people from the west. and there s just one topic that clearly unites the church and the government and separates them from the west s the most nots and least that was the case between twenty twelve and twenty sixteen and that is the topic of sexuality. heterosexuality that he and homosexuality forced you to get this should you not still possible after twenty twelve when the states began using the topic of gay marriage for propaganda purposes we saw a rise in anti european sentiment she wrote a piece get shoes which said i she russia was depicted by the propagandists not as a counterweight to europe clock but rather as the real old europe because the issues that are your world are several porcelain so your things taken the wrong turn and gone down the wrong path so but we ve stayed on course you know. what the lawyer preview june and yet if we look at the numbers and every day behavior of russians and we didn t we see of course the christian values are much more present in every day eur
a horse. to crown grown here let s see. another place central to carol s duties in moscow is the cathedral of christ the savior converted into a swimming pool in the soviet era it was restored after nine hundred ninety five and is today a symbol of russia s religious renaissance. carol it s not here to read mass. in the cathedral scepter a name changes he made some of russia s most powerful men men from puccini s in a circle. the speaker of the duma the russian parliament the first deputy chief of staff of the presidential executive office and the head of the constitutional court.
a second reading deliberate and public insults to believe his feelings now carry fines of up to three hundred thousand rubles and prison sentences are up to one year these offenses inside the church allow files of half a million roubles or three years in prison. in the wake of the church s response to the pussy riot performance the duma passed a law in twenty thirteen making it a crime to offend the religious feelings of the faithful. the bow paves the way for the conviction of a russian due to the who was sentenced to three and a half years on probation after filming himself playing talk among those in church . with the help of parliament the orthodox church has increasingly exerted its influence on social debate since twenty twelve the church has tightened its grip on society. for example through a new mandates in the teaching of religion in schools russian legislation has grown
a crime members of the clergy was stripped of their civil rights many were arrested and deported to labor camps. by nine hundred thirty nine almost all of the churches that existed before the revolution were either closed or destroyed. carroll is determined to ensure this chapter of russian history is not forgotten. every year he visits the sort of a island s. archipelago in northern russia essential to also docks efforts to ensure salvage repression is never forgotten. if you can do that if you. receive. a centuries old monastery on the islands was incorporated into the bolsheviks first concentration camps a test site for the soviet penal system that served as
the same language as today s politicians and civil servants and you can. continue. his ascent in the church then two decades into his career the soviet universe collapsed in the ruins of post soviet russia a religious resurgence that had begun with perestroika picked up momentum parishes had already been reopening since one thousand nine hundred eighty eight the millennial anniversary of russia s conversion to christianity which also saw baptism numbers saw. this lin the one nine hundred ninety s. the church moved to fill a new void emerging through a lack of symbols identity and morals being movie buff assumed but that wasn t easy because the entire communist operators during the transition period remain deeply until clerical and atheist. so the church had to assert itself it got its