ROC explained the appearance of the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the walls of the newly built main temple of the Russian Armed forces. Reported reported owned by Grigory Berezkin RBC.
The Abbot of the main temple of the Russian Armed forces Bishop Klin Stefan said that the tradition of the Church is the image on its walls historical figures.
According to him, one of these historical events was the accession to Russia of the Crimea Peninsula. He also added that the image of Joseph Stalin appeared, because it was copied from historic photographs.
"This temple is built in honor of the Victory, and does not represent the Victory Parade is impossible. There will be a number of mosaic paintings with the guerrillas, with the participants of the second world war", – said Stefan.
The Chairman of the arts Council for the construction of the temple Archpriest Leonid Kalinin noted that the emergence of Putin and the head of the defense Ministry of Russia Sergey Shoigu on the mosaic of the temple are not consistent with them.
