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Russia Must Staff Interior Troops With Priests – Patriarch
RIA Novosti ^ | 1/28/14

Posted on 01/27/2014 6:48:50 PM PST by marshmallow

MOSCOW, January 28 (RIA Novosti) – The head of the Russian Orthodox Church said Monday that priests should be assigned staff positions within the ranks of the Interior Ministry’s troops following the success of a similar move in the military.

“With God’s grace, the institute of military priesthood is being revived. According to the Defense Ministry it has a positive influence on the morale of the military,” Patriarch Kirill said.

The Russian church leader highlighted the importance of religious work among the Interior Ministry’s personnel who “face death carrying out anti-terrorism operations.”

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1 posted on 01/27/2014 6:48:50 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Wonderful. How long till we can Christianize the US again ?


2 posted on 01/27/2014 6:52:51 PM PST by wonkowasright (Wonko from outside the asylum)
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To: marshmallow

Meanwhile - Christian chaplains are being expelled from the American military and sued by the Obama regime


3 posted on 01/27/2014 6:53:50 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: marshmallow

1950’s-America pray for the conversion of Russia
2010’s-Russia pray for the conversion of America


4 posted on 01/27/2014 6:56:25 PM PST by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: Viennacon

“Meanwhile - Christian chaplains are being expelled from the American military and sued by the Obama regime”

I’m still having a hard time wrapping my brain around how different the world is today from the one I grew up.


5 posted on 01/27/2014 7:05:23 PM PST by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: Rebelbase

It is a kick to the stones, no?


6 posted on 01/27/2014 7:09:22 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: marshmallow; All

And we have neo Commies posting on here supporting the EU and George Soros takeover of Ukraine


7 posted on 01/27/2014 7:33:39 PM PST by SeminoleCounty (Amnesty And Not Ending ObamaCare Will Kill GOP In 2014)
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To: Rebelbase

You can blame Marxist infiltrators.


8 posted on 01/27/2014 7:51:54 PM PST by Viennacon
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To: marshmallow

Chaplain bump.


9 posted on 01/27/2014 7:53:40 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Rebelbase

I know the feeling. It’s utterly bizarre.


10 posted on 01/27/2014 8:17:46 PM PST by Ronin (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
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To: icwhatudo

One must wonder what the Russians will do if Soros and the CIA get a hold of Ukraine. The Russians have a lot of Nukes.


11 posted on 01/28/2014 3:28:25 AM PST by x_plus_one (The harvest is great but the workers are few. Salman Rushdie is right.)
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