Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill Calls Russian Nuclear Weapons ‘God’s Grace’
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In a sermon, the controversial Patriarch Kyrill delivered a religious declaration for the construction of the atomic bomb. St Seraphim of Sarov was appointed patron saint of the nuclear forces in 2007.
The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church said in a job that the emergence of the nuclear weapon in the USSR was possible through "divine intervention", while the Center for Combating Deformity in Kiev claims that such messages are part of a wider process of militarization of Russian society and religious justification of Kremlin policies, reports UNN.
Patriarch Kirill called the creation of the nuclear bomb "divine intervention." The creation of the atomic bomb in the USSR was predetermined by divine intervention. And the bomb itself was created in the city where Saint Seraphim of Sarov prayed, stated Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing The Moscow Times. Patriarch Kirill (secular name Vladimir Gundyaev) made this statement after the liturg…
"The scientists who worked here, in Sarov, created our Russian atomic bomb, which stopped the enemy's plans to destroy and enslave our homeland. Thus, through the work of the scientists, engineers and workers who worked here,... The article The Russian Atomic Bomb – "God's Grace and Mercy" first appeared in The Fifth Power.
In front of the faithful gathered at the Monastery of St.Three Serafim-Diveievski, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, said on Saturday that the development of the first atomic bomb in the Soviet Union was not only a technological achievement, but the direct result of divine intervention, reports the Polish site Onet, part of the Ringier group. In the view of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, the [...]
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