In Russia, there are no sensitive topics around which “deep contradictions” would unfold, otherwise the existing “normal dissent” does not destroy “the foundations of human life and state existence,” said Patriarch Kirill
Patriarch Kirill
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Russia is a free country, and now there are no “hot topics” around which public interests would collide, said Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in an interview with Boris Korchevnikov, general director of the Spas TV channel. Its transcript is published on the website of the Moscow Patriarchate.
“Russia today is truly the leader of the free world. We are free from the most powerful outside influences, we develop in our own way, and God forbid that this path be successful, ”said the patriarch.
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According to him, Russia can serve as an example for others. Although there are many problems in the country, they are solvable, but there are no “hot topics” around which “public interests would clash and deep, irreconcilable contradictions unfolded,” said Patriarch Kirill.
“I believe that this is the grace of God. And the existing difference of opinion – a normal difference of opinion that does not destroy the foundations of human life, state existence, spiritual life – creates the basis for a creative clash of opinions, as a result of which new ideas and new projects may appear, aimed at the further development of our Fatherland, ”said Patriarch Kirill …
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