Michael Peck, National Interest: Russia's Next Weapon: A Church
The Russian military plans to build a military church to bolster the spiritual values of its armed forces.
Meet Vladimir Putin's newest weapon: a church.
The Russian military plans to build a military church to bolster the spiritual values of its armed forces. Construction will soon begin of the Main Church of the Armed Forces, to be erected in Patriot Park outside Moscow, according to Colonel General Andrei Kartapolov, deputy defense minister and chief of the armed forces’ Main Military-Political Directorate, a new organization responsible for political education of the troops.
The “new church will be one more example of the people’s unity around the idea of patriotism, love, and devotion to our Motherland,” Kartapolov told Russian journalists.
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WNU Editor: This is actually old news. Since the fall of Communism and the breakup of the Soviet Union, the military and the Orthodox church have worked together to have priests within units to provide guidance and (of course) to promote the church .... Russian Military Looks to Recruit More Orthodox Priests (Russian Insider).
