Patriarch Kirill banned Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev in the service. The reason Kuraev called insults to the address of the deceased from the coronavirus Abbot Elokhovsky Cathedral of Alexander Ageikin. Now Kuraev will judge of the diocesan ecclesiastical court. When we phoned to Andrey Kuraev, he was in tears – but for a totally different reason.
the Phone was busy for a long time. Then father Andrew still picked up the phone, his voice was completely changed, killed – I have done many times interviewed Andrey Vyacheslavovich Kuraev but never heard.
He could barely hold back the tears. And the reason for this ban was not in service.
“today, I Have a great sorrow. Everything else now – it’s the little things, said Kuraev. – The event occurred, a far more meaningful and sad to the Russian Orthodox Church – died Protopriest George Breev. It is the spiritual father of many priests in Moscow, my personal Confessor. We can say that today I’m once again an orphan… My thoughts are only about this.
I don’t think about anything else, doesn’t matter.
Yes, he died of coronavirus.
Such a strange relationship, it all happened in one day, lock me in the Ministry and death of the man who 35 years ago gave me the recommendation for admission to the Seminary. I don’t even know if I can make it to the funeral in the current situation, everything goes on lockdown. Sorry, not able to speak now, very bad…”
George Breev was rector of Moscow Church of Nativity of most Holy Theotokos in Krylatskoye. He was hospitalized with a diagnosis of “double pneumonia” and died at the age of 83 years..
earlier, media reported that a clergyman of the Church of the Nativity, priest Viktor Volkov first contracted the coronavirus. After that all the priests of the temple in Krylatskoe was checked at COVID-19. It was reported that symptoms of the disease was identified Archpriest Georgy Breeva and the priest Dmitry Karpov, one more servant in this Church.
Yesterday, the author of these lines went to the hospital emergency room of one of cities situated near Moscow to undergo a CT scan.
emergency room crowded with priests. The eyes were black. Very young altar boys, of middle age. They all stood for a CT scan. Coming in and out. Silently, humbly, coughing.
“Easter father” – he called them the woman from the queue.
most Likely, representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church could be infected in the Light of the holiday – and just now they finished the incubation period COVID-19.This was, in fact, with sadness and without any mockery said yesterday in an interview with “MK” Andrei Kuraev, when we touched upon the recent death of the Abbot of the monastery of Alexander Bloch Ageikina other members of the clergy.
“unfortunately, most of the priests are infected from each other. Our etiquette predpolague mutual kissing of hands, plus the “kiss of peace” at Easter. Temples, where the recorded infection, close…”
with regard to the statements of Andrei Kuraev about the late Alexander Ageikin, which it banned in the service, then, obviously, meant the entry in the social network Kuraeva of April 21, where, indeed, said some very unpleasant things.
see also: Andrei Kuraev commented on the decision of the Patriarch to refuse service
