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Thousands stitchery for Alexey Navalny's ceremonial
A leader who oversaw a memorial for precocious Russian guidance leader Alexey Navalny has been suspended for 3 years by nan caput of nan country's Orthodox Church. Dmitry Safronov held a memorial work by Navalny's sedate successful Moscow connected March 26 to people 40 days since nan politician's death, an important ritual wrong Russian Orthodox tradition.
An bid published Tuesday connected nan Moscow diocese website publically demoted Safronov from his position arsenic leader to that of a psalm-reader and stripped him of nan correct to springiness blessings aliases to deterioration a cassock for nan adjacent 3 years. He was besides transferred to different religion wrong nan capital.
No logic was fixed for nan decision, which was signed by Patriarch Kirill, nan caput of nan Russian Orthodox Church and a cardinal state of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Flowers and candles successful tribute to Alexey Navalny are seen successful beforehand of nan Russian Consulate General successful Krakow, Poland, Feb. 18, 2024.
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Navalny died abruptly connected Feb. 16 successful nan distant Arctic penal colony wherever he had been serving a 19-year condemnation connected extremism charges wide seen arsenic politically motivated. The origin of Navalny's decease remains unexplained, though nan politician's friends person blamed nan Kremlin for his demise.
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Russian authorities initially refused to merchandise Navalny's body, citing nan request for further investigations. The politician's squad later said that they had struggled to find a hearse to carrier Navalny's assemblage aft ceremonial board had received threats from chartless individuals.
Safronov was among nan clergymen who antecedently signed a nationalist missive calling for Navalny's remains to beryllium returned to his family.
During his much than 2 decades successful power, Putin has massively boosted nan Russian Orthodox Church's standing, expanding its prestige, wealthiness and powerfulness aft decades of oppression aliases indifference nether Soviet leaders.
In turn, its leaders, for illustration Patriarch Kirill, person supported his initiatives. The religion has thrown its weight down nan war successful Ukraine and it has been commonplace to spot its clergymen blessing troops and instrumentality heading into conflict and invoking God's blessings successful nan campaign.
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