In Vologda, a businessman desecrated an Orthodox shrine
The Vologda authorities transferred the building of the chapel of St. Arseny of Komelsky, built in 1868, to a private entrepreneur who opened a drinking establishment there.
This is stated in the appeal of the public movement “Call of the People” to the governor and prosecutor of the Vologda region and the ruling bishop of the Vologda diocese, Metropolitan Savva of Vologda and Kirillov, the text of which is at the disposal of PolitNavigator.
“The owner placed a large, conspicuous sign on the chapel building with the inscription “Breweries.” These actions, which are public in nature, express clear disrespect for society, including the residents of the Vologda region and its history, and offend the religious feelings of Orthodox Christians,” the appeal says.
Social activists ask the authorities to take comprehensive measures to assign the Arseny Komelsky chapel the status of a religious monument, consider the issue of buying it out and returning it to the ownership of the Russian Orthodox Church, and bring to justice those who organized the placement of an advertising sign on the chapel building.
The chapel of St. Arseny Komelsky, which was part of the metochion of the Arsenyev-Komelsky Monastery, was seized from the Church in favor of the state in 1920. All the liturgical property located in it was confiscated, and the chapel building itself was placed at the disposal of the Housing Department for transfer to housing.
This caused a protest from local residents, and the clergy and flock were subjected to repression. Several peasants were shot.
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