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Sacred procession
Nikita Shokhov
– So untypical – priests go by foot and not in the luxury cars.
– Is it 21 century?
– What does the dude in the the picture have? iPhone or icon?
– Why are they in [military] camouflage?
Such outspoken skepticism towards the church is no surprise in Russia today.
The relevance of church’s deeds was questioned now and then for the past years, but it was the “pussy riot” case to unveil the fact that the church was the one lacking tolerance, independence from the government’s “unspoken” orders and, no doubt, any sense of humour.
The dispute on whether such church establishment is to be trusted in some way divided the society.
Many true believers abandoned churches.
But in 2012 “kryostnyi hod” — the sacred procession was followed by those whose faith could not be shaken. Around 35,000 pilgrims participated in the Velikoretsky Procession, held annually in the Kirov Oblast, Russia
(above quotes are user comments from redhotrussia.com, Facebook.com, twitter.com)