Forget Space Stations—Russian Priest Says Russia Needs an Autocratic Tsar
A high-ranking Russian Orthodox priest suggested that Russia must revive autocratic monarchical rule to reclaim its status as a global civilization, The Moscow Times reported on March 18.
Protopriest Maxim Minyaylo, senior priest of Yekaterinburg’s Church on the Blood, made the comments in response to a pro-war Russian media channel post suggesting a new orbital space station should become Russia’s “civilizational symbol.” Minyaylo dismissed the idea of space projects as “too weak” and “non-conceptual” compared to the restoration of the Tsar. “Reviving autocratic monarchical rule would be just right,” the priest stated, adding that only by looking inward and returning to autocracy will “space return to us, and more.”
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) consistently acted as a primary ideological engine for the Kremlin’s expansionist policies over the past decade. Under Patriarch Kirill, the church leadership framed the invasion of Ukraine as a “metaphysical struggle,” providing religious justification for the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops.
The church has even actively lobbied in Washington to counter accusations of war propaganda and spiritual backing for the invasion. Currently, as the state moves toward overt totalitarianism, the ROC demands total support for the militarization of the country, with Patriarch Kirill labeling any opposition to state solutions as “treasonous.”
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A high-ranking Russian Orthodox priest suggested that Russia must revive autocratic monarchical rule to reclaim its status as a global civilization, The Moscow Times reported on March 18.
Protopriest Maxim Minyaylo, senior priest of Yekaterinburg’s Church on the Blood, made the comments in response to a pro-war Russian media channel post suggesting a new orbital space station should become Russia’s “civilizational symbol.” Minyaylo dismissed the idea of space projects as “too weak” and “non-conceptual” compared to the restoration of the Tsar. “Reviving autocratic monarchical rule would be just right,” the priest stated, adding that only by looking inward and returning to autocracy will “space return to us, and more.”
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) consistently acted as a primary ideological engine for the Kremlin’s expansionist policies over the past decade. Under Patriarch Kirill, the church leadership framed the invasion of Ukraine as a “metaphysical struggle,” providing religious justification for the mobilization of hundreds of thousands of troops.
The church has even actively lobbied in Washington to counter accusations of war propaganda and spiritual backing for the invasion. Currently, as the state moves toward overt totalitarianism, the ROC demands total support for the militarization of the country, with Patriarch Kirill labeling any opposition to state solutions as “treasonous.”
https://united24media.com/latest-news/fo...tsar-17019
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
