Russian Orthodox Church revival under Putin continues

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The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has been expanding at the rate of nearly 1,000 churches a year, according to its head, Patriarch Kirill. Speaking at the Council of Bishops in Moscow, Kirill said the ROC now numbers 34,764 churches. Five thousand have been built or restored since 2009.
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The Church has 361 bishops, nearly 40,000 priests and deacons, 455 monasteries and 471 convents.
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The position of the ROC under the presidency of Vladimir Putin has strengthened considerably and it is increasingly identified with a nationalist agenda. Putin himself revealed in 2012 that he was illicitly baptised as an infant at the behest of his mother against the wishes of his staunchly Communist father at a time when the Church was still out of favour.
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christiantoday.com/article/russian.orthodox.church.revival.under.putin.continues/78687.htm
 
Well, I guess that is good. Now let’s hop and pray they find the fullness of the truth in Rome.
 
Son_of_Niall said:
It’s normal in the ROC to kiss the priest’s hand, but not the other way around. I would have been more surprised if Putin had accepted it, which was common practice among the Czars.
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Possibly that was the statement the priest was trying to make, comparing him to the Czars. I doubt he was sincerely seeking to honor Putin.

But getting back to the OT, a part of me thinks it should be “Russian Orthodox Church revival continues despite Putin”.
 
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