PUTIN ON 2016 EASTER

  

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R), Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana, pray during an Orthodox Easter service at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, May 1, 2016.

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Putin congratulates Orthodox Christians, all Russians on Easter

May 1, 2016 Interfax

 

Vladimir Putin has effectively told Obama: you're turning the USA Into a godless sewer....

“Many Euro-Atlantic countries have moved away from their roots, including Christian values.

“Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.”

Putin has criticised the "morally bankrupt" West, slipping into “chaotic darkness.”

At the height of the Cold War, it was common for American conservatives to label the officially atheist Soviet Union a “godless nation.”

More than two decades later, history has come full circle, as the Kremlin and its allies in the Russian Orthodox Church hurl the same allegation of godlessness back at the West.

It is very serious when Russia is warning America of the danger of godlessness! What would Ronald Reagan say!

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Orthodox Christians and all Russians celebrating Easter.

"The great feast of Easter evokes best feelings in the hearts of millions of believers and unites them around the eternal spiritual values of Orthodoxy and centuries-old historical and cultural traditions of our people," the head of state said in a message published by the Kremlin press service.

 

Putin being blessed by the Russian Orthodox Patriarch.

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Putin commended the spiritual, moral and social mission of the Russian Orthodox Church.

"On this festive day, I will certainly note the enormous formative role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the field of education, charity, strengthening of moral foundations of society and mentoring of the younger generation. The Church has been doing a lot to resolve social issues and to preserve inter-ethnic and inter-religious peace in the country. This multifaceted, important work deserves a profound, sincere recognition," the president said.

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Easter celebrations are evidence of the increased benign influence of the Russian Orthodox Church and other traditional churches in our country on society. – Vladimir Putin

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