Russia must stay “combat ready” – Orthodox Church

Published time: February 17, 2012 13:32
Edited time: February 17, 2012 17:35
Christ the Savior Church in Moscow (RIA Novosti / Sergey Pyatakov)

Speaking on matters beyond the realm of the spiritual, a top Orthodox Church cleric said Russia must play a greater role in responding to ongoing global events that could deteriorate into a world war.

"There are many processes occurring in the world in which Russia should play a much more active role,” Vsevolod Chaplin, a high-placed cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, said in an interview with the Svobodnaya Pressa ('Free Press') publishing house. “The economic and social contradictions that have cropped up in the world are so powerful that they are sure to blow up into serious military operations."

Chaplin said Russia’s military must remain “combat-ready” to prevent the outbreak of military incidents on or around its territory.

"In order to ensure that these military operations not unfold on our territory or in the vicinity of our borders, we need to keep our armed forces combat ready,” Chaplin said.

Russia must actively participate in settling all situations that may lead to a war, be it the Middle East or Central Asia, where the situation is also tense, he added.

"By all accounts, we will not manage to escape a big war," Chaplin warned, while adding that civilization’s current trajectory “may lead to the annihilation of cities.”

Robert Bridge, RT

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Kaela Creighton 23.02.2012 23:01

@Atossa, you have read a lot of the Bible, but I think it's about time to go to the psych ward for a couple of days.  Only God knows. ;)

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Atossa 22.02.2012 07:39

. . " But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand, since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke, I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you. Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me. Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord, since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke, they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes. " . .

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Left Blank 21.02.2012 22:07

srpski wrote in #17
Roman Salvadore wrote in #3
The question is, which side will the good Christian soldiers fight on? The side of Roman Catholic brethren, or on side of brave Islamic warriors. The enemy, of course, is the Zionists who now control everything.

 Russia is Orthodox Land  with ORTHODOX  CHURC   vatican is venom snake that is killing Orthodoxy!

---- -------------------- -----------------It is much more important for the Orthodox to kill off all of the Catholics first, before worrying about the Islamists or the Jews. 

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