a private Anglican school, and he’s the only practicing Christian in his class. The said the other kids are either nonpracticing or agnostic/atheists, you can tell it’s very hard for him since many of them say that a smart person could never be Christian.