WHO'S THE EXTREMIST? – RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH GIVES ITS BLESSINGS AND MUSIC ?-

[Bible Speaks]

WHO'S THE EXTREMIST? RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH GIVES ITS BLESSINGS AND MUSIC ?- ???

His legacy lies in his eponymous AK-47 assault rifle, one of the world's most popular and lethal weapons, and now Mikhail Kalashnikov's likeness looms over Moscow in the form of a 30-foot-tall monument, but not everyone is happy to see it.

Kalashnikov's daughter, Yelena, unveiled the statue Tuesday at a square off Garden Ring Road, a busy thoroughfare in Russia's capital city, according to Reuters.

The bronze Kalashnikov, the man, wields a bronze Kalashnikov, the weapon. The late Russian lieutenant general is casually attired, his jacket unzipped and the top button of his shirt undone.

The words "I created a weapon for the defense of my fatherland" are etched on the pedestal.

Tuesday's ceremony included military music and a blessing by a Russian Orthodox priest, The Guardian reports. Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky said the gun had become a "cultural brand of Russia." But not all Russians were on board with the tribute.

NPR's Lucian Kim reports from Moscow that at least one protester was detained holding a sign that read "a weapons designer is a designer of death."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/19/552044627/some-russians-fired-up-over-new-kalashnikov-monument?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170919

[David Normand]

Not sure if this would satisfy the courts that the Russian Orthodox Church is an extremist organization, but in the mind of many this would help solidify the impression that the ROC is not only part of the world, but specifically part of the arms industry. 

[Guest Kurt]

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A Roman Catholic Priest, an Eastern Orthodox Priest, a Protestant Pastor, and two Jewish Rabbis were blessing weapons.

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Representatives of the Belgorod Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Church have issued a statement denouncing a painting created in the style of an Orthodox icon featuring Joseph Stalin and Soviet WW2 generals.

Russian Orthodox Church metropolitan Yuvenaly officiates the funeral ceremony for Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle that was the favoured weapon of guerrillas worldwide, during his funeral ceremony in ...here<<<click

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[Julie Bayley]

Chilling video of ROC priests training to use weapons on You Tube

 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

It depends on how words are DEFINED as to what extreme is, and is not.

THEY all consider defending ones' nation proper and normal.

THEY all consider destroying families by shunning cruel and extreme.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT WE BELIEVE !

IT'S THEIR COUNTRY !